The Real Meaning of Courage?
Courage is rarely a business buzzword. In workplaces built on process and deliberation, the word “courage” is more likely to drum up images of the battlefield or political appearances before a…
Population Health News - Will Precision Medicine Improve Population Health?
How can we effectively reduce the cost of health care while improving outcomes? In this article for Population Health News, I discuss why precision health could be the key to providing…
The Brain Tells Us Very Little About the Future of Alzheimer’s Detection
Recent research opens new possibilities for diagnosing, monitoring and maybe preventing the debilitating illness. There are 5.5 million Alzheimer’s sufferers in the United States alone – and no known cure. Alzheimer’s…
Science to Society: Modeling the Precision Health Movement on the War on Cancer
Type the words “cancer research” into Google today, and you’ll find pages upon pages of organizations fighting cancer. The national crusade to end this disease is stronger than ever before, and…
Can Precision Health Reverse the Biogen Setback?
Global pharmaceutical giant Biogen faced a serious setback when it announced its experimental treatment for Alzheimer’s disease (aducanumab) was not effective. There was a lot of focus on Biogen’s stock price…
How Can Proactive Health Care Better Protect Our Athletes?
It’s that time of year again. (No, not the holiday season.) I’m talking about the annual American ritual of watching two professional football teams face off in the mother of all…
Why You Should Get Behind Scott Gottlieb and the FDA – Whether You’re a Trump Supporter or Not
The recent shutdown is reminding us all (not that we need to be reminded) of ongoing political division and partisan bitterness. In these heated times, there is an unfortunate tendency to…