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In the fight against cancer, precision medicine is one of the most promising tools and the logical outcome of current healthcare trends. As start-ups offering personalized healthcare solutions multiply like mushrooms after rain, governments and regulatory agencies have to give appropriate responses in regulating the grass-root healthcare jungle. Here is my analysis about the potential and dilemmas about precision medicine.
Precision medicine is the logical outcome of modern healthcare
There is one phrase, which is not part of the Hippocratic Oath, but everyone in medicine knows it. Primum non nocere, meaning “first do n...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 30, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Genomics Healthcare Design Personalized Medicine AI cancer cancer research chemotherapy digital gc4 genetics Genome Innovation oncology precision medicine targeted treatment technology Source Type: blogs
The Multichannel ECG on Your Smartphone: The ECG Dongle Review
I reviewed the ECG Dongle heart rate and stress level monitor developed by the Russian company, Nordavind. With its promise to bring multichannel ECG as an add-on to your smartphone, it is certainly one of its kind.
My childhood magic box and smartphones
I remember a tale from one of my aunts, which got caught in the back of my head ever since. One day, when a little boy played in the attic of their house with his cat, he threw away the ball, but of course cats are not for catching balls, so she refused to go after it. The ball fell into a huge box, and the little boy had to crawl into it. On the very bottom of the huge bo...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 28, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers digital health ecg gc3 Health 2.0 Healthcare heart Innovation Personalized medicine review technology Source Type: blogs
OnkoNetwork Drastically Reduces Pre-Treatment Waiting Time For Oncology Patients
Since the introduction of a special software and optimization of patient management practices in November 2015, in the Hungarian county of Kaposvár the average time from the discovery of a cancerous disease until the actual medical consultation about the treatment plan has been reduced drastically from 54 to 21 days. Those 33 days could mean the difference between life and death. Sometimes you do not need pricey or hyper-high-tech solutions for making a difference in healthcare. Sometimes it is enough if you respond to patients’ needs by optimizing processes. Let’s see how OnkoNetwork, the first Hungarian patient mana...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 23, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Healthcare Design gc4 Source Type: blogs
10 Ways Technology Is Changing Healthcare
The future of healthcare is shaping up in front of our eyes mainly through digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence, VR/AR, 3D-printing, robotics or nanotechnology. We have to familiarize with the latest developments in order to be able to control technology and not the other way around. Check out the most important trends for the future of medicine here and in detail in my e-book.
Be bold, curious and informed!
Are you afraid that robots will take over the jobs of nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals? Are you scared that artificial intelligence will control the world within a couple of years? D...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 21, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine 3d printing AI artificial intelligence augmented reality GC1 genetics Health Healthcare nanotechnology Personalized medicine pharma pharmacology robotics virtual reality wearables Source Type: blogs
On the importance of conferences
I just returned from the biennial Fungal Genetics Conference held at Asilomar State Park in Pacific Grove, California. It is wonderful, exhausting, invigorating, at times overwhelming firehose of new information. Nearly 900 researchers who work on fungi in some form come to attend. This meeting grew out of a primary focus on fungal genetics, but has now become a gathering that encompasses epigenetics, genomics, ecology, population and evolutionary biology, fungal associated chemistry, medical and animal associated mycology, and education and outreach on fungal biology. For me, it has become a special meeting since m...
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - March 21, 2017 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: Fungal Genetics conferences Source Type: blogs
5 Ways for Sleep Tracking: A Week-Long Experiment With Apps And Sensors
Sleep tracking is not an easy business. There are plenty of options on the market, while choosing and paying for a sensor, an app or both is a serious commitment. I decided to carry out a week-long experiment by testing various sleep apps, sensors and their combinations in order to help you with my own results. Check it out!
How to find the way out of the jungle of sleep trackers?
Tracking sleep is an amazing experience. You learn a lot about your habits and how they affect sleep quality. For example, what happens if you drink or eat anything before going to sleep? What if you exercise? And what about checking your social...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 16, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers gc3 Health 2.0 Personalized medicine sleep sleep as android sleep optimization sleep tracking technology wearable wearables Source Type: blogs
Postdoc: Fungal Ecology and Evolution
Postdoctoral Position in Fungal Ecology and Evolution
Contact: Dr. Serita Frey, Department of Natural Resources & the Environment,University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH USA Serita.Frey@unh.edu
(Questions can also be directed to Dr. Anne Pringle, University of Wisconsin-Madison, anne.pringle@wisc.edu)
Our laboratory aims to understand connections between microbial community structure and ecosystem function. We document the impacts of environmental change on the diversity, community composition, and function of the soil microbial community, and test whether shifts in the community subsequently influence ecosystem-sc...
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - March 14, 2017 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: ecology microbial ecology postdoc fungal ecology fungal evolution Source Type: blogs
Sleep Tracking 2.0: My Viatom O2 Sleep Monitor Review
One of my duties as The Medical Futurist is testing new healthcare sensors. I tested the Viatom O2 which promises to closely monitor your heart rate and blood oxygen level, while you are dreaming about a holiday in Hawaii. Moreover, it offers to warn you with a smart vibration, if the SpO2 level drops too low. Here is my verdict about the device.
Sleep tracking for improving sleep quality
For me, sleep tracking and going to bed goes as naturally together as a movie-night with popcorn or Belgium with rainy weather. I have been tracking my sleep for years to be able to optimize it. So, I have quite an experience with apps, ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 14, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers future gc3 healthy lifestyle Innovation Personalized medicine sleep optimization sleep tracking technology viatom wearables Source Type: blogs
What Could You Do With Cheap Genome Sequencing Now?
Genome sequencing does definitely not equal with fortune telling: it cannot predict how long you will live or what your body mass index will look like. However, it can tell you a lot about your sensitivity to drugs, your family history or whether you are a carrier of monogenic conditions.
What are your genes worth?
Only 30 years ago, there would have been no question about the price of genome sequencing, since the concept has not existed yet. The Human Genome Project began in 1990 with the aim of mapping the whole structure of the human genome and sequencing it, but no one thought that it will bring such staggering results...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 9, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Genomics Personalized Medicine DNA dna testing gc3 Genetic testing genetics Genome genome sequencing Healthcare Innovation Source Type: blogs
Can a Genetic Test Tell You What Medication to Take For a Headache? The MyDNA Review
I was offered a genetic test by MyDNA that promises to let you know how your body metabolizes medications based on your genetic background. It might be crucial in the future when deciding about certain drugs for certain diseases. Here, I show you the results of my review.
Reading the secrets of your body with genetic testing
As a researcher with a PhD in genomics, it is fascinating for me to see how genetic tests work in action. The feeling of getting the results is similar to that if you could peek into a secret world, as if you could read the Rosetta Stone’s ancient old Egyptian hieroglyphs. The difference is that in t...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 8, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Genomics Personalized Medicine DNA dna testing dosing drug future gc3 Genetic testing genetics Genome Innovation pharma pharmacogenetics Source Type: blogs
Top Healthcare Companies in Robotics
Robotics has the power to completely reshape the landscape of healthcare both in its structure and its operation. Here, you find my own list about the most relevant companies and start-ups on the healthcare robotics market.
With robotics for the sustainability of healthcare
As I outlined in my open letter to regulators, the long-term sustainability of healthcare systems could be solved by automation powered by digital health technologies, such as artificial intelligence, 3D-printing or robotics. The latter could take over monotonous work from healthcare workers, which would allow them to focus more on patients and to have ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 2, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Medical Robotics GC1 google Health Healthcare Innovation pharma robot companion surgical robot Source Type: blogs
How Fitbit Helped Me Change Lifestyle: The Great Fitbit Surge Review
I had a serious injury in 2016 which completely destroyed my workout rhythm and ruptured my dreams about being able to achieve the training level of an astronaut – in case I’d need to. After I could start my recovery, I turned to Fitbit Surge to help me shape up again. Here is how.
Astronaut Mesko is expected to touch down on the Kazahstan Steppes at 4.21 CET
My childhood dream was to become an astronaut. There are many others who also have space travel as their life goal, but I actually started to exercise on six days a week only to achieve this purpose – and I still do. On six days every week I have a tiring and co...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 28, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers Fitbit fitness trackers future gc3 healthy lifestyle Personalized medicine review sports technology wearables Source Type: blogs
My 6-Months Sleep Tracking Experiment – And What I Learnt From It
I have been working for years on how to optimize my sleeping pattern to be able to wake up well-rested in the morning. Through a 6-months sleep tracking experiment carried out with the Pebble Time sensor and the Android Sleep app, I increased my sleep quality significantly. Check out what I learnt from it!
Eliminate luck from sleep quality!
I’m quite an avid health tracker. In some previous articles, I have described how I track stress, how I changed my life with a simple excel spreadsheet or how you could live healthier with the help of technology. Being familiar with the difficulties of lifestyle change, I know that it...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 23, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers future gc3 health trackers Healthcare Innovation pebble personalized Personalized medicine sleep sleep as android sleep tracking wearables Source Type: blogs
My Speech to The Canadian Senate Committee as an Open Letter to Every Government
Here is the edited speech I gave to the Canadian Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, and I would turn to every government or parliament eager to reform healthcare through technology with similar advices. I hope that more and more regulatory actors will pay attention to the winds of change.
Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and Members of the Committee. I’m honoured to get a chance as The Medical Futurist to share my research on how automation can change healthcare.
I firmly believe that automation, especially artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and 3D printing, is essential in making healthc...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 22, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Healthcare Design AI artificial intelligence gc4 government ibm watson Innovation regulations robotics technology Source Type: blogs
My Speech About Digital Health to The Canadian Senate as an Open Letter to Every Government
Here is the edited speech I gave to the Canadian Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, and I would turn to every government or parliament eager to reform healthcare through technology with similar advices. I hope that more and more regulatory actors will pay attention to the winds of change.
Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and Members of the Committee. I’m honoured to get a chance as The Medical Futurist to share my research on how automation can change healthcare.
I firmly believe that automation, especially artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and 3D printing, is essential in making healthc...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 22, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Healthcare Design AI artificial intelligence gc4 government ibm watson Innovation regulations robotics technology Source Type: blogs
