title: Why settle for baseline health and fitness?
abstract: Our medical system is principally based on disease. Fair enough. If patients have a problem that decreases function, they see a doctor, a diagnosis follows, and an attempt is made to restore their capacity to normal. When patients see a doctor, the physician's main concern is the presence or absence of disease and whether they can be treated in some fashion.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA. gord@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Gordon O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Matheson