What if we could catch disease earlier—before symptoms start?
Medical Xpress
February 18, 2026
Most chronic diseases don't begin with obvious symptoms or dramatic warning signs. Instead, they develop quietly over many years, as small changes accumulate in the body. A new perspective from researchers at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging notes that modern medicine often waits until disease is well underway and argues that new technologies could help detect risk much earlier, when prevention may be most effective.
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Originally published on Medical Xpress on 2/18/2026