You nod and smile politely - more doctor yadda yadda. You've heard it all before. Everybody loves a good whizbang futuristic gizmo, after all. But the experts know the truth. For years, it's been known that taking an aspirin a day can help ward off heart attacks.
Women can take drugs today to help stave off breast cancer and osteoporosis.
Genetic tests exist that can tell you your risk of developing a myriad of cancers, although the treatment once the risk is found hasn't changed much in decades. People are living with mechanical heart assists, with implants that enable them to hear, even with transplanted hands. And as the entire world knows by now, there are drugs that resod your balding head and jump-start your drooping love life. The breakthroughs are tantalizingly close. Scientists are creating primordial stem cells in the lab out of which they could grow replacement organs.