Outlive
Peter Attia's 2023 book argues that the standard medical playbook for the second half of life is built around treating disease too late, and that what he calls Medicine 3.0 should instead aim at adding decades of healthspan, the years a person stays mobile, sharp, and emotionally intact, by attacking the four horsemen of late life, atherosclerotic heart disease, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and type 2 diabetes, while they are still in their early phases. Attia, a Stanford-trained surgeon turned longevity physician, walks through the biology of each, the testing and intervention strategies he uses with his concierge patients, and a long, surprisingly personal final section on emotional health and the work he had to do on his own anger. Co-written with science journalist Bill Gifford, Outlive sat for over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and made Attia one of the loudest voices in modern preventive medicine.
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Peter Attia, with Bill Gifford, makes the case for a new approach to longevity that targets the four big killers, heart disease, cancer, neurodegeneration, and metabolic illness, decades before they show.
Outlive is Peter Attia's 2023 framework for extending healthspan, the period of life lived in good health. Attia argues that medicine should focus on preventing the four horsemen (cardiovascular disease, cancer, neurodegeneration, type-2 diabetes) decades before they appear.
Peter Attia is a physician and the book draws on extensive contemporary research. Some specific recommendations (rapamycin, aggressive lipid management, exercise dosing) sit at the edge of mainstream guidelines. The framework is widely respected in longevity circles.
Outlive was written by Peter Attia, published in 2023 by Lifestyle.
Outlive is 448 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Outlive takes most readers 7 to 10 hours to finish.
Outlive is a standalone novel by Peter Attia, not part of a series.
Outlive is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.