The End of Illness Warrior Dr. David Agus
What is health? For David B. Agus, MD, health is all about prevention. In fact, in his new book “The End of Illness,” out this week, Dr. Agus makes a plea that we should stop focusing so much on curing illnesses and focus instead on preventing them. He truly believes we can live to be a 90, or even older, if we make disease prevention and healthy living our mission.
That notion resonates with us at Sharecare, because we, too, are all about prevention and living a healthy life. That’s why we’re thrilled to feature several medical video questions and answers featuring Dr. Agus.
We appreciate that Dr. Agus is a warrior who has spent the last 20 years fighting cancer—even when it keeps him up at night. ”It’s the lack of progress,” he says. “The death from heart disease from 1950 until today is down about 60 percent. Cancer is almost stable. We’re no better at treating cancer than we were five decades ago. It worries me literally every night. I have patients under my care, and I worry for them. I worry for other cancer patients across the country who contact me. We have to do better.”
We agree with Dr. Agus’s call to arms “to do better.”
How can you, as a health-seeking consumer do better? How do you think the health industry can help you focus on prevention? We’d love to hear from you.
Join the largest health conversation in 140 characters or less! Tweet what you want to talk about to @SharecareNow and let’s start chatting!
File under: Expert Spotlight, In the News
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Jeff Arnold
Jeff Arnold is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sharecare, a leading health and wellness social network he and Dr. Mehmet Oz launched in October 2010 in partnership with Harpo Studios, Sony Pictures Television and Discovery Communications. Sharecare helps people to live a healthier life by intelligently connecting them to personalized resources including high-quality information from leading experts, interactive tools to actively manage their health and local healthcare providers.
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Barbara Herrmann
If I had an hour I could keep writing but for the few minutes I do have I will just say I am “passionate” about preventitive medicine and have had many examples of how living a healthy lifestyle and eating the proper foods has made a huge difference in my life! From suffering from depression, to migraines and constipation all that is over and I am so happy with the person I have become! I love when commercials are about living a healthy lifestyle and showing consumers eating well does not have to be complicated or expensive!! I have found my life is more Simple and with my husband retired now we are actually saving money! Please let more ads show the healthy alternatives and stop influencing children with sugary junk! I am a preschool teacher so I know how much an ad can make a child want a product, so let’s put more heathy choices out there and help the little ones grow to have strong healthy bodies and minds!!