Clinical trials, in their current incarnation, are ill-suited for the nimble, personalized precision health era, a a panel of speakers at the Big Data in …
Category: Precision Health
Countdown to Big Data in Biomedicine: On personal data and sustainability
Perhaps you're familiar (or very familiar) with PubMed, the go-to database for biomedical research. Or, perhaps you've spent a rainy Sunday exploring historical anatomical images. …
Countdown to Big Data in Biomedicine: Heart wellness in an era of precision health
American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown began her career at the AHA three decades ago, when heart health was defined by healthy eating, exercise and …
Diagnose this: A look at anticipating and preventing disease
As discussed here earlier this week, the new issue of Stanford Medicine magazine explores the meaning and future of diagnostics. But what exactly is diagnostics? For …
Patient data shows that common prostate cancer treatment likely doubles risk of dementia
Improved methods for analyzing patient medical records support the suspicion that a common cancer treatment may increase the risk of dementia. Such methods may soon …
Familial hypercholesterolemia finally has an ICD code
In an age when big data can expand the reality of precision health, it helps if you have precise data. Those who study and treat …
Plumbing the well of wellness
Almost everyone can think of a moment when they felt well. Maybe it was midway through a week lying on a beach in Hawaii with …
Reducing alarm fatigue: Packard Children’s researchers apply big data to a big problem
If you've ever had a too-sensitive smoke detector in your kitchen, you've experienced alarm fatigue. You make toast or boil water and the smoke detector …
Spinning wheels: Cycling as a strategy to cope with ADHD
Both Mike Sinyard and his son have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). And father and son are both helped by the same, non-traditional therapy: cycling Now, Sinyard, …
Lasers introduce a new level of accuracy to tumor recognition
For patients like Reuben Hill, the term "laser-focused" has just taken on an entirely new meaning. A doctoral student in physics, Hill is well acquainted …
Guided missile for killing cancer
One cruel reality about cancer chemotherapy is that what kills cancer also damages other cells in the body. That's why people going through chemotherapy often …
Engineers develop new type of wearable device
Much has been written about the growing popularity of wearables to track one's health behavior and activities. Now, engineers at Michigan State University, in collaboration with Bell …
NASA videos highlight using omics to study what happens to a body in space
Space is a hostile place, even inside a spacecraft. Radiation, weightlessness and isolation are only a few of the unique stressors faced by astronauts during …
Your aging pancreas and you: Researchers chart diabetes-related changes over time
The human pancreas is a tricky organ to study. We need it while we are alive to make insulin to help us regulate our blood …
Tackling cancers of the immune system with customized “peptibodies”
You've probably heard a lot of buzz around the concept of "targeted" cancer therapy that kills only tumor cells while sparing healthy cells and tissue. …
Electroceutical pioneer tackling new challenge: Self-regulating dose measurements
When the latest treatments failed to defeat her father's cancer, electrical engineer Ada Poon, PhD, knew she wanted to do apply her skills to help …