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Super Agers and Preventive Medicine

A response to Eric Topol’s super-agers argument and the medical system needed for aging, prevention, function, and long-term health.

Indexed essay July 31, 2025 By Devin Teichrow Eric TopolaginglongevityAImedicine

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By Devin Teichrow. Published July 31, 2025.

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A response to Eric Topol’s super-agers argument and the medical system needed for aging, prevention, function, and long-term health.

I remember sitting in a gymnasium in Walnut Creek, California working with a group of elderly folk at an independent living facility measuring things like grip strength, up and down speed, and walking speed.

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