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Eric Topol

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Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

I mean, still so many people won't get a shingles vaccine.

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Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

And we see the data consistent, three big natural experiments.

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Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

And

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Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

Wales, the U.S., and Australia, that shows like 20-some percent reduction of Alzheimer's and dementia, which would be a phenomenal drug, but they don't see the benefit.

Ground Truths
Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

I mean, this is part of our health problem.

Ground Truths
Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

Well, you know, one of the people questioned Stephen Thompson, I think his name.

Ground Truths
Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

And by the way, if you have questions for Tom or us, don't...

Ground Truths
Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

hesitate to put it in the message, but he said, future for whom?

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Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

And, you know, we are, as I introduced, talking about your book that gets at both levels, the population and individual future.

Ground Truths
Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

And as you mentioned for the individual, not only smoking, blood pressure, low sodium, that blood pressure 120 over 80 still is not clinically

Ground Truths
Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

No, and then, of course, the exercise.

Ground Truths
Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

But that brings up this other concept that I wanted you to develop with us today, the prevention paradox.

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Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

Tell us about how we are really the conflict between a personal benefit versus a population-level benefit.

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Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

Right.

Ground Truths
Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

Well, you know, and it also applies at the physician side because physicians will say, okay,

Ground Truths
Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

Well, you know, I don't see this in my practice, but their practice may be, you know, a couple thousand patients.

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Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

And it's been proven through other means.

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Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

And so the same prevention-treatment paradox is you just don't have a feel for the bigger picture, the bigger denominator.

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Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

Now, one of the things I want to get to, because this see, believe, create formula is what we have the antithesis of that right now.

Ground Truths
Tom Frieden & Eric Topol - Discuss the Formula for Better Health Book

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