
Episode #6
Can We Reverse Aging? The Science of Longevity & Alzheimer's | Dr. Michael Fossel
Can we actually reverse aging — and could that cure Alzheimer's? Physician and aging researcher Dr. Michael Fossel — Stanford MD/PhD, decades studying cellular aging and telomeres, author of Reversal: Science, Medicine, and a Future Beyond Aging — joins Steph Pliha on Leadr. Podcast to answer one of medicine's biggest questions: why we age and if we can reset it. This isn't just science. We get into why aging is a failure of maintenance (not just entropy), why age is the #1 risk factor for Alzheimer's, where cell aging fits between upstream risks and downstream biomarkers, and why his lab first reversed aging in human cells in 1998. Plus: what actually protects brain health — nutrition, inflammation, insulin resistance, sleep, exercise — vs what is hype, and what his team at Telocyte is building now to make treatment accessible. You'll learn: • Why aging isn't "wear and tear" — and what actually drives it • The cellular link between aging and Alzheimer's • What you can do today for brain health (that your grandma already told you) • When human trials to reverse aging could happen — and what "cure" really means • Consciousness, compassion, and his year babysitting Koko the gorilla at Stanford Guest: Dr. Michael Fossel - Book: Reversal | Telocyte: telocyte.com Host: Steph Pliha, Founder & CEO of Tribe Consulting — Make Your Brand a Verb™ — stephpliha.com | tribeconsulting.co Find Dr. Michael Fossel: Book — Reversal: Science, Medicine, and a Future Beyond Aging: www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKNGSL2X Telocyte: www.telocyte.com Find Steph & Leadr. Podcast: Tribe Consulting: https://www.tribeconsulting.co/ Steph Pliha: https://stephpliha.com/ Leadr. Podcast: https://stephpliha.com/leadr-podcast Instagram: @stephpliha | LinkedIn:/in/stephpliha Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jAV23FTZxRQ


