Saturday, September 23, 2017
Precision medicine only works if scientists have studied people who are similar to you.Every human on earth is unique our genes are different, we eat different things, we live in different places. As a result, medical treatments tend to work differently on different people. Depending on your genes, a drug might cure your sickness or
[ Read More ]According to new data from the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS), last year saw the highest number of drug-related deaths since records began in 1993. Over half of these deaths involved an opiate such as heroin. Those aged 40-49 made up the largest group dying as a result of drug poisoning. Compared to the
[ Read More ]In the era of fake news, click-bait articles and a tremendous amount of spam, it is important to be vigilant. We have to spot whats real and whats fake medical news. It is easy to over-hype a technology or get false hope, but we must battle this. I summarized the best methods that help filter
[ Read More ]Have you ever wondered where would you find your ancestors if you had the chance to travel back in time? Whether they tried to get rich during the gold rush in California in the 1890s? Or whether they fought in the army of Catherine the Great annexing the Crimea in 1783? Did they perhaps live
[ Read More ]Artificial intelligence, wearable sensors, virtual reality, medical robots these disruptive technologies are completely changing the way patients and doctors think and act about healthcare. Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla once said that technology would replace 80 percent of doctors in the future because machines will be more accurate, objective and cheaper than the average doctor.
[ Read More ]At the year’s halfway point, we look back on Healthcare IT News’ most popular stories, exploring major vendor announcements, general EHR dissatisfaction, rampant ransomware, innovative (potentially transformative?) technologies and more.Summer is often a time of slow news, but that’s not the case so far this year: Three of our top five stories have been published
[ Read More ]According to Dr Jeremy Howick and Dr Sian Rees of the Oxford Empathy Programme, existing digital technologies need to be exploited to enable a paradigm shift in current healthcare delivery that focuses on tests, treatments and targets as opposed to the therapeutic benefits of empathy. The article is published in the Journal of the Royal
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