HEALTHSPAN vs. LIFESPAN: How to live healthier for longer

We have the science, the tools, and the evidence to help people live longer healthier lives. So why do our healthcare systems still spend the vast majority of their money treating rather than preventing disease? In this episode, Eliot sits down with Lord James Bethell – former UK Minister for Life Sciences during COVID, Chair of the BARBARA Alliance dementia registry, and one of the most vocal advocates in Britain for shifting healthcare from sickness service to prevention system.Together, Eliot and James dig into why the diseases killing us today are almost all human-made, what the GLP-1 revolution reveals about a public that has been let down by decades of ineffective interventions, why the UK has ended up privatising prevention while socialising treatment. A clear, urgent, and refreshingly honest conversation for anyone thinking seriously about the future of health – and about who is going to pay for it.CHAPTERS:00:00 – Healthspan vs. lifespan06:21 – The lateral flow test and the cost of leaving good tech on the shelf08:43 – Why today's diseases are human-made, not biological11:29 – The confidence problem: does prevention really work?13:04 – Multi-morbidity: why fixing one disease is not enough13:49 – Statins, GLP-1s, and the science of visible efficacy17:14 – Breaking the convention of symptom-led medicine19:08 – The bad luck fallacy: how much of chronic disease is modifiable?21:32 – Giving people agency without moralising about health24:39 – The economics: why we privatised prevention and socialised acute care29:07 – Why more hospitals and more nurses is not the answerFOLLOW LORD JAMES BETHELL:James Bethell on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jamesbethell/Listen to James’s Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/prevention-is-the-new-cure/id1673584286This podcast was produced by Crisis What Crisis ProductionsWith special thanks to Mintz: life sciences lawyers who help turn scientific breakthroughs into reality. https://www.mintz.com