The Future Technologies that will Define Disaster Medicine

The future of technologies for personalised medicine.

Personalised medicine promises prediction, prevention and treatment of illness that is targeted to individuals’ needs. New technologies for detailed biological profiling of individuals at the molecular level have been crucial in initiating the move to personalised medicine; further novel technologies will be necessary if the vision is to become a reality. We will need to develop new technologie...

Seven Indisputable Technology Trends That Will Define 2015

Will the future of knowledge work automation transform personalized medicine?

Today, we live in a world of 'information overload' which demands high level of knowledge-based work. However, advances in computer hardware and software have opened possibilities to automate 'routine cognitive tasks' for knowledge processing. Engineering intelligent software systems that can process large data sets using unstructured commands and subtle judgments and have the ability to learn ...

The future of medicine will be dark without international collaboration

Seizure is not a political journal. However, many interactions among professionals, including medical publications, have ripple effects on society, even if many of these will only be small or confined to a particular audience or community. Seizure is called the “European Journal of Epilepsy”. As such its readers, editorial team, publishers and its owners, Epilepsy Action, have a stake in Europe...

Advanced Technologies and the Future of Medicine and Surgery

Technology has become a major driver of the future direction of healthcare and surgery. Likewise, the speed of change has accelerated beyond comprehension, with a number of revolutions occurring during a surgeon's career. Being an agent of change or rapidly adapting to change has become the hallmark of the gifted surgeon. The fundamental challenges to a future surgeon are addressed from a techn...