3. Precision Medicine
For a long time, finding a cure didn’t really mean curing everyone so much as it meant curing most people. This one-size fits-all approach to medicine has made medicine as much a game of trial and error as a real road to wellness. That is all changing, thanks to a new focus onPersonalized Healthcare, also known as Precision Medicine.
Every patient is a little different, and what works for one may not work for another. Precision Medicine takes this fact into account, and doctors are beginning to consider details like a patient’s genetic make-up when diagnosing and prescribing treatment. Not only will this approach to medicine help us make the most of the drugs and procedures that already exist, but it is the basis for the latest initiative targeting cancer. America’s new Precision Medicine Initiative is designed to not only provide a cure for all types of cancers, but to help us better screen for cancer and begin treatment before it becomes debilitating. Precision Medicine is really a high-tech extension of the preventive approach to healthcare.
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