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Longevity medicine skepticism and evidence based medicine framing

April 3, 2026r/medicine

In r/medicine, physicians argue over whether self-branded longevity doctors are quacks, with criticism aimed at marketing-driven prevention narratives that position mainstream medicine as purely reactive while selling a new paradigm.

Can I please just write off all self-described “Longevity Doctors” as quacks?
I was raised as a physician at the dawn of the “evidence-based medicine” movement that started in the 1990s.
First, state that modern medicine only reacts once there’s a problem, rather than acting preventively.
Can I please just write off all self-described "Longevity Doctors" as quacks?
I was raised as a physician at the dawn of the "evidence-based medicine" movement that started in the 1990s.
If you read Peter Attia’s book, it follows a common formula that a lot of pop docs use
I believe we should all be concerned about the growing use of "peptides".
with minimal peer-reviewed research to support (but lots of bro-science).
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