Super agers : an evidence-based approach to longevity / Eric Topol, MD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Topol, Eric J., 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Longevity.

Aging--Physiological aspects.

Aging.

Older people--Health and hygiene.

Older people.

Medicine, Preventive.

Artificial intelligence--Industrial applications.

Artificial intelligence.

Healthy Aging.

Preventive Medicine.

Medical Subjects:

Healthy Aging.

Preventive Medicine.

Physical Description:

452 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2025.

Summary:

"One of the most respected, celebrated, and influential medical researchers in the world gives a guided tour of the revolution in longevity science that is exploding now. This is an evidence-based approach to longevity in a market drenched in snake oil-Eric Topol doesn't promise a silver bullet to magically stop the aging process, he shows how preventing the development of killer chronic diseases like obesity, heart disease, cancer and neurodegeneration is completely changing what "old age" can be. And we can start long before middle age--or long after. Dr. Topol shows how and why you can deal with chronic problems now instead of waiting until it is too late. Breakthrough treatments have been developed from new tools, new understanding of how our personal genomes work, and what AI can see in our health data. We can now engineer cells, build proteins and find drugs that make us live longer, better. Many of these treatments are on the shelf now--or soon will be--and improving fast. Our author is the ultimate guide because he participated in developing and testing many of them. The first part of the book "The New Age of Healthspan" describes inspiring patients aged 90+, sets out the dimensions of the new advances in the treatments of age related diseases, and details an expanded definition of what a healthy lifestyle means now--good sleep, diet, exercise, sure, but much beyond. He calls it Lifestyle+. He then turns to the "Chronic Killers"--Obesity/Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancer, and Neurodegeneration. Parts on the "Big Collateral Implications" and "Thinking Ahead" follow and include ways we might eventually come to reverse the aging process itself"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I The age of health span. A tale of two patients ; It's in your genes? ; Lifestyle+

Part II Chronic killers. Obesity and diabetes ; Cardiovascular disease ; Cancer ; Neurodegeneration

Part III Great implications. Curing rare diseases ; Controlling our immune system ; Defeating infectious agents ; Maintaining mental health

Part IV Thinking ahead. Changing aging ; The path forward.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-428) and index.

ISBN:

9781668067666

1668067668

OCLC:

1460916808