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Future Medicine: Pills, Platforms, And A Better Band-Aid The future of medicine is a vast, opening playing field. If we could invent a magic pill for everything, perhaps we?d never deal with disease and pain again. For now, our human bodies are fallible. And in those fallacies, there is complicated science. www.forbes.com
Illinois medicine hard to take but inevitable In the worst of my encounters with Doc Marshall, I ran out the back door and was almost out to the big lilac bush when he knocked on the front door. That was Dr. Lloyd Marshall, who made something known as "house calls." (I will explain that term upon request to anyone born after about 1960.) www.stltoday.com
Dr. Shui-Yin Lo Accepts Appointment to the Scientist Advisory Board of the Academy of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine PANAMA CITY-- - The Academy of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine is pleased to announce the appointment of Shui-Yin Lo, PhD, and Chairman of the Board for Double Helix Water , to its Scientific Advisory ... finance.yahoo.com
Tricorder Update ??? Social Medicine is the Next Big Thing After Social Media Scanadu, competing for the Tricorder X-Prize, epitomizes the hyperpersonalization of health care and the key to unleashing social media medicine. Social Medicine is the next big thing and a Facebook equivalent is in our future. Eric Topol's new book The Creative Destruction of Medicine is a great guide to that future. www.forbes.com
American Academy of Environmental Medicine Calls for Immediate Caution regarding Smart Meter Installation...Cites ... WICHITA, Kan., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) has released its latest position paper on electromagnetic field (EMF) and radiofrequency (RF) health effects ... finance.yahoo.com
You Know Nothing, Dr. Snow: Why Medicine Can't Be More Like Facebook Medicine can never be like Facebook, despite what Matt Herper argues over at Forbes. Perhaps he was just trolling for hits on a day when everyone is thinking about the Facebook IPO, but Herper proposed, with apparently seriousness, that medicine needs to model itself on the tech world in order to match the kind of ... www.forbes.com
Recommendation against prostate screening shakes medicine In rejecting PSA screening for prostate cancer, an influential federal panel has chipped a cornerstone of preventive medicine, declaring that it's not always best to catch cancer as early as possible. www.philly.com
Made-to-measure medicine under scrutiny Custom-made treatment is being hailed as the new medical reality, but there’s a gap between expectations and what current technology and limited means can offer, experts say. www.montrealgazette.com
Symposium to explore personalized medicine Custom-made therapy rather than a one-size-fits-all approach is being hailed as the new medical reality, but there’s a gap between great expectations and what current technology and limited means can offer, especially when it comes to treatment for cancer patients, experts say. www.montrealgazette.com
Is it time to move beyond conventional ‘vs’ natural medicine? While many doctors remain suspicious of ‘natural’ medicine, a growing number now accept that there are compelling alternatives to leading drugs that are supported by just as much scientific evidence, without the nasty side effects, says one leading player in integrative medicine. www.nutraingredients-usa.com
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