Why I’m building The Arising
I’m John Griffin, MD, a physician and founder of Arising Health. I’m building The Arising because this is information I need, and I want everyone else to have it too.
I want to understand what new discoveries mean for how we live, how we care for one another, and what medicine can make possible. That means following the research closely, asking what the evidence supports, and connecting it to decisions we actually face.
This work is personal as well as professional. What I learn informs how I live, what I put into my body, and why those choices change. New ideas I have encountered through this work have also changed the medical encounters that remain my day job. Even my search for ways to help my dog, Bean, live longer belongs in the same inquiry.
Through The Arising, I’m developing a connected collection of writing, magazines, and a Longevity Atlas. I want readers to be able to start with a question that matters to them, follow it into the science, and discover how it connects to other parts of life. As new evidence arrives, the collection should grow and change with it.
Drawing on decades of medical practice, John explores the science of longevity and the possibilities it opens for living with greater health, purpose and wonder.
Follow the source
Articles should name the study, population, design, outcome and limits. An association is not a demonstrated cause. An animal mechanism is not a human treatment. Disease outcomes are not automatically evidence of longer life.
Keep the work connected
Social posts introduce a question. Articles explain the finding. Collections connect related questions. Booklets gather a finite reading experience. The Atlas opens the map.
Keep it updatable
Web pages keep stable addresses as their content changes. Material corrections receive a dated note and follow through to derivative articles and booklets. PDF editions carry their date and version; they do not update themselves after download.
A living publication
The Arising brings together full articles, connected collections and illustrated reading booklets. Historical newsletter editions retain their original dates and evidence limitations. Follow on Substack for new writing. This site does not collect email addresses.