How Should Primary Care Evolve in a Longevity-Focused World

Correspondence with Adam Kaufman from Bearing on Health

In March, Adam Kaufman and I began a discussion about primary care and longevity. Four letters and more than 7,500 impressions later, we're proud to share the complete correspondence.

Part I: ­Adam asks Andrew: Should primary care evolve to be more proactive?

Andrew describes his continuum of reactivity to proactivity and anchors his response around the need to be specific.

Part II: Andrews asks Adam if he is "advocating we change medicine or somehow embed its discipline in a broader approach?"

Adam responds by reviewing the consumer demand for this kind of longevity anchored proactive care and conclude that we should change medicine.

­Part III: Andrew makes the keen observation that in part, "We are all essentially performing (often shoddy) research trials on ourselves every time we try a new exercise, diet, supplement, meditation, etc. "

Part IV: Where I conclude, arguing for a proactive, longevity-forward approach to primary care that provides support to individual wellbeing. "Healthcare must claim this space - not to control it, but to protect it"

Enjoy!