I’ve just read “Keeping Healthy while aging,” and there are a number of take-aways.
1. Medicine is changing with great rapidity. For some elective procedures it might be better to wait. For instance I am having knee problems. It’s not too debilitating, I can walk 15 – 20 blocks, and I can do some dancing, but it has slowed me down quite a lot. And sometimes it hurts to just go from one room to another. Carrying things is a problem and makes the knee ache worse. So, should I push for knee surgery right now? I’m thinking I will use walking sticks and an off loading knee brace, easy adaptations and put off surgery as long as possible. Smart? Dumb?
2 Most over the counter vitamins are not needed if you eat a varied diet. I try for 7 kinds of vegetables and fruits. I’m dropping to my eye vitamins and a tablespoon of fish oil daily. Smart? Dumb?
3. Big data, genomics, metabolomics data, need to be obtained for your personal base lines – and shared,anonymously, for researchers. I don’t have much to share, but I glad to do it. Smart? ort Dumb?