Episode 106: Longevity (Rebroadcast)
2 Docs Talk: The podcast about healthcare, the science of medicine and everything in between.
English - November 20, 2017 08:00 - 11 minutes - 15.5 MB - ★★★★ - 235 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Science evidencebasedmedicine health healthcarepolicy medicine science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In healthcare, the holy graille seems to be longevity. We look at whether a treatment increases lifespan and use that as a barometer for it's value.
But should that be the yardstick we use? Or would we be better off with a more subjective measure of improving quality of life, even if that means sacrificing some of the quantity.
Today, 2 Docs Talk about this question propose some things to consider as you consider your approach to aging and healthcare.
Resources:
Colonoscopy study in the Annals of Internal Medicine
Research on lifespan in Nature