The Evolution of Dogs

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The breeding of dogs and so forth is one of the most just potent evidences for evolution, right? You take them, you cross them, and you see over the course of a very short period of time, the incredible diversity that we see in dogs. Now if we really understood all these systems, we should be able to print a genome to create whatever organism we want to. We're way, way far from that. And this gets again back into what we talk about in the age of scientific wellness because if you think about something like Alzheimer's, bringing your brain cells back and your synapses back once they've died,. But prevention, stopping your neurons from dying in the first place

We are on the cusp of a major transformation in healthcare. Using information gleaned from our blood and genes and tapping into the data revolution made possible by AI, doctors can catch the onset of disease years before symptoms arise, revolutionizing prevention. At top hospitals and a few innovative health-tech startups, scientists are working closely with patients to dramatically extend their “healthspan”―the number of healthy years before disease sets in. In The Age of Scientific Wellness, two visionary leaders of this revolution in health take us on a thrilling journey to this new frontier of medicine.

Hood, Price, and Shermer discuss: why we age and die • sickcare vs. healthcare • the 10 most popular drugs in the U.S. work for only about 10% of treated people • chronological age ≠ biological age • life expectancy, life span, longevity, and healthspan • why eliminating all cancers would only increase average life span by 3 years • genome vs. phenome • gut biome • optimizing brain function • brain plasticity • sleep, nutrition, exercise • Alzheimer’s • AI and quantum computing for better health.