The Age Of Scientific Wellness

Author : Leroy Hood,Nathan Price
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-04
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780674245945

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The Age of Scientific Wellness by Leroy Hood,Nathan Price Pdf

Taking us to the cutting edge of the new frontier of medicine, a visionary biotechnologist and a pathbreaking researcher show how we can optimize our health in ways that were previously unimaginable. We are on the cusp of a paradigm shift in the delivery of health care as major diseases are being challenged in fresh and unexpected ways. Using predictive technologies, applied immunotherapy, and genomically informed disease prevention, scientists are working closely with patients to dramatically extend their "healthspan"--the number of healthy years before disease sets in. Leroy Hood, whose innovations made possible the sequencing of the human genome, and Nathan Price, whose work on systems biology is opening new pathways to Alzheimer's treatment and prevention, take us on a thrilling journey to this new frontier of medicine. Today, most doctors wait for clinical symptoms to appear before they act. Countless patients are prescribed medication and subjected to invasive procedures from which they derive no benefit. We must move beyond this reactive, hit-or-miss approach to usher in real precision care or "scientific wellness." Fusing information gleaned from our personal genomic profiles with data drawn from our blood, microbiomes, and hundreds of other inputs, all analyzed by artificial intelligence, doctors can detect the early onset of disease decades before symptoms arise, revolutionizing prevention. Current applications have already shown startling results: Alzheimer's held back, cancers found early and eliminated, diabetes avoided, and autoimmune diseases neutralized. Genomically informed medicine is not some future fantasy: it is already happening at top medical centers, but only for a narrow band of diseases and only once they are well advanced. This book shares the insights of this exciting new science to help you chart a course to a longer, healthier life.

Author : Wallace W. McCrory
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Embryology, Human
ISBN : 0674202759

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Developmental Nephrology by Wallace W. McCrory Pdf

"It is my hope," writes the author in his preface, "that the material collected in this monograph will provide a new perspective in some areas for those students, biologists, and physicians interested in the kidney but too involved with their special trees to notice some of the changes occurring in the forest in which they toil." In the first up-to-date compendium to correlate the changes in kidney structure and function from the onset of organogenesis to the end of childhood growth, Dr. Wallace McCrory presents a new aspect of developmental pediatrics, skillfully explains the clinical enigmas surrounding the immature kidney, and suggests possible research areas for productive exploration. Clearly documented with tables and illustrations, the study synthesizes relevant new knowledge from the fields of embryology, biochemistry, and renal and growth physiology as a means of stimulating reappraisals of the current concepts of the pathophysiology of many childhood renal diseases. Included are reproductions of reconstructed micro dissections of the early stages in the developing human kidney taken from Dr. Jean Oliver's monograph Nephrons and Kidneys.

Author : Elad Yom-Tov
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262334815

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Crowdsourced Health by Elad Yom-Tov Pdf

How data from our health-related Internet searches can lead to discoveries about diseases and symptoms and help patients deal with diagnoses. Most of us have gone online to search for information about health. What are the symptoms of a migraine? How effective is this drug? Where can I find more resources for cancer patients? Could I have an STD? Am I fat? A Pew survey reports more than 80 percent of American Internet users have logged on to ask questions like these. But what if the digital traces left by our searches could show doctors and medical researchers something new and interesting? What if the data generated by our searches could reveal information about health that would be difficult to gather in other ways? In this book, Elad Yom-Tov argues that Internet data could change the way medical research is done, supplementing traditional tools to provide insights not otherwise available. He describes how studies of Internet searches have, among other things, already helped researchers track to side effects of prescription drugs, to understand the information needs of cancer patients and their families, and to recognize some of the causes of anorexia. Yom-Tov shows that the information collected can benefit humanity without sacrificing individual privacy. He explains why people go to the Internet with health questions; for one thing, it seems to be a safe place to ask anonymously about such matters as obesity, sex, and pregnancy. He describes in detrimental effects of “pro-anorexia” online content; tells how computer scientists can scour search engine data to improve public health by, for example, identifying risk factors for disease and centers of contagion; and tells how analyses of how people deal with upsetting diagnoses help doctors to treat patients and patients to understand their conditions.

Author : Barbara Ehrenreich
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781783782437

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Natural Causes by Barbara Ehrenreich Pdf

We tend to believe we have agency over our bodies, our minds and even our deaths. Yet emerging science challenges our assumptions of mastery: at the microscopic level, the cells in our bodies facilitate tumours and attack other cells, with life-threatening consequences. In this revelatory book, Barbara Ehrenreich argues that our bodies are a battleground over which we have little control, and lays bare the cultural charades that shield us from this knowledge. Challenging everything we think we know about life and death, she also offers hope - that we find our place in a natural world teeming with animation and endless possibility.

Author : Joseph Loscalzo
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780674436534

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Network Medicine by Joseph Loscalzo Pdf

Big data, genomics, and quantitative approaches to network-based analysis are combining to advance the frontiers of medicine as never before. With contributions from leading experts, Network Medicine introduces this rapidly evolving field of research, which promises to revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Harvard School of Public Health, Frangois-Xavier Bagnoud Cen
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0674061489

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Health Professionals for a New Century by Anonim Pdf

One hundred years ago a series of seminal documents, starting with the Flexner Report of 1910, sparked an enormous burst of energy to harness the power of science to transform higher education in health. Professional education, however, has not been able to keep pace with the challenges of the 21st century. A new generation of reforms is needed to meet the demands of health systems in an interdependent world. The report of the Commission on the Education of Health Professionals for the 21st Century, a global independent initiative consisting of 20 leaders from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and institutional affiliations, articulates a fresh vision and recommends renewed actions. Building on a rich legacy of educational reforms during the past century, the Commission's findings and recommendations adopt a global and multi-professional perspective using a systems approach to analyze education and health, with a focus on institutional and instructional reforms.

Author : Margaret Schneider Jamner,Daniel Stokols
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0520226097

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Promoting Human Wellness by Margaret Schneider Jamner,Daniel Stokols Pdf

"This very important work calls for research and policy-making that is proactive, multi-level, multi-method, and interdisciplinary--not disease-driven. It synthesizes perspectives on wellness that have the potential to produce a paradigm shift in research and policy planning, implementation, and evaluation." — Lené Levy-Storms, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine/Geriatrics "[This book] helps broaden the field of inquiry and legitimates the social and political perspectives in health care research and planning." —Ellen R. Shaffer, University of California, San Francisco, Program in Medical Ethics

Author : Krzysztof J. Cios
Publisher : Physica
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001-01-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015051314717

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Medical Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery by Krzysztof J. Cios Pdf

Modern medicine generates, almost daily, huge amounts of heterogeneous data. For example, medical data may contain SPECT images, signals like ECG, clinical information like temperature, cholesterol levels, etc., as well as the physician's interpretation. Those who deal with such data understand that there is a widening gap between data collection and data comprehension. Computerized techniques are needed to help humans address this problem. This volume is devoted to the relatively young and growing field of medical data mining and knowledge discovery. As more and more medical procedures employ imaging as a preferred diagnostic tool, there is a need to develop methods for efficient mining in databases of images. Other significant features are security and confidentiality concerns. Moreover, the physician's interpretation of images, signals, or other technical data, is written in unstructured English which is very difficult to mine. This book addresses all these specific features.

Author : Dr. William Hanson, M.D.
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0230120938

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Smart Medicine by Dr. William Hanson, M.D. Pdf

We're a nation in love with the drama of the medical world—from fast-paced hospital life to the race to discover cures for diseases. In Smart Medicine, William Hanson brings to life the fascinating true world of doctors and nurses and reveals the revolutionary changes that will soon be sweeping through the medical community: pharmacies that double as walk-in clinics; health services that will be delivered online; electronic records that hold the history of every drug or blood test you ever took. You might go to a genome specialist to identify the ticking time bomb in your genes, or you might show a rash to your doctor via videophone from thousands of miles away. The plethora of new options will change the way you and your doctor make decisions. Sophisticated yet written in easily accessible language, this is a penetrating look at the new world of medicine.

Author : Daniel J. Kevles,Leroy E. Hood
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0674136462

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The Code of Codes by Daniel J. Kevles,Leroy E. Hood Pdf

Provided by Horace Freeland Judson, author of the bestselling Eighth Day of Creation. The book's broad and balanced coverage and the expertise of its contributors make The Code of Codes the most comprehensive and compelling exploration available on this history-making project.

Author : Thomas G. Plante Ph.D.,Carl E. Thoresen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780275995072

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Spirit, Science, and Health by Thomas G. Plante Ph.D.,Carl E. Thoresen Pdf

From meditation to reciting mantras or praying, spirituality is more and more often being recognized for its beneficial effects on health. In this volume, a team of experts from across disciplines including psychology, medicine, nursing, public health, and pastoral care offer reader-friendly chapters showing the state of the art in understanding this connection. Chapters include attention to special populations such as youth, HIV/AIDS patients, cancer patients, and those in hospice care. Contributors, all members of the Spirituality and Health Institute at Santa Clara University, aim to use the scientific understanding of the spirituality/health connection to promote better health for the general public. From meditation to reciting mantras or praying, spirituality is more and more often being recognized for its beneficial effects on health. In this volume, a team of experts from across disciplines including psychology, medicine, nursing, public health, and pastoral care offer reader-friendly chapters showing the state of the art in understanding this connection. Chapters include attention to special populations such as youth, HIV/AIDS patients, cancer patients, and those in hospice care. Contributors, all members of the Spirituality and Health Institute at Santa Clara University, aim to use the scientific understanding of the spirituality/health connection to promote better health for the general public. One focus of this volume is to show easy ways to incorporate spiritual practices in an environment that is often multicultural, multi-religious, stressful, hurried, and secular.

Author : Luke Timmerman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0997709332

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Hood by Luke Timmerman Pdf

Lee Hood set in motion a revolution that is personalizing medicine. His pioneering work on automated DNA sequencing gave scientists access to the genome, the code of life. In an accessible, fast-moving narrative, award-winning journalist Luke Timmerman tells the story of this forceful and flawed personality who transformed our world.

Author : David A. Sinclair,Matthew D. LaPlante
Publisher : Atria Books
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781501191978

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Lifespan by David A. Sinclair,Matthew D. LaPlante Pdf

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Brilliant and enthralling.”​ —The Wall Street Journal A paradigm-shifting book from an acclaimed Harvard Medical School scientist and one of Time’s most influential people. It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to believe about aging is wrong? What if we could choose our lifespan? In this groundbreaking book, Dr. David Sinclair, leading world authority on genetics and longevity, reveals a bold new theory for why we age. As he writes: “Aging is a disease, and that disease is treatable.” This eye-opening and provocative work takes us to the frontlines of research that is pushing the boundaries on our perceived scientific limitations, revealing incredible breakthroughs—many from Dr. David Sinclair’s own lab at Harvard—that demonstrate how we can slow down, or even reverse, aging. The key is activating newly discovered vitality genes, the descendants of an ancient genetic survival circuit that is both the cause of aging and the key to reversing it. Recent experiments in genetic reprogramming suggest that in the near future we may not just be able to feel younger, but actually become younger. Through a page-turning narrative, Dr. Sinclair invites you into the process of scientific discovery and reveals the emerging technologies and simple lifestyle changes—such as intermittent fasting, cold exposure, exercising with the right intensity, and eating less meat—that have been shown to help us live younger and healthier for longer. At once a roadmap for taking charge of our own health destiny and a bold new vision for the future of humankind, Lifespan will forever change the way we think about why we age and what we can do about it.

Author : Waguih William IsHak
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781108722056

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The Handbook of Wellness Medicine by Waguih William IsHak Pdf

This book presents scientific wellness interventions to aid healthcare professionals helping people complete their journeys to full health.

Author : Cameron Diaz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Aging
ISBN : 000813961X

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The Longevity Book: The Biology of Resilience Privilege of Time and the New by Cameron Diaz Pdf