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Eric Topol

Eric Topol

@erictopol.bsky.social

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physician-scientist, author, editor

https://www.scripps.edu/faculty/topol/
Ground Truths https://erictopol.substack.com
SUPER AGERS https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Super-Agers/Eric-Topol/9781668067666

Eric Jeffrey Topol is an American cardiologist, scientist, and author. He is the founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, a professor of Molecular Medicine and Executive Vice-President at Scripps Research Institute, and a senior consultant at the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California. .. more

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · May 27

A new cover for SUPER AGERS after making the NYT bestseller list. Thanks to you for making it the #1 ranked new non-fiction book on Amazon.
amazon.com/gp/new-relea...

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 1d

Coverage @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/w...

Controlling Blood Sugar Cut Heart Disease Risk in Half, Study Says

www.nytimes.com

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 1d

98 million Americans have prediabetes. A recent landmark paper showed normalization of glucose in people with prediabetes is linked to halving of major cardiovascular adverse events over ensuing decades
thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Prediabetes remission and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality: post-hoc analyses from the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcome study and the DaQing Diabetes Prevention Outcome study

Reaching prediatbetes remission is linked to a decades-long benefit, halving the risk of cardiovascular death or hospitalisation for heart failure in diverse populations. Targeting remission might rep...

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 1d

Do you know about LVA surgery that is being done to increase brain waste product drainage, with intent to treat or prevent neurodegenerative diseases?
In conversation with @jonykipnis.bsky.social
erictopol.substack.com/p/how-our-br...

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Ed!

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 1d

Generative AI, 3 years in

Reposted by Benjamin Hansen

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 1d

"The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic projects nearly two million open health care jobs each year for the next decade."
nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...

Reposted by Eric J. Topol

Ed Himelblau @himelblau.bsky.social · 1d

Neuroscience cartoon inspired by a interview by a @erictopol.bsky.social interview. In my latest (FREE) newsletter, learn how the brain gets washed while you sleep. Also, exciting reports about the potential of brain-drain-expanding surgery to combat dementia. himelblau.substack.com/p/brain-washed

A guy naps on the couch in front of a big pile of dirty dishes.

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 3d

The Future @wsj.com including extending healthspan www.wsj.com/health/welln...

The Future of Everything’s Best of 2025

A lot changed in 2025. Here are The Future of Everything’s top stories of the year, including a formula for aging, fruit-picking robots and the car of the future

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 3d

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5 tips from ‘super agers’ on how to live a healthy life

This year, we learned a lot from people in their 80s, 90s and 100s (and the scientists who study them).

Reposted by Robert C. Richards

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 3d

On Super Agers
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5 tips from ‘super agers’ on how to live a healthy life

This year, we learned a lot from people in their 80s, 90s and 100s (and the scientists who study them).

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 3d

wapo.st/4q1nsNk

5 tips from ‘super agers’ on how to live a healthy life

This year, we learned a lot from people in their 80s, 90s and 100s (and the scientists who study them).

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 3d

same link, gift article wapo.st/4q1nsNk

5 tips from ‘super agers’ on how to live a healthy life

This year, we learned a lot from people in their 80s, 90s and 100s (and the scientists who study them).

Reposted by Eric J. Topol

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 5d

How to keep the heart young?
Preserve the integrity of its connection to the right vagus nerve!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
V Interesting findings, minipig model
To simplify, I made this Infographic via @notebooklm.bsky.social

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 5d

For Alzheimer's disease, it's no longer a debate of amyloid (Aβ) versus tau. They are interactive drivers and this new, optimistic review maps out a path towards disease-halting therapies
@cellcellpress.bsky.social

cell.com/cell/fulltex...

The evolving landscape of Alzheimer’s disease therapy: From Aβ to tau

Emerging tau-targeting approaches show promise in slowing Alzheimer’s disease progression, complementing recent advances in FDA-approved anti-Aβ therapies. This perspective outlines the progress in Al...

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 6d

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