The Hurdles For Preventative Medicine
Preventative medicine makes sense, right? Like, wouldn’t it be cool to stay healthy versus getting sick and then maybe healthy again?
Scientists believe they can create pharmaceuticals to prevent the likes of Alzheimer’s, cancer and cardiovascular disease — cue metformin.
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However, to do this, they need to test the drugs on healthy people. This is a big “no, no” for the FDA…and with good reason. To conduct the trials means many people would get sick and many could live longer and healthier.
Watch the video above to learn about the benefits of metformin, the “miracle” drug, and to discover what top scientists say about preventative medicine, its obstacles and what they’re doing about it.
