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In health care today, we spend most of the dollars - in terms of treating disease - in the last two years of a person's life.

From David Agus

I'm a big believer in what's called personalized medicine, which refers to customizing your health care to your specific needs based on your physiology, genetics, value system and unique conditions.

From David Agus

We are finally entering an exciting time in medicine where we have the technology to custom-tailor treatment and preventive protocols just as we'd custom-tailor a suit or designer gown to one's individual body. But it all begins with you. You have to know yourself in a manner that you've probably never done before.

From David Agus

If your DNA profile puts you at a higher risk of developing obesity, that doesn't mean it's your fate. You can take control of the environmental side of the equation and reduce your overall lifetime risk by a lot.

From David Agus

I believe we can prevent or delay most disease until the 9th or 10th decade. The goal is to prevent anything that can affect your quality of life prior to those years! By the time many of us get to the 9th or 10th decade, who knows where the new medical and science will take us? I am an optimist!

From David Agus

I have developed a unique way of looking at the relationship of the human body to health and disease.

From David Agus

Cancer is the ultimate nemesis that hangs in the balance for one in three women and one in two men in their lifetime.

From David Agus

We talk about cancer as a noun, as if it's a one time event: 'I've got cancer.'

From David Agus

There's no question that the mind-body connection is real, even if we can't quantify it. Hope is one of the greatest weapons we have to fight disease.

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