Search Tag: personalised medicine
2020: Another Year of Radical Change in Healthcare
2019 13 Nov
As we approach the New Year, it is time for forecasts and predictions. This is not easy, as the healthcare landscape today is changing faster than ever, driven by technological advancements and accompanying social, financial and regulatory shifts. The Editors-in-Chief for HealthManagement.org shared their views on what to look out for in 2020 to... Read more
‘The Death of Cancer’ - The Patient Perspective
2019 26 Aug
Summary: Cancer affects everybody's life at some point. ‘The Death of Cancer,' written by one of oncology's leading figures, Dr Vincent T. DeVita, documents his own journey for the cure. Dr Peter Kapitein gives his personal review on the book. In 2005 I was diagnosed with lymph gland cancer and became interested in the medical industrial... Read more
Keeping the Person in Personalised Medicine
2019 30 May
As Personalised Medicine endeavours to discover more specific aetiologies and treatments of disease based on genetics and basic science research, it is crucial to maintain a focus on the patient-doctor relationship in order to more fully optimise patient care. In a world where the cutting edge is a crowded place, and people’s lives are at... Read more
Top Target Treatments
2019 22 May
On paper, it looks straightforward; the basis of personalised care and targeted therapy lies in the realisation that every patient has a different level of susceptibility to disease, responds differently to the same treatment, and needs different doses for the same effect. Over the last ten years, healthcare has made huge progress in linking genetics... Read more
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
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
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
Top Target Treatments infographic
2019 22 May
Top target treatments and application of personalised medicine in healthcare Read more
Healthcare and industry partner for tech innovation
2019 22 May
Implementing emerging technologies in healthcare: incentives, challenges and successes How a healthcare hub can bring industry and healthcare together to foster tech exploration and development for better care. Technology opens up new opportunities, and we expect implementation. Use of the new possibilities is now taken for... Read more