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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Jessica Glenza

‘Get rid of the pseudoscience’: top doctor’s plan to improve America’s health

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Eric Topol pictured in March last year. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Dr Eric Topol’s new book examines the best evidence-based approaches to longevity, and seeks to challenge the “malarkey” of the bio-hacking, age-reversal and anti-science movements – all of which have found new purchase in American society amid scientific distrust stoked during the Covid pandemic.

“This book is trying to set the record straight, get rid of the pseudoscience, and paint an incredibly optimistic picture of how we are so well-positioned to prevent the three age-related diseases that compromise our health span,” says Topol, director and founder of the Scripps Research Translational Institute and a practicing cardiologist, in an interview with the Guardian.

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