This is nice to see it in action at the hospital. When you watch the film, the doctor states everyone competes over it as to who gets to carry the $7000.00 instrument all day as ti certainly makes the name for mobility. He also goes further to offer his thoughts on how consumers one day may...
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As mentioned in prior posts, is Plavix a good candidate for personalized medicine, since it is a blood thinner. Right now with the new warning, it is basically telling you that it might not work for you so with a test perhaps the guess work someday could be eliminated. FDA To look at benefits...
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After GE announced the product in October 2009, it is now available for purchase for healthcare professionals. To find more information on the product, you can visit the website Vscan portal. I looked around a bit and there’s an informational video that describes what you receive with your...
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As this article states, they didn’t evaluate women, but think it would work for us too. We get some exercise from sex and the study also said men who are in a supportive relationship live longer when having a regular partner. Your doctor may now be inquiring about your schedule here...
I don’t normally promote books here, but this one seemed to be of genuine interest as we read transplant horror stories all the time, trafficking, selling on the black market, etc. This book is a novel and is fiction, written by the Chief of Cardiology at Yale University. We have all heard...
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It sounds like it’s going to take the NIH’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) clinical trial to get someone to pay for the genetic test for dosing warfarin. It begins in April of this year for 1200 participants. We want the testing, it can help save lives and give physicians...
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As posted a couple weeks ago, perhaps Plavix might be next on the list for a personalized medicine review as it is said to metabolize differently in some individuals than others? BD From a prior post: Plavix – What’s the next step for doctors and patients – possible genetic testing in the...
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We want personalized medicine to move forward, but now we are back to the same question, who’s going to pay for the Warfarin Test? As just the opposite is occurring in the UK from a prior post. They want folks to have the test. London has taken a pioneering step into the world of personalized...
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Will Plavix be the next drug up for a genetic test? There are not many alternative drugs either that could easily replace the functionality of Plavix, it is a blood thinner. One idea would be to monitor patients with poor liver or kidney metabolization. as suggested here , a blog written...
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