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I don't want pill to fix poor life choices, I want daily monitoring of the top 20 most likely things to kill me or destroy my health, like PSA, blood pressure,
by jvanderbot 4y ago
I don't want pill to fix poor life choices, I want daily monitoring of the top 20 most likely things to kill me or destroy my health, like PSA, blood pressure, skin mapping, blood sugar / insulin sensitivity, etc. I will optimize my life around those.
There's just no data ... one day you'll feel a little off, a month later a routine checkup will detect advanced stage cancer, and you've got no time left.
- fastaguy88 4y agoThere is someone who does this already: https://med.stanford.edu/snyderlab/news/May-24-20211.html https://med.stanford.edu/snyderlab/news/May-24-20211.html I heard him give a talk - at that time the main thing he learned was that although being extremely fit, he was at risk for type II diabetes, so he modified his diet. My takeaway was that, even with all this monitoring, the best strategy is diet and exercise (or doing what your doctor has been saying for the past 50+ years).
- jvanderbot 4y agoI'm at elevated risk for skin cancer, which is almost trivial to handle with monitoring. It's a perfect case for a phone app / camera app. Not just "is this cancerous" but "how has this changed over time"