We’re living in a golden age of medicine—organ transplants, robotic surgeries, miracle drugs. But as our ability to treat disease advances, our commitment to preventing it has quietly eroded. In this post, we explore the unintended consequence of medical progress: the growing belief that personal health choices don’t matter because medicine will “fix it.” Learn why this mindset is dangerous, how it’s fueling epidemics like obesity, and what we must do—individually and collectively—to reclaim our role in staying well.