Medicine

Tricorder Update ??? Social Medicine is the Next Big Thing After Social Media

21 May 2012

Scanadu, competing for the Tricorder X-Prize, epitomizes the hyperpersonalization of health care and the key to unleashing social media medicine. Social Medicine is the next big thing and a Facebook equivalent is in our future. Eric Topol's new book The Creative Destruction of Medicine is a great guide to that future.

Is it time to move beyond conventional ‘vs’ natural medicine?

21 May 2012

While many doctors remain suspicious of ‘natural’ medicine and poorly educated in nutrition science, a growing number have accepted there are compelling alternatives to leading drugs that are supported by just as much scientific evidence, without the nasty side effects, says one leading player in integrative medicine.

UTHealth Pediatric Surgery Expands Regenerative Medicine Program

21 May 2012

About 3 percent of the babies born in the United States have a birth defect. Children without a birth defect are also susceptible to injury or disease. At The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), regenerative medicine researchers are exploring innovative ways to treat these conditions.