1: Alzheimer’s disease is scary.  Many of us fear dementia more than death itself.  

We “would rather die from cancer or heart disease than lose our minds, our very selves,” Dr. Peter Attia observes in his influential book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity.

Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases have “causes we still do not fully understand, and for which we lack effective treatments,” he notes.

“Despite the … continue reading

1: Up until the late 1960s, doctors and scientists believed that “senile dementia” was not a disease, but just a normal consequence of aging.

Then, three British psychiatrists, Garry Blessed, Bernard Tomlinson, and Martin Roth, “examined the brains of seventy patients who had died with dementia,” Dr. Peter Attia writes in Outlive, “and found that many of them exhibited the same kinds of plaques and tangles” that Alois … continue reading

1: “Most people tend to go to the doctor when they are sick or think they might be,” Peter Attia writes in his powerful book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity.

He refers to this approach as Medicine 2.0, which treats disease once it occurs.

Peter practices Medicine 3.0, focusing on preventing or reducing the risk of disease. 

“Nearly all my patients first come to see me … continue reading