Lara Lewington
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And it's very, very early days for them.
So the idea being when they get better and more accessible, if they were to be subsidized and available at supermarket level, as this expert put it, they could be available in some of the most deprived areas where people need them the most.
They would pay a couple of pounds for them.
And this is to make sure there's adherence, because if people don't pay something, they're less likely to use it.
They then get the money back off their shopping after they've done it.
And it will give them tips on their specific health because a lot of the possibility of the future comes in personalization.
So how do we make that personalization available for everyone?
And this is the case across all sorts of health issues, really understanding our risk.
And there's a lot of science that is still unfolding in terms of genetics and disease risk.
I mean, there's so much that AI can pull together to understand more about our individual risk.
And we're at the beginning of this journey of understanding it.
So we're really in the future going to have a much better picture of who is at risk of what, when, so we can screen better, we can prevent or we can treat things earlier in kinder and more personalized ways.
And I'm like, hang on a minute.
It's hard not to judge.
No, I think it's very true.
And people want to know what they can actually do to help themselves.
And one of the things that was critical to me when writing my book was I'm not a doctor or scientist, but I've traveled the world meeting some of the greatest people on the planet doing the most innovative work.
future of cancer, future of heart disease, lab-grown organs, so many different areas.
But the thing for me that's important is people understanding what is possible, what do we understand now with science, and what isn't possible.
There are plenty of self-help books out there, plenty of very good self-help books, but mine is kind of the book you need to read alongside it to tell you what you can really expect, what can you do for yourself, and what can the healthcare system do for you?