Dr. David Perlmutter
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approaches, looking at biomarkers and looking at, so I'm really interested in how to democratize all of this to make it accessible to people who don't have money, who might be in maternal health deserts, who might be in just health deserts, period. So with the prevention center, I'm always looking at how do we bring this kind of home? How do we bring this, the education to people?
How do we bring doctors who can talk about this in a way that people aren't scared?
How do we bring doctors who can talk about this in a way that people aren't scared?
How do we bring doctors who can talk about this in a way that people aren't scared?
I think the conversation, I do a lot of work around how do you speak about this in a way that people can go, oh, I don't have to be so scared. Oh, maybe I could do this today. Maybe I could do this tomorrow. Bringing it kind of to Main Street is the challenge.
I think the conversation, I do a lot of work around how do you speak about this in a way that people can go, oh, I don't have to be so scared. Oh, maybe I could do this today. Maybe I could do this tomorrow. Bringing it kind of to Main Street is the challenge.
I think the conversation, I do a lot of work around how do you speak about this in a way that people can go, oh, I don't have to be so scared. Oh, maybe I could do this today. Maybe I could do this tomorrow. Bringing it kind of to Main Street is the challenge.
Or women's health or menopause. But this is why I think when I talk about women's health, it starts by also changing the way medicine is taught in schools, right? It's by incorporating... So many doctors said, well, I had an hour about menopause. I never even talked about perimenopause, much less postmenopausal women. That was not even in the textbook.
Or women's health or menopause. But this is why I think when I talk about women's health, it starts by also changing the way medicine is taught in schools, right? It's by incorporating... So many doctors said, well, I had an hour about menopause. I never even talked about perimenopause, much less postmenopausal women. That was not even in the textbook.
Or women's health or menopause. But this is why I think when I talk about women's health, it starts by also changing the way medicine is taught in schools, right? It's by incorporating... So many doctors said, well, I had an hour about menopause. I never even talked about perimenopause, much less postmenopausal women. That was not even in the textbook.
You're talking about a sea change, not only with doctors who are practicing, but for those coming into the space. And then also when we talk about women's health or when we talk about Alzheimer's, getting people interested in working in that space, in the geriatric space, right? Geriatric psychiatrists, geriatric doctors. It's not young people going into orthopedics. It's not sexy.
You're talking about a sea change, not only with doctors who are practicing, but for those coming into the space. And then also when we talk about women's health or when we talk about Alzheimer's, getting people interested in working in that space, in the geriatric space, right? Geriatric psychiatrists, geriatric doctors. It's not young people going into orthopedics. It's not sexy.
You're talking about a sea change, not only with doctors who are practicing, but for those coming into the space. And then also when we talk about women's health or when we talk about Alzheimer's, getting people interested in working in that space, in the geriatric space, right? Geriatric psychiatrists, geriatric doctors. It's not young people going into orthopedics. It's not sexy.
They're going into orthopedics. Like my daughter. That's what she wants to do. Orthopedics.
They're going into orthopedics. Like my daughter. That's what she wants to do. Orthopedics.
They're going into orthopedics. Like my daughter. That's what she wants to do. Orthopedics.
Because that's where the money is, right? And so this is a challenge on so many levels. It's a challenge on how do we talk about it? How do we bring it home to Main Street? How do we change medical schools? How do we bring doctors who are working up to date? How do we make it enticing to go into this space as we're an aging country?
Because that's where the money is, right? And so this is a challenge on so many levels. It's a challenge on how do we talk about it? How do we bring it home to Main Street? How do we change medical schools? How do we bring doctors who are working up to date? How do we make it enticing to go into this space as we're an aging country?
Because that's where the money is, right? And so this is a challenge on so many levels. It's a challenge on how do we talk about it? How do we bring it home to Main Street? How do we change medical schools? How do we bring doctors who are working up to date? How do we make it enticing to go into this space as we're an aging country?
In California, I did a big report for Gavin Newsom about what does California, which is an aging state, you don't think of California that way, what do we need to do to be ready for the tsunami of baby boomers who are going to get Alzheimer's and dementia? We're not ready. We're not ready as a nation. We don't have caregivers. which also disproportionately falls on women.