Hacking Humanity

'No-one explains cutting edge science and technology more clearly than Lara' Lorraine Kelly | 'Brilliantly written ... separates the nonsense from the evidence' Russell Foster |
'Extraordinarily helpful' Damian Hughes
On average we spend 20-25% of our lives in poor health - but what if we could change that? What if we could stop cancer in its tracks, lose weight at will and even reverse the signs of ageing? With breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, disease prevention and decoding our genetics, it might all be possible sooner than you think.
In Hacking Humanity, technology journalist Lara Lewington takes us to the cutting edge of scientific research to demystify how new innovations are transforming our healthcare for the better. Drawing us into the science behind the world's healthiest people, from the Blue Zones to Silicon Valley, while experimenting with the new technology already available, she examines the real challenges ahead and how we can overcome them.
This holds the power to significantly increase the amount of time we spend living in good health - and may boost our lifespans in the process too.
Discover how you can harness the power of data to start improving and protecting your future health right now, and learn how the world's leading experts are developing technologies that will help us all enjoy more of our lives in the years to come.

Lara Lewington is a technology broadcaster and journalist with a special focus on future health. She has covered some of the world's greatest innovations presenting the BBC's flagship technology show, Click, and has fronted health tech episodes of ITV's Tonight, and other BBC TV and radio programmes, exploring how artificial intelligence, science, and innovation are transforming our health and lives. As ITV Lorraine's resident 'AI Agony Aunt', she demystifies tech to a mainstream audience, and presented Panorama's Beyond Human: Artificial Intelligence and Us. Lara lives in London.