Eric Topols New book review in The NY Times… basic but good info:
A Longevity Expert’s 5 Tips for Aging Well
In his new book, “Super Agers,” the cardiologist Dr. Eric Topol argues that we now have the tools to age better than our predecessors.
About two decades ago, a California research team observed a striking phenomenon: While a majority of older adults have at least two chronic diseases, some people reach their 80s without major illness.
The researchers suspected the key to healthier aging was genetic. But after sequencing the genomes of 1,400 of these aging outliers — a cohort they called the “Wellderly” — they found almost no difference between their biological makeup and that of their peers. They were, however, more physically active, more social and typically better educated than the general public.
That genes don’t necessarily determine healthy aging is “liberating,” and suggests that “we can pretty much all do better” to delay disease, said Dr. Eric Topol, a cardiologist and the founder of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, which ran the Wellderly study.
Read the full story here: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/well/live/eric-topol-longevity-tips.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FU8.Si8Y.p-xQOpbHZwFh&smid=url-share