Emi Gal (Page 1)

The Secret Ezra Master Plan (just between you and me)*

[originally posted on the Ezra blog here] Our mission at Ezra is to detect cancer early for everyone in the world. To achieve this audacious goal, our plan from Day 1 was as follows: Step 1: launch a 60-minute full body MRI that screens for cancer everywhere in the body,

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On incidental findings

Nikhil from Out of Pocket recently wrote an essay about incidentals in cancer screening that I thought was measured and well documented. Given that I run a startup that offers the types of Full Body MRI scans Nikhil describes, I wanted to provide my perspective on the risks (and benefits)

longevity guides

A comprehensive blood testing panel for longevity

As mentioned in my research-based protocol for longevity, I am religious about blood testing and believe it's one of the best tools to help understand how each of my health systems is performing. Every January, I get a very comprehensive blood testing panel done that includes over 100 biomarkers (127

Work

How I spent my time in 2021

Each year, I do an audit of how I spent my time in order to look for areas of improvement. I used to do this manually, but this year I decided to write a python script for it. Here's a short outline of how I spent my time this year.

Ezra

A research-based protocol for longevity

Updated 5/16/2023 According to the CDC, the main causes of death for a 37 year old (my age) are unintentional injuries (poisoning through narcotics and psychodysleptics or motor vehicle accidents), followed by cancer, coronary heart disease, suicide or homicide 1. If you fast forward to 65 years+, the

Ezra

“Ezra saved my life”

[Originally posted on Medium [https://medium.com/ezraai/ezra-saved-my-life-833ce64b33a1]] Two and a half years ago, we set out to create a new way to screen for cancer that is fast, accurate, and affordable. Eighteen months ago, we launched [https://medium.com/ezraai/meet-ezra-a-new-way-to-screen-for-cancer-39905f86568e] Ezra [https://ezra.com/], with the mission

Ezra

Introducing the Ezra full-body scan, covering 13 cancers in women and 11 in men

[Originally posted on Medium [https://medium.com/ezraai/introducing-the-ezra-full-body-scan-covering-13-cancers-in-women-and-11-in-men-67ba90b4e534] ] We started Ezra [http://ezra.com/] with one mission: help everyone in the world detect cancer early. In 2018, 18.1¹ million people worldwide were diagnosed with cancer². Of that number, almost 50% were detected late, and only 2 out of

Ezra

Meet Ezra, a new way to screen for cancer

[Originally posted on Medium [https://medium.com/ezraai/meet-ezra-a-new-way-to-screen-for-cancer-39905f86568e] ] 18.1 million¹ people across the world will be diagnosed with cancer this year, and over half will be diagnosed late². Of the 9 million people who will receive a late diagnosis, only a third will survive longer than 5 years³

experiments

My 2016 experiment

For the past eight years, I’ve taken on a new experiment every year. I do them for three reasons: to learn something new, meet new people and get outside my comfort zone. My experiments vary – in previous years I’ve been a polyphasic sleeper, read a book per week,

elderproject

The #elderproject – what I learned

For the past 10 years I’ve always spent the first few quiet days of the year thinking about the past 365 days and planning for the next. This year, my introspection also turned out to be a good opportunity go through all my #elderproject [https://www.emigal.com/tag/

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The #elderproject #11 – Graham Perolls

I first met Graham earlier this year, when he invited me to become a Honorary Patron on the Copaceni fundraising committee for Hospices of Hope. I’m in awe of Graham’s dedication to helping people in South Eastern Europe with services of palliative care, and this was one of

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The #elderproject #10 – Princess Marina Sturdza

A week ago in New York, I had the great pleasure to interview Princess Marina Sturdza. She is a member [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturdza_family] of the old, aristocratic Sturdza family, who were exiled by the communist regime in Romania when she was just three years old. Princess

elderproject

The #elderproject #9 – Andrew

Smart, modest and wise are the first attributes that spring to mind when I think of Andrew, my 9th interviewee for the #elderproject. A Romanian 71 year old that fled to the US during the communist regime, he lived in the US for 20 years and is now living in

The #elderproject #8: Aida

My next interview is in a combination of Italian & Spanish because Aida, the first woman I interviewed as part of the #elderproject, was not comfortable in doing the interview in English. She works for Franco, whom I hope you’ve already listened to [https://www.emigal.com/2015/04/18/

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The #elderproject #7: Franco the tailor

Yes, I know it’s been a while and no, I haven’t given up on the #elderproject. I’ve just been busy and as it turns out it’s not that easy finding, interviewing and writing about people. That being said, I believe the wait will be worth it.

hospice

[RO] Expozitie de arta pentru Hospice Casa Sperantei

Marti, 21 Aprilie de la ora 19:00 organizez impreuna cu Hospice Casa Sperantei [https://www.facebook.com/HospiceCasaSperantei] o expozitie de arta la Capital Plaza (Bld. Iancu de Hunedoara 54), cu obiectivul de a strange fonduri pentru construirea unui centru de ingrijire pentru bolnavii incurabili in stadii avansate, in

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Giving back

Those of you who’ve listened to my #elderproject interviews know that one of my questions is “What would you change if you could go back in time?” The most frequent answer I’ve been getting is that they would try to be kinder and more generous. I’ve been

elderproject

The #elderproject #6: David Moore

My 6th interview was with David J. Moore of 24/7 Real Media fame [http://www.wpp.com/wpp/investor/financialnews/2007/may/17/wpp-has-agreed-to-acquire-real/] . Dave has been an ad man for longer than I’ve been alive, sold 24/7 Real Media to WPP in 2007 and is currently

elderproject

The #elderproject #5: Jeff Hutchinson

This week’s elder is the oldest one I’ve interviewed so far, and yet one of the happiest. Jeff is 83, British and has more charisma than Obama & Clooney put together. He had a wonderful, wonderful story about love which was perfectly timed as I interviewed him on Valentine’

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The #elderproject #4: George Betianu [RO]

Apologies for not posting an #elderproject interview in a while. I’ve been doing them at a rate of one per week but converting to mp3, uploading to soundcloud and writing the summary takes longer than I thought and work has been very busy. I’ll try posting a few

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The #elderproject #3: Ewan

Today’s elder is a 61 year old British national living in Surrey, named Ewan. There was a bit of nostalgia in his voice while he was talking about the past, as you’ll notice in the interview. He’s had a tough time over the years, Ewan, but despite

elderproject

The #elderproject #2: Jagdish Patel

I’ve realised over the past week that I don’t have time to post the elder project interviews every day, but I will try to the best of my ability to actually do one every day and post them at a later time. Today, I’d like to introduce

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The #elderproject #1: my dad, Stefan Gal

The first person I interviewed for The Elder Project [https://www.emigal.com/2014/12/25/experiments-the-elderproject/] is none other than my dad, whom I love dearly and look up to in many ways. Asking him the questions was rather odd as I already know the answers to many of

elderproject

Experiments – the #elderproject

Almost every year for the past six years, I’ve taken on a new experiment. In 2008 I was a polyphasic sleeper [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep] for two months. In 2010 I lost 14kgs in two months. In 2011 I lived in London on £300/day for

brainient

#WPPSTREAM

For the past three years, I’ve been lucky to have been invited to WPP’s annual un-conference, WPPSTREAM [http://stream.wpp.com/]. This year was by far the best STREAM I’ve ever participated in and, by a long mile, the best event I’ve ever been to. The