Best of: The Medical Revolution with David Agus

Show Topic: The Medical Revolution with David Agus

Co-Hosts:  Judy Gaman, Mark Anderson, Walter Gaman

Guest: David Agus, MD author of The Lucky Years

Segment 1

Intro – 30 sec.

Today is a great day because we are talking about the incredible medical revolution that we are living in. Every day new breakthroughs are coming that help us live longer and live healthier.

• (Connect) Doctors tell why they love medicine. Discuss how it is constantly changing and we are learning more
• Name some common medical advancements that we now take for granted that weren’t available back in the day (stenting, fiber optics, cancer vaccines, etc.)
• (Inspire) talk about what an exciting time it is to be alive. Discuss how there is always hope and never before has there been so much hope.

MUSIC FOR DOC SHOCK (JIM)

Medicine sure has come a long way. Do you remember the old bionic man and bionic woman shows? Well 39 scientists, researchers and engineers from 16 departments at the University of Melbourne in Australia have developed a stentrode. A virtual bionic stent that goes into a blood vessel in the head, senses the brain signals, and then will be able to control a robotic limb. Simply unbelievable.

Read the study!

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Segment 2

Intro – 10 sec.

About tease – 1 min. – coming up – David B. Agus, MD, author of the Lucky Years is coming up. He is one of the world’s leading cancer doctors and pioneering biomedical researchers, and is a CBS News contributor.

ANDERSON - Immortal minute – 2 min.

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Dr. David Agus, author of the New York Times and international bestsellers The Lucky Years, The End of Illness, and A Short Guide to a Long Life, is a professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California and heads USC’s Westside Cancer Center and the Center for Applied Molecular Medicine. Today he is right here with us on The Staying Young Show.

• Why did you chose to call this book “the Lucky Years”
• Mice study
• Does the fountain of youth lie within our own ability to reactivate our stem cells?
• Do all the changes in medical science also create social and legal issues? Like the three parent dilemma and pregnancy much later in life. Mitochondria transplant

Tease 20 sec. - SHOUT OUT TO MILITARY, Facebook (stay young media group) , download podcasts – follow us on twitter @StayYoungMedia coming up  - The steps you can take today to reach your health potential.

Segment 3

Intro – 15 sec.

Judy – Tease the upcoming Dementia Defender 844-WELL100

Discuss:

Dr. David Agus, author of the New York Times and international bestsellers The Lucky Years, The End of Illness, and A Short Guide to a Long Life, is a professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California and heads USC’s Westside Cancer Center and the Center for Applied Molecular Medicine.

 Artificial sweeteners and diabetes (microbiome)

• Editing DNA – eliminating genetic disorders
• Personalized medicine and ethics and value systems
• Explain proteomics
• Why is there now hope for cancer patients?

 Judy tease DD – grab a pen!  844-well100. Podcasts itunes, stayyoungamerica.com – 45 sec.

Coming up Medical Mania Trivia and then at the end of the show -  Dementia Defender Riddle of the day – your chance to win a free copy of the book Age to Perfection. Follow us on Twitter @StayYoungMedia

Exit – 30 sec.

 

Segment 4 –

Intro – sec 15

Judy Announcement  tease DD 844-Well100 – 30 sec.

MEDICAL TRIVIA  - Bill

1. JFK suffered from what disease? (Adison’s disease – a disease that affects the adrenal glands)
2. If someone says they have flatulence – what is their problem? (gas)
3. Which part of the body is known for having 33 bones working together? (The spine. 33--7 cervical, 12 thoracic (or dorsal), 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, and 4 caudal (or coccygeal).)
4. What bacterium is named for German pediatrician Theodor Escherich? (E. coli. The E is for Escherichia)
5. There is only one bone in the body that is not connected to another bone. Where is it found? (In the throat, at the back of the tongue. It's the horseshoe-shaped hyoid bone, which supports the tongue and its muscles. Also known as the lingual bone, it is suspended by ligaments from the base of the scull.)

Open discussion – what did we learn from today? Also – interesting cases of the week?

DEMENTIA DEFENDER

A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first, the monkey, the squirrel, or the bird?

Judy: tease out – 30 sec.

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