Eric Topol

There are estimates that 2 to 3 percent of cancers in the U.S. each year are engendered by exposure to repetitive imaging. ”

I have had my genome fully sequenced and have learned a great deal about which medications I would respond to and which might or would induce major side effects, along with knowing many medical conditions for which I'm particularly susceptible. ”

For people who have heart disease, statins are great. But if all you've had is high cholesterol, what you're doing is taking this 1/100 chance of getting a benefit and offsetting it with 1/200 chance of getting diabetes. ”

Medicine is still all about treating populations, not people - one-size-fits all treatments and diagnoses. ”

Warfarin is the drug the medical community loves to hate. ”

The ability to diagnose an imminent heart attack has long been considered the holy grail of cardiovascular medicine. ”

The problem is that it takes physicians so long to accept a radical change. And the lag is unacceptable. ”

Seeing your glucose every minute on your phone, it really changes your lifestyle. You ask yourself, 'Do I really need that piece of cake? No, because I don't want to stress out my pancreas.' ”

The digitization of human beings will make a parody out of 'doctor knows best.' ”

Our brain starts a long degenerative arc beginning around age 40. ”