Welcome to the Not Old Better Show Fitness Friday series.

I'm your host Paul Vogelzang and this is show number 214. You're going to. Today's Fitness Friday show is a little different but still tied to health, news, and

information with emphasis on fitness for all of us.

This Sunday, May 6th, the U.S. government will open nationwide enrollment

for an ambitious experiment titled All of Us. The idea and where the name All of us comes from is that if they can build a large enough database comparing the genetics, lifestyles, and environments of all of us and people from all walks of life,

researchers hope to learn why some escape illness and others don't

and better customize ways to prevent and treat disease.

Here's the headline.

Wanted, a million people willing to share their DNA and 10 years of health

habits big and small, exercise or not, all for science.

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health,

describes his agency's All of Us research program and saying it's a national

adventure that is going to transform medical care. We're really building a

fundamental base of knowledge about how humans stay healthy or get sick and what to do about it.

I think the practice of medicine will be altered in profound ways.

That of course is Dr. Francis Collins, the Director of the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Collins and his team worked with Congress who authorized $1.4 billion over 10 years

for the project, all of us.

It all hinges on whether enough people around the country

will sign up either online or through participating health centers.

There's already interest. More than 25,000 people, including me, got early entry to the project

over the past year through an invitation only pilot test run by participating universities and health providers. Why so many? Well the

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