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 'individualized'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:36:52 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118646&cid=t_107372_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Findividualizing-the-fight-against-cancer%2F2011.08.10 You have heard it countless times, “The War on Cancer.” President Nixon announced it. The National Cancer Institute has spearheaded what TV and radio commercials always talk about as “the fight against cancer.” Singular. But we really need to start thinking about it as a plural.  Wars on cancer. Fights against cancer. Taking it one step further, we need to see each person’s fight as an individual battle.  Not just individualized to the patient’s spirit or age or sense of hope, but individualized to his or her particular biology, matched up with the specific cancer and available treatments. That is the nature of “personalized medicine” applied to cancer. We’ve been talking about it for a few years around here, but what’s exciting now is that even more super smart peopl... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118646 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:00:06 +0100 5118646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4775602&cid=t_107372_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FzhqisKWnv6w%2F The United States Pharmacopeia is a non–governmental organization that sets official standards for prescription and over-the-counter meds made or sold in the US. Working behind the scenes, the non-profit develops monographs that include ingredients, preparations, packaging, storage and labeling requirements, as well as specifications. The specs consist of tests, testing procedures and acceptance criteria. But advances in biotech are creating new challenges. A prime example is the Provenge vaccine for prostate cancer that is, essentially, personalized medicine, since treatment for each patient contains cells from that patient and a complicated manufacturing process. We spoke with Tina Morris, vice president of biologics and biotech at USP, about such advances and how the organization goes... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4775602 Mon, 02 May 2011 13:14:30 +0100 4775602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3942789&cid=t_107372_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fabout-concierge-or-boutique-medicine%2F2010.09.07 A recent piece in The New York Times wondered if the few patients who can afford to pay for additional attention and access to their primary care doctors in a concierge medicine or boutique medicine practice might be ethical since the extra dollars are used to support the traditional primary care practice that the vast majority of patients currently receive.  Questions you might ask are: - What is a concierge medicine or boutique medicine practice? - Is it worth the money? - Is the care better quality? - Is it possible to get similar access and care by doctors not in a concierge or boutique medicine practice? When you think of a concierge, you think about a fancy hotel staff person who answers questions and speaks various languages, books reservations to restaurants, events, and tours (ev... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3942789 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:00:00 +0100 3942789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3858153&cid=t_107372_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ffixing-up-primary-care-is-anyone-home%2F2010.08.11 By John Henning Schumann, M.D. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka “Health Care Reform”) signed by President Obama in March will revolutionize primary care in the United States. By 2014 tens of millions of uninsured people will “enter” the system by being granted insurance, either through expansion of the Medicaid program or through mandated purchasing of insurance via state pools or the private market. This alone will have a profound impact, straining the capacity of our already frayed system. Therefore, embedded in the law are funds to encourage growth and improvement in primary care: Incentives to encourage graduates to enter primary care fields (family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics) and practice in underserved areas (through scholar... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3858153 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:00:00 +0100 3858153 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1611876&cid=t_107372_129_f&fid=27216&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Flifewithadhdfeed%2F%7E3%2F333585401%2Fthe-complete-iep-guide.php It’s IEP (Individualized Education Program) time of the year again. We’ll be meeting with our daughter’s educators and therapists to develop IEP goals for the next school year. If you have to develop an IEP in the future, I have a book recommendation. The title is “The Complete IEP Guide: How to Advocate for Your Special Ed Child” written by Larence M. Siegel. This is a great book to help you understand the whole process of developing IEP goals for your child. If you don’t read this book and your child will need special educational services, I urge you to inform yourself before you go to that first IEP meeting. I made the mistake of walking into our first meeting without any previous knowledge and felt like I was wasting my time being there. The educator... Life With ADHD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1611876 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:45:06 +0100 1611876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=675547&cid=t_107372_87_f&fid=34866&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecardioblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F15%2Ffitness-and-a-heart-condition-can-they-go-together%2F Filed under: ExerciseIt may seem like once you're diagnosed with a chronic heart condition (or other illness for that matter) the idea of fitness and good health go right out the window, and that really shouldn't be the case. It may be more challenging, but it certainly is possible to exercise and get in better shape while working around a chronic illness.Your doctor can go over with you exactly what your physical limitations are in regards to what you should and shouldn't be doing. He may also recommend physical therapy, depending on your situation, or he may just recommend specific guidelines for exercising. If you decide to go the route of hiring a personal trainer, which is a good idea for many, be sure to find one that has experience working with your particular health condition or co... The Cardio Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675547 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 675547 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=509311&cid=t_107372_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F29%2Fcancer-treatment-one-size-does-not-fit-all%2F Filed under: Chemotherapy, All Cancers, ResearchTheranostics Health LLC is a company that was formed by George Mason University cancer researchers Dr. Lance Liotta and Emanuel Petricoin. The company plans to tailor cancer treatments to individual patients based on proteomics, the study of proteins. Proteins play a central role in our bodies. Understanding the structure and function of each protein and its complexities of protein interactions can be critical for developing the most effective diagnostic techniques and disease treatments in the future. Information about protein activity in tumors can allow doctors to choose the best drugs to kill the cancer cells. President and CEO of the company Joseph Reilly said "The physicians will then be provided a new class of information about that p... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=509311 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 509311