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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
Okay.
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
But anyway, but getting back to longevity, thank you for doing that.
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
I just wanted that person to know that we had talked about that early in our conversation.
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
I think I was asking you, so if the immune system gets weakened and it's really important for us to keep our immune system strong, right?
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
Is that the key to aging well?
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
And what can you do to bolster your immune system?
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
I'm good at that, Dr. Topol.
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
I've been reading all about how GLP-1s are very effective for all kinds of issues, brain health, you know, with Alzheimer's and all.
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
Do you see a point in time where everyone will be on a GLP-1 or anyone, I mean, just for their overall health and to prevent a lot of these aging diseases?
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
Yeah.
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
Well, and by the way, everyone, I'm talking to Dr. Eric Topol, who wrote a book called Super Agers.
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
And he is the director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute and a renowned cardiologist.
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
So he's talking, telling us what we can do to live longer, healthier lives.
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
And we have talked about sort of the anti-science trend in this Trump administration and
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
and RFK's move to not only, you know, get rid of super...
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
you know, qualified people from like the CDC Vaccine Advisory Board, but also these huge cuts to the NIH, which are, you know, really trying for research universities and for the great work that is done at the NIH.
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
But if you all have questions, I want you to put them in the chat and I'll try to get to them.
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
But I wanted to also kind of dig into those three areas.
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
You talked about Dr. Topol, you talked about
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Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan
You know, diet, exercise, and sleep.