I use a wearable continuous blood pressure monitor, a device likely to transform hypertension diagnosis and treatment. My broker urged me to do the annual “Discovery Wellness Experience”, which offers “Diamond Status”, hence rewards – coffee! It didn’t feel like a Wellness Experience when the Discovery person reported my blood pressure (see below) as 143/81, …
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Introduction Despite being underfunded for over a decade, and now in “critical condition”, the UK’s National Health System (NHS) has significantly invested in personalised medicine. These initiatives include the pioneering 100,000 Genomes Project, genetically based cancer screening, and personalised prevention. Proponents argue these programmes will improve outcomes and reduce pressure on the healthcare system. Critics …
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Clinicians thrive on solving their patients’ health problems The responsibilities of medical practice can be heavy, but despite the challenges and complexities, or perhaps because of them, clinicians generally find clinical work rewarding. High levels of workplace frustration and burnout currently reported in multiple countries and settings are not intrinsic to the clinical aspects of …
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Read an edited and updated (March 18, 2024) version of this article here, on Insight Health Solutions – https://www.insight.co.za Do Google Gemini’s claims match their ambitious aims? Measuring human intelligence (“IQ”) is challenging, even controversial. As we enter the age of artificial intelligence (AI), in healthcare and everything else, how will we measure the “IQ …
In the smartphone era, we tend to think of pagers are relics, as outdated as “Beepers”, a rap song from their heyday in the 80s. In fact, they’re still used in hospitals throughout America, at a time when even drug dealers have abandoned them. Two emergency room (ER) doctors in a busy San Francisco hospital …
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