"What we don't know CAN really hurt us, " says Florence Comite, M.D.
Comite is a Yale University School of Medicine and National Institutes of Medicine trained physician-scientist, endocrinologist, and the leading voice in the field of precision medicine and healthy longevity. She was founder of the first global women only health center at Yale three decades ago and is founder of the Comite Center for Precision Medicine & Healthy Longevity in 2005, in New York, with satellite offices in Palo Alto and Miami Beach. Her new book, Invincible: Defy Your Genetic Destiny to Live Better, Longer, was published by Little, Brown Spark in April 2026.
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00:00 - Aging starts in your thirties
01:55 - The decline of testosterone
07:29 - How genetics dictate aging
10:08 - Increasing testosterone
12:30 - Hormone therapy
17:59 - A DHEA story
20:37 - Metabolic markers
26:11 - Using a continuous glucose monitor
33:13 - Heart medication & testing
36:06 - Personalized medicine & prevention
39:56 - The Alzheimer's spectrum
42:38 - Genetic variables & testing
49:00 - The trouble with AI in medicine
For more about Comite, visit her website: https://florencecomite.com/
Buy her book here: https://a.co/d/0cnOvaH8
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