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    The End of Illness
    The End of Illness
    The End of Illness
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    The End of Illness

    Written by David B. Agus

    Narrated by Holter Graham

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    The #1 New York Times bestseller that overturns conventional conceptions of health and illness to offer new methods for increasing vital longevity.

    Can we live robustly until our last breath? Do we have to suffer from debilitating conditions and sickness? Is it possible to add more vibrant years to our lives? In the #1 New York Times bestselling The End of Illness, Dr. David Agus tackles these fundamental questions and dismantles misperceptions about what “health” really means. Presenting an eye-opening picture of the human body and all the ways it works—and fails—Dr. Agus shows us how a new perspective on our individual health will allow us to achieve a long, vigorous life.

    Offering insights and access to powerful new technologies that promise to transform medicine, Dr. Agus emphasizes his belief that there is no “right” answer, no master guide that is “one size fits all.” Each one of us must get to know our bodies in uniquely personal ways, and he shows us exactly how to do that. A bold call for all of us to become our own personal health advocates, The End of Illness is a moving departure from orthodox thinking.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJan 17, 2012
    ISBN9781442351189
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    David B. Agus

    David B. Agus, MD, is the author of the international sensations The End of Illness, A Short Guide to a Long Life, and The Lucky Years. A professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California, he is the founding Director and CEO of the Ellison Institute of Technology and a contributor to CBS News. He lives in Santa Monica, California.

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    • 2/5
      I didn?t get far in this book, since I discovered that the author thinks statins are a good thing, and doesn?t understand that cholesterol is invaluable for our bodies, and I didn?t want to read a book by a person with these mistaken views.It may well be that Dr. Agus presents some good suggestions at the end of the book, hence the two stars instead of just one. I don?t know, but have given him the benefit of the doubt.Also, I did not find what I read of the book particularly exciting in other respects.I absolutely cannot recommend this book.
    • 4/5
      If David Agus?s book, The End of Illness, achieves nothing more, it has certainly stirred conversation regarding a few of the more commonly accepted health assumptions of the Western world. Dr. Agus has explained and defended his beliefs in this 336-page book clearly enough that most readers will come down hard on one side or the other of his theories. Others, like me, will find themselves straddling the fence a bit. The doctor?s critics will proclaim that he is merely a shill for the big pharmaceutical corporations or that he wrote the book only to promote his own new ventures in the medical world, ventures in which he claims to be on the cutting edge of new diagnostic technology. His proponents will embrace his beliefs about things like over-the-counter vitamins being a useless waste of money, and that everyone over 40 should be on a statin drug because of the drug?s potential to prevent cancer. Personally, I found Agus?s theory about a link between cancer and internal inflammation of the body to be an intriguing one. Because statins and aspirin both reduce inflammation in the body, the doctor theorizes that a daily dose of each might go a long way in preventing a person from developing a tumor. Since many older people already take both drugs at the direction of their doctors, this type of ?side effect? would be good news for many. (Of course, others cannot take statins or aspirin because of the negative side effects they suffer.) Much of what Agus says in The End of Illness is not new, and some of it just makes good common sense. Too, the book?s title is a bit misleading because this is more a book about preventing illness than one about ending it once and for all. These are a few other interesting ?takeaways? (some of which will simply reinforce what readers may already believe) I found in The End of Illness:?Frozen fruit is more nutritional than fresh fruit because it is fresher when frozen than the fruit bought in a grocery store produce department.?Eating and sleeping on a regular schedule will add years to a person?s life.?Sitting for hours at a time on a job is the ?new smoking.? Standing and, even better, walking around as much as possible during the day, will allow a person to live longer and healthier.?Combining a flu shot, a low dose of aspirin, and reduced stress will greatly lessen the kind of internal inflammation that makes tumors more likely.?Tumors might actually feed on excessive doses of vitamin C.?Each of us should set our personal health baseline, from which we can measure negative changes.There is a lot of information in The End of Illness. Some of it seems to fly directly in the face of what people have been taught their entire lives and will be controversial. We may never know if all of Agus?s theories are correct ? and there is always the chance that some of what he advocates here will do harm. Readers will have to decide for themselves, of course, but I do applaud the doctor for igniting a passionate conversation on the subject. Rated at: 4.0
    • 4/5
      Agus defines a healthy lifestyle based on the latest scientific and technological information available. Although he throws in promo pieces for his company, there are lots of good and easy to implement tips to promote health and longevity. On the whole an empowering read. SRH
    • 4/5
      Very wordy. Has some good science. Odd that he sometimes uses anecdotal evidence while claiming to be an evidence-medicine based physician. Somewhat of an advertisement for his companies. It is however a fairly good read and is informative.