In old Japan doctors were priests and exorcists chanting prayers and incantations. Scientific medicine represents progress no doubt, and the vastly expanded life span is solid testimony in its favor. Still, there are problems, and President magazine (Oct 13) raises some of them in a lengthy feature whose title, “The…
“The biggest lie of all,” biologist Kiyohiko Ikeda tells President magazine (Oct 13), “is the health check.” Really? Aging Japan is awash in health checks. Turn 65 and the pressure to submit to them mounts. You feel fine? Don’t be fooled. Cancer lurks in dark corners before it bursts into…