LONGEVITY & PREVENTIVE MEDICINE: UPDATE OF THE LANDSCAPE

In this special episode you will have an opportunity to learn about the key factors to not only living longer but better and higher quality lives from a global expert and pioneer researcher in longevity medicine, Dr. David Barzilai. David provided an update of the landscape in this field as a keynote speaker at the 3rd annual Medical Affairs Innovation Olympics held in October. David is CEO and founder of Healthspan Coaching, LLC., and agingdoc.com, providing longevity medicine and lifestyle consulting. Dr. Barzilai is a Diplomate at the American Board of Lifestyle. He is board-certified in dermatology, with a PhD focused on evidence-based medicine, and also holds an MBA. In his keynote presentation, Dr. Barzilai critically addresses the gaps in treating only one disease at a time and provides alternative methods that target root, underlying causes of disease that can prevent multiple chronic diseases and lengthen the human Healthspan. David challenges the healthcare community and Medical Affairs function in pharma and biotech with a call to action to prioritize efforts to improve healthspan and transform medicine. 0:00 Timeline 0:09 Episode Highlight + Call to Action 1:30 Host Introduction of the Episode 4:17 Keynote Speaker's Presentation Overview 5:04 Dramatic Increase in Global Aging Population 6:10 Gray Tsunami Economic Impact - Rising Health Expenditures 7:07 Healthspan must accompany lifespan increase - Holy Grail of Longevity 7:41 Targeting the Bioscience of Aging: The Geroscience Hypothesis 8:21 12 Hallmarks of Aging 9:29 Problem with Current Approach of Targeting 1 Disease at a Time 10:26 Aging can be manipulated across different species Rapamycin increased lifespan even after being injected in middle aged humans 12:22 Growing Frontier in Longevity Biotech Number of biotech companies have grown from 20 to 50 since 2020 13:57 Lifestyle Medicine as Longevity Foundation 15:12 Global Strategy for Healthy Longevity Global Roadmap to Healthy Longevity National Academy of Medicine - Goal to Increase Lifespan by 6 years by 2030 15:47 Hevolution Foundation - $1 billion investment to accelerate in aging research 16:31 Bridging the gap between biotech and public health initiatives Immediate reforms in healthcare are needed such as compression of morbidity 17:13 Tackle Urgent Challenges of Aging where health is not just preserved but extended Call to Action Integrate Biotech and Public Health Strategies Invest in Aging BIology Train Physician Workforce Promise of Geroscience 19:09 Q & A 20:10 Questions: Roles of 1) Neuralink + 2) Telehealth on Longevity 21:07 Role of Telehealth - know your target audience/sub-specialization is a key factor 22:24 Neuralink comments - exponential increase of dementia