Eric Topol

What lifestyle changes would you make today if you knew you had a predisposition for heart disease? Would you exercise more? Eliminate "double bacon," "double shot" and "extra cheese" from your eating and drinking lexicon? What about stress? Would you find ways to simplify things, to spend less time in the trenches and more time enjoying life with family and friends?

Eric Topol, chief academic officer at Scripps Health, and director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI), heads up research that aims to find out.