MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'future medicine'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:47 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167190&cid=t_129945_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fgoldstein-personalized-medicine-in-2020.html -from NaturePersonalized medicineDavid B. GoldsteinDuke UniversityOver the past decade, powerful genotyping tools have allowed geneticists to look at common variation across the entire human genome to identify the risk factors behind many diseases. Two striking findings will define the study of disease for the decade to come. First, common genetic variation seems to have only a limited role in determining people's predisposition to many common diseases. Second, gene variants that are very rare in the general population can have outsized effects on predisposition.For example, rare mutations that cause the elimination of chunks of the genome can raise the risk of diseases such as schizophrenia, epilepsy or autism by up to twentyfold. Some researchers view these major risk factors as aberrati... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167190 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0100 3167190 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1366876&cid=t_129945_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fpaduan-learners-and-francis.html What I always find amazing is the enthusiasm with which medical students learn genetics. My colleague came back from some of our house visits and I had some time to teach. It is as if they were never taught genetics to begin with. I just finished up an hour long lecture with the 3rd year medical students of New York Medical College. I often hear so many..."Oh Yeahs" or "Oh....I get it" answers....That is what motivates me. After the hour long lecture....I often the tell them that they now know more genetics than their attendings (Older Physicians). This often makes them feel very empowered. I walk these students through the history of modern medical genetics and tell them about the lack of providers in the field. Often this is accompanied with several expletives about how Mendel did us wro... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1366876 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:24:00 +0100 1366876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523194&cid=t_129945_113_f&fid=34831&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDocinthemachine%2F%7E3%2F-7aAzY5L1fU%2F This is your brain on performance enhancing drugs Perhaps the top science journal in the world - Nature - reported today on epidemic-like levels of cognitive performance enhancing drug abuse by top academic scientists. why they began the survey The survey was triggered by a Commentary by behavioural neuroscientists Barbara Sahakian and Sharon Morein-Zamir of the University of Cambridge, UK, who had surveyed their colleagues on the use of drugs that purportedly enhance focus and attention (Nature 450, 1157–1159 ; 2007). In the article, the two scientists asked readers whether they would consider “boosting their brain power” with drugs. Spurred by the tremendous response, Nature ran its own informal survey. 1,400 people from 60 countries responded to the online poll. They looked at ill... docinthemachine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523194 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:00:42 +0100 2523194 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1362396&cid=t_129945_113_f&fid=34831&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDocinthemachine%2F%7E3%2F267493589%2F This is your brain on performance enhancing drugs Perhaps the top science journal in the world - Nature - reported today on epidemic-like levels of cognitive performance enhancing drug abuse by top academic scientists. why they began the survey The survey was triggered by a Commentary by behavioural neuroscientists Barbara Sahakian and Sharon Morein-Zamir of the University of Cambridge, UK, who had surveyed their colleagues on the use of drugs that purportedly enhance focus and attention (Nature 450, 1157–1159 ; 2007). In the article, the two scientists asked readers whether they would consider “boosting their brain power” with drugs. Spurred by the tremendous response, Nature ran its own informal survey. 1,400 people from 60 countries responded to the online poll. They looked at ill... docinthemachine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1362396 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:00:42 +0100 1362396 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1353960&cid=t_129945_113_f&fid=34831&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDocinthemachine%2F%7E3%2F265442233%2F  Gizmodo is reporting today about how White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski said he improved his performace though the daily use of a Nintendo video game.  This reminded me of research I did while at Yale on similar visual testing on surgeons.  We found back then that for both atletes, and surgeons (especially endoscopic surgeons) visual accuity correlated with performance and both could be imporved with exercises.  First the report on the catcher and the video game.  Gizmodo writes: We were just about to stuff Nintendo’s Flash Focus vision game into the snake oil file when White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski revealed he actually improved his hitting through daily use of the software. Like many of the White Sox batters last year, Pierzynski stunk, and to come around he played Flash Fo... docinthemachine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1353960 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:00:47 +0100 1353960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=821661&cid=t_129945_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fcheck-out-my-colleauge-ogan-gurel-md.html I am sitting on the Phone with the good doctor Ogan Gurel. He is an excellent blogger that always never ceases to amaze me with his posts. From his site"Ogan is chairman of the Aesis Group which provides consulting services in the life sciences and healthcare sectors to clients that have included biopharma/medtech companies, hospitals & health systems, private equity firms, venture capital groups and hedge funds. As a healthcare technology expert and futurist, he has been a frequent conference speaker worldwide, addressing the issue of emerging technologies and their impact on the future of healthcare with particular focus on convergent medical technologies"He was interviewed by INTimeTV. It is an excellent example of how we often forget that there is more than genomics is personalized... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=821661 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:47:00 +0100 821661 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=718970&cid=t_129945_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Ftaking-appointments-for-august.html After Much Ado, Legal Wrangling and Getting the Practice up, we are now accepting patients!!!! We have dates available in August. I have to tell you how very excited I am about this revolutionary style of medical practice. Heck, even when I talked with Dr Collins he was excited.The biggest problem with genetic care as well as primary care is its true lack of continuity. Helix Health will fix that problem and more. Yes, I know you may be thinking "Gosh, this is a shameless plug for his personalized medical practice"You are correct it is completely shameless. It is a revolution. The future of health care is about to change in a big way................. (Source: Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You) Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=718970 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:41:00 +0100 718970