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#115 - Dr. Szymanski: Building Healthspan with Medicine 3.0

Mar 24, 2026
Dr. Jared Szymanski, a physician in preventative and precision medicine focused on extending healthspan through early detection and personalized care. He discusses Medicine 3.0 and how proactive screening can spot disease decades before symptoms. Topics include wearable tech, metabolic monitoring, VO2 max and inflammation as early signals, and practical prevention habits like exercise, diet, sleep, and targeted testing.
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INSIGHT

Heart Attacks Often Start Decades Earlier

  • Serious events like heart attacks are end points of decades-long trajectories that can start in youth.
  • Jared cites high Lp(a) as a silent genetic risk that can cause sudden heart attacks despite a normal physical exam.
ADVICE

Get Baselines For Muscle Fat VO2 Glucose And Genetics

  • Measure key baselines: body composition, visceral fat, VO2 max, continuous glucose, inflammatory and metabolic biomarkers, plus genetics.
  • Use those metrics to predict personal disease risk and prioritize prevention where it gives the most benefit.
INSIGHT

Focus On Trends Not Single Biomarker Blips

  • Trends matter more than single readings; obsessing over momentary biometrics creates anxiety and misinterpretation.
  • Clinicians should act as quarterbacks to interpret thousands of data points and normalize noise for patients.
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