What are the most important medical issues to focus on in the 21st century

[KarlGauss]

@Wesley_Clark

The people who did everything right added about 10 years life expectancy, and they still died.

I missed this earlier.

A ten year gain in life expectancy is enormous. In the quote below from an old thread, I cite data to show that eliminating both cancer and cardiovascular disease would lead to ‘only’ a nine-year life expectancy gain.

@KarlGauss

OK. Three years is the gain by eliminating cancer. Look at the middle column of table 22 in this amazing PDF.

For CV disease elimination, the gain is just over six years. Look at the continuation of Table 22 where CV disease is analysed.