Law360, New York (July 20, 2015, 9:56 AM ET) -Personalized medicine has been interchangeably called precision, tailored, targeted or genomic medicine. Broadly speaking, personalized medicine is individualized medicine that customizes medical treatment to a patient’s genetic characteristics, previous treatment history, lifestyle, environment and/or preferences. Simply put, it provides the right ...

Biomarkers are cornerstones of clinical medicine, and personalized medicine, in particular, is highly dependent on reliable and highly accurate biomarkers for individualized diagnosis and treatment choice. Modern omics technologies, such as genome sequencing, allow molecular profiling of individual patients with unprecedented resolution, but biomarkers based on these technologies often lack the...

Genomic medicine attempts to build individualized strategies for diagnostic or therapeutic decision-making by utilizing patients' genomic information. Big Data analytics uncovers hidden patterns, unknown correlations, and other insights through examining large-scale various data sets. While integration and manipulation of diverse genomic data and comprehensive electronic health records (EHRs) o...

BACKGROUND Infertility patients are increasingly using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to supplement or replace conventional fertility treatments. The objective of this study was to determine the roles of CAM practitioners in the support and treatment of infertility. METHODS Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted in Ottawa, Canada in 2011 with CAM practitioners who special...

anterior cruciate ligament (acl) reconstruction surgery has significantly evolved in recent years. this has led to development of new technologies that facilitate the diagnosis of acl injury and the application of state of the art methods for treatment. in particular, individualized anatomical acl reconstruction aims to restore native acl function. treatment is tailored to each patient based on...

Pain is a common symptom reported by patients during procedures of aesthetic medicine and cosmetic dermatology. Effective analgesia affects not only patient’s satisfaction comfort, but also effectiveness the treatment. The variety available methods anesthesia enables individualized depending on type surgery preferences. purpose this article to present current in dermatology as response intensiv...

Tinea corporis is a superficial fungal skin infection of the body caused by dermatophytes. present worldwide. It defined explicitly location lesions that may involve trunk, neck, arms, and legs. Alternative names exist for dermatophyte infections affect other areas body. These include scalp (tinea capitis), face faciei), hands manuum), groin cruris), feet pedis). A case 22 years old male suffer...