Exploring the benefits of an app for tracking blood test results over time, with a focus on the PSA test for prostate cancer. Discusses calculating PSA velocity and density for valuable diagnostic information, and the frustration of limited patient access to this data.
We spend too much of our health care focus on lifespan and not enough on healthspan--the quality of our life as we get older. So argues Dr. Peter Attia, author of Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity. Attia speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about what kills us, what slows us down as we age, and the weapons we have to allow us to live better and longer.