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Futureproof Extra: The End of Medicine As We Know It

If you have acute migraines, your doctor might refer you to a neurologist. If your Asthma is really bad, maybe you’ll be sent to a respiratory specialist. They will then use their expertise to alleviate your symptoms but crucially they won’t be able to...

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06.30 4 Oct 2022


Futureproof Extra: The End of Medicine As We Know It



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06.30 4 Oct 2022


If you have acute migraines, your doctor might refer you to a neurologist.

If your Asthma is really bad, maybe you’ll be sent to a respiratory specialist.

They will then use their expertise to alleviate your symptoms but crucially they won’t be able to tell you what is causing your illness because frankly, they don’t know.

So, what if the ultimate cause of these ailments isn’t happening in the brains or the lungs but elsewhere? Doesn’t that present a problem for how our medical system operates?

The resounding answer is yes according to Professor Harald Schmidt who is Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Personalized Medicine at the University of Maastricht and author of 'The End of Medicine as We Know It and Why Your Health Has a Future'. He joins Jonathan to discuss.


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