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"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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