The Lucky Years: How to Thrive in the Brave New World of Health - Softcover

"Dr. Agus has done it again. "The Lucky Years" gives us a smart, informed, and sensible look at the latest medical breakthroughs and new technologies. Important and courageous, it tackles tough questions while showing us how to prolong the quality and length of our lives."
Walter Isaacson, author of "Steve Jobs" and "The Innovators""

The "Lucky Years" is an important and courageous book, raising big questions about health, longevity and what it means to live a meaningful life. With a reverence for data and the latest science, Dr. Agus gives us his vision for a bright future of health, helping everybody understand how to navigate their options in the way that s best for them and their loved ones.
Arianna Huffington, Editor-in-Chief of "The Huffington Post" and author of "Thrive""

The" Lucky Years" is a steady dose of actionable knowledge about the one thing relatable to everyone: life. It's the doctor-patient relationship we all want and deserve. Dr. Agus is a trusted voice in a field of uncertainty.
Ashton Kutcher"

Everyone living today should read "The Lucky Years" to receive the enduring gift of Dr. David Agus s wisdom. It will inspire you on a journey towards a life that is both more healthful and meaningful, and provide practical guidance for the path ahead. Dr. David Agus will show you what it truly means to live a healthy life in the lucky years.
Dov Seidman, author of "How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything""

"In "The Lucky Years," David Agus, one of the most interesting medical writers of our age, presents a provocative, highly informative way of understanding revolutions in health and healthcare today that will change the quality of our lives."
Murray Gell-Mann, PhD, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1969, and Distinguished Fellow and Cofounder of The Santa Fe Institute"

"In "The Lucky Years," David Agus once again gives us a clear path to better health. We are lucky to have such an incredible guide to such a critical subject."
Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO, salesforce.com"

We all have a vague sense that there is a revolution underway in the world of biology and medicine. We hear about major innovations like the sequencing of the genome, targeted drugs, and big data. But what to make of them? How will they improve our health and change our lives? We could not have a better guide to make sense of it all than David Agus. In this fascinating and illuminating book, David brings together a deep knowledge of science, good writing, and common sense. We are lucky to have him around.
Fareed Zakaria, host of Fareed Zakaria GPS"

The Lucky Years is an important and courageous book, raising big questions about health, longevity and what it means to live a meaningful life. With a reverence for data and the latest science, Dr. Agus gives us his vision for a bright future of health, helping everybody understand how to navigate their options in the way that s best for them and their loved ones.
Arianna Huffington, Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post and author of Thrive"

Dr. Agus offers an optimistic exploration of the new opportunities becoming available to us as exciting new technologies disrupt and revolutionize our understanding and practice of health care. Encouraging, but also clear-eyed and cautionary, The Lucky Years inspires us to take hold of the future of our own health and, in turn, that of the planet.
Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Laureate in Peace, 2007"

Dr. David Agus describes how a series of scientific breakthroughs enables everyone to lengthen and improve their lives a future in which our body's natural mechanisms can be enlisted to fight disease and our genes can be edited to eliminate inherited disease. It is an inspiring vision that we can embrace today.
Larry Ellison, Cofounder and Executive Chairman, Oracle Corporation"

David B. Agus is a Professor of Medicine at the USC Keck School of Medicine and heads USC's Westside Cancer Center and the Center for Applied Molecular Medicine. His research focuses on the application of proteomics and genomics for the study of cancer and the development of new therapeutics for cancer. Dr. Agus received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He has received various honors and awards including the American Cancer Society Physician Research Award, a Clinical Scholar Award from the Sloan-Kettering Institute, the International Myeloma Foundation Visionary Science Award, an the 2009 GQ Magazine Rockstar of Science Award. He is the founder of Oncology.com, the largest cancer internet resource/community, Applied Proteomics, and Navigenics, a health care technology and wellness company. He lives in California with his wife and children.