The Failure of Medicine 2.0

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Before medicine 2.0 you probably didn't want to enter a hospital right I mean it would be a net negative oh for sure yeah and some people have put that around early 1900s. But the transition where we went from the dark ages to where we ended up in the early 20th century which is really when Medicine 2.0 came into its own was a remarkable transformation largely on the basis of three things one being first and foremost the elucidation of the scientific method, germ theory aided in large part by the development of the light microscope and then you had the development of antibiotics.

Peter Attia had a problem. It was 2006. He'd recently graduated from Stanford's medical school and was completing a prestigious surgical residency at Johns Hopkins, but instead of celebrating his success, he was tormented by frustrations.

The medical establishment, it seemed to him, was stubbornly resistant to change and innovation; doctors could easily diagnose the maladies that kill most of us — heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's, and type 2 diabetes — but they struggled to help their patients avoid those diagnoses in the first place. Peter believed there had to be another approach. He was convinced it was possible to practice a cutting-edge form of medicine that didn't just manage diseases but tried to prevent them. So he embarked on a journey to figure out how to do it.

Now, nearly two decades later, he's compiled everything he learned on that journey in a book, the #1 New York Times bestseller "Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity." It's a comprehensive guide to exercise, nutrition, sleep, and mental health that'll help you live better for longer.

Peter Attia is the founder of Early Medicine and host of "The Drive."

(This is part one of a two-part episode. Check back next Thursday for the second installment.)

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