Are diabetes, heart disease and cancer risk determined by our genes? The other night I went to a little presentation by Navigenics, where the topic of the evening centered around predictive genomics testing, genetic predisposition and the idea of personalized medicine. To my mind, the subject is not so easy to discuss because how genes behave is heavily influenced by the environment you put them in, from what we eat to what we live in. Personally, I'm happy about that, because self … [Read more...]
Sensible Progressive Medicine
February 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Have you ever been frustrated by health problems that don't ever seem to have an answer or recommendations to take more and more medications? As a physician, I heard your frustration. And, I was just as frustrated as you! But, I have come a long way. I am now happy to say that for many problems, there IS a better way: a new way of thinking about health care and the practice of medicine. I call it sensible progressive medicine. It is prevention based and is not about "curing" disease, … [Read more...]