Search Tag: Genetics

Executive Health Management

The-festival-of-genomics-biodata-2023

2023 25 Jan

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IT Management

Digital-health-world-congress-2022

2022 17 May

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Executive Health Management

The-festival-of-genomics-biodata-1

2022 26 Jan

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Executive Health Management

The-festival-of-genomics-biodata

2021 26 Jan

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IT Management

9-tech-trends-taking-off-in-2020

2019 11 Nov

Technology continues to transform healthcare through increased efficiency in work processes, leading to better delivery of care. For the incoming year, 2020, expect growing applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning aimed at advancing disease risk prediction. Expanding AI use will likely have a ripple effect, such as in genomic...Read more

Health Management

Volume-19-issue-3-2019

2019 22 May

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Executive Health Management

Telehealth-bringing-personalised-medicine-closer

2019 22 May

What role is telehealth playing in improving the genomics playing field?   How one company is breaking down barriers to implementation of genomics to make Personalised Medicine a growing daily reality in healthcare provision.     What is Genome Medical’s mid to long-term objective in the field of genomics and Personalised Medicine...Read more

Executive Health Management

A-primer-on-next-generation-sequencing-data-analytics

2019 22 May

Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) is rapidly becoming more and more standardised in terms of sequencing techniques.   With Precision Medicine coming into the clinical forefront, it is important to know the steps and possibilities associated with Next-Generation Sequencing techniques.   Introduction   Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) is...Read more

Executive Health Management

Personalised-medicine-and-cardiovascular-disease

2019 22 May

An overview of the application of personalised medicine in cardiology and the potential benefits it offers for improved cardiovascular care.  The term “personalised medicine” was first introduced in the late 1990s. The Council of Advisors on Science and Technology of USA defined personalised medicine as “the tailoring of medical treatment...Read more

Cardiology Management

Heart-rhythm-scientific-sessions-2019

2019 08 May

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Executive Health Management

Lack-of-research-into-precision-medicine-may-hinder-targeted-therapies-for-cancers-in-the-uae-1

2018 12 Dec

·       Experts highlight that Middle Eastern populations are underrepresented in disease research ·       UAE Vision 2021 aims to reduce cancer-related deaths, which WHO estimated to be 25.6 deaths per 100,000 population in the UAE in 2017 ·       Barriers to providing precision medicine in the Arab Read more

Cardiology Management

Shorter-height-associated-with-higher-risk-of-coronary-heart-disease

2015 12 Apr

According to a new study led by University of Leicester, the shorter you are, the more is your risk of coronary artery disease. The study has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine . The research was led by Professor Sir Nilesh Samani, British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiology at the University of Leicester. The researchers...Read more

Cardiology Management

Study-uses-new-approach-to-determine-who-benefits-from-statin-therapy

2015 08 Mar

According to new research, statin therapy provides the most benefit to patients with the highest genetic risk of heart attack. The research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School has been published in The Lancet . The researchers used a straightforward...Read more

Cardiology Management

Genetics-guide-personalised-cardiovascular-therapy

2015 16 Jan

New research from Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) has found that cardiovascular patients with a specific genetic profile benefit greatly from the new medication dalcetrapib. The drug reduced heart attacks, strokes, unstable angina, coronary revascularisations and cardiovascular deaths by as much as 39 percent. The findings could pave the way for a new...Read more

Cardiology Management

Heart-attacks-genetic-link-weaker-than-thought

2014 23 Oct

Results of a new study debunk the long-standing belief linking heart attacks to family history and genetics. These new findings may help those with a family history of coronary disease and those diagnosed with narrow coronaries realise that heart attacks are not inevitable and that their lifestyle choices and environment, not just their genetics, also...Read more

IT Management

25-years-of-computer-progress-benefit-dna-study

2014 07 Jan

In the cell nucleus, DNA carries out its activities in a diluted state where it synthesises proteins and, despite resembling a messy tangle of thread, its structure is in actually governed by precise rules that are important for it to carry out its functions.  Customarily, biologists have studied DNA by observing it experimentally with a number...Read more

Executive Health Management

Never-grow-old-maybe-one-day

2014 03 Jan

In the fight against aging, restricting calorie consumption is among the few actually proven methods. The underlying mechanism is still unknown, yet calorie restriction has been shown to prolong lifespan in worms, yeast, flies, monkeys, and as per some recent studies, in humans too. Keren Yizhak is a doctoral student in Prof. Eytan Ruppin's...Read more

Executive Health Management

Massive-study-closes-in-on-cancer-risk-markers

2013 04 Sep

Cancer research has taken a huge leap forward with scientists now able to identify more than 80 genetic markers found to increase the risk of breast, ovarian and prostate cancer. The COGS international research initiative is believed to be the largest of its kind. Although the results have been widely reported, the cross-border efforts behind this...Read more