Precision Medicine Approaches Peak Hype

No, Personalized Medicine Isn’t Going To Save $600 Billion Over 50 Years By Preventing Heart Disease The hype over personalized medicine has now reached astonishing new heights.  In an article published in the Lancet, Victor Dzau, the new president of the Institute of Medicine, and coauthors write that personalized and precision medicine (PPM) could deliver hundreds of billions of dollars worth…

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Becoming Your Own Doctor In The Brave New World Of Personalized Medicine

Lately there’s been a lot of talk about personalized medicine. There’s a bold idea going around that people should take control of their own healthcare and manage the flood of new data stemming from a whole bunch of new technologies, including, but hardly limited to, personal genomes, biomarkers, wireless sensors, and iPhone ECGs. … …boutique-style…

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