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2 months ago | 
peterattiamd.com | Samantha Lipman |Kathryn Birkenbach |Peter Attia
Surveys indicate that up to 12% of Americans suffer from chronic insomnia. While effective treatment in the form of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is a solution for some, CBT-I can be time- and cost-intensive and doesn’t work for everyone as a standalone treatment.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
peterattiamd.com | Samantha Lipman |Kathryn Birkenbach |Peter Attia
Humans have long been fascinated with maximizing human lifespan, possibly driven by a universal desire for more time. Average life expectancy at birth dramatically increased in the 20th century, due to improved sanitation, reduced infant mortality, reduced infectious mortality thanks to antibiotics, and preventative treatment of cardiovascular disease. But will the trajectory of rapid lifespan extension continue?
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
peterattiamd.com | Samantha Lipman |Kathryn Birkenbach |Peter Attia
The evidence that increasing cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) levels positively correlates with improved mortality and morbidity is indisputable. The most accurate way of assessing CRF is by measuring the ventilation rate of oxygen during a maximal exercise test, also known as a VO2 max test.
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Aug 31, 2024 | 
peterattiamd.com | Samantha Lipman |Kathryn Birkenbach |Peter Attia
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States, causing nearly 53,000 deaths in 2022. This statistic may seem bleak, yet an estimated 68% of CRC deaths occurred in patients who failed to screen at appropriate intervals or to screen at all.1 In contrast to most cancers, which are only detectable by imaging tests, CRC can be detected through direct visualization during a colonoscopy.
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Jul 20, 2024 | 
peterattiamd.com | Samantha Lipman |Kathryn Birkenbach |Peter Attia
Oral hygiene is a necessary but Sisyphean task. As soon as you finish brushing your teeth, the oral microbiome begins to repopulate and reform biofilms, a process that is kept in check with a twice-daily routine. But this constant battle against bacteria may have profound impacts for health well beyond the teeth and gums. Certain circumstances can, at times, prevent some individuals from brushing their teeth.
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Apr 6, 2024 | 
peterattiamd.com | Samantha Lipman |Kathryn Birkenbach |Peter Attia
As we get older, the age-related decline in muscle mass and strength – known as sarcopenia – is one of the major impediments to performing the tasks of daily living, such as getting in and out of bed, shopping, walking, and preparing meals.
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Feb 10, 2024 | 
peterattiamd.com | Samantha Lipman |Kathryn Birkenbach |Peter Attia
On the subject of nutrition, we devote most of our attention to the macro: energy balance and the distribution of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. But we mustn’t ignore the micro: the finer points of the topic – including sufficient consumption of essential vitamins and minerals (i.e., those that can’t be synthesized by the body and must be obtained from diet).
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Jan 6, 2024 | 
peterattiamd.com | Samantha Lipman |Kathryn Birkenbach |Peter Attia
When caught early, before it spreads, cancer has a much better prognosis than when it is discovered in the advanced, metastatic stages of the disease. For instance, localized colorectal cancer has a ten-year survival of about 85%, but if the disease is metastatic, this figure drops to less than 10%. Thus, the goal of cancer screening (such as colonoscopy in the case of colorectal cancers) is to detect cancer as early as possible, before the onset of signs or symptoms.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
peterattiamd.com | Samantha Lipman |Kathryn Birkenbach |Peter Attia
One of the biggest challenges in aging science is that we don’t have any biomarkers that can reliably track the aging process. Such biomarkers – were they to exist – would have obvious uses in predicting lifespan, but perhaps more importantly, they would finally allow us to assess the efficacy of interventions intended to slow the aging process.
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Oct 28, 2023 | 
peterattiamd.com | Samantha Lipman |Kathryn Birkenbach |Peter Attia
When women experience the onset of menopause, the sudden drop in estrogen levels causes physiologic symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats, collectively known as vasomotor symptoms (VMS). Some women don’t experience VMS at all, while others will experience severe VMS for more than a decade, greatly interfering with quality of life. Yet these symptoms may be more than just a bother to those who experience them.
