Precision Health: Using Our Blood to Eradicate Disease
Imagine if you could foresee your risk of a heart attack years in advance, or predict your likelihood of cancer recurrence five years after surgery…and then act on this information.
Moving Toward Our Precision Health Goal in 2018
Excitement permeated this year’s PPH summit, as world-renowned speakers and panelists took the stage, each brush stroking an emerging picture of urgently needed new directions in healthcare. The summit brought together multidisciplinary…
The Opioid Crisis Isn’t Our Only Public Health Emergency
Last month, I lost my oldest cousin to pancreatic cancer. He went in complaining of constipation and 45 days later he was gone. Just a few years earlier, my oldest cousin…
Groundbreaking Science and Medicine Intersect in Boston at the Powering Precision Health Summit
As the National Institutes of Health continues to push its “All of Us” Research Program forward – an ambitious effort to gather data for over a million people living in the…
Powering Precision Health Inspired by Emotional Charge from Nancy Frates: “Disrupt. It’s Our Time”
“If you come across a situation that looks impossible, you can cower under it or you can take it head on. My son took it head on.” – Nancy Frates, ALS Patient Advocate,…