A short motivational talk emphasizing the value of early disease recognition and prevention. The speaker contrasts early disease (hard to detect but easy to treat, often via lifestyle changes) with late disease (easy to recognize but harder to treat) and urges especially young mothers and women in their late 30s–50s to prioritize their health so they can remain present for their families.
There's a Great saying by Dr. William Oslo, the father of medicine, saying, when disease is early, it's hard to recognize because you look healthy, but it's easy to treat. It's usually with lifestyle interventions. But when disease is late, where you already have the rheumatoid arthritis and your fingers are bent, it's easy to recognize, but much harder to treat. So be proactive in terms of your care. And the special group of people I just wanted to also really talk to is young mothers, women in their 40s, in their 50s, who have in their late 30s, who are always putting their kids and their family first and put themselves later. And they don't realize if they don't focus in on their own health, then they may not be a later. It's important to do this for your kids and for your family and try and figure out how to really one up and optimize your health.
