What’s Really Killing Us?

What’s killing us? Is it high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol or even diabetes? Or are all these symptoms of something else? Alexandra Drane calls it “life sucks” disease. It’s made up of all the other things that monopolize our time and distract us from taking care of ourselves: caregiver stress, financial stress, relationship stress and workplace stress. Drane says the health care industry has begun to prod people to pay attention to their health. Still, the founder of two health care companies—one that specifically engages patients through technology—says we can do more.