tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " Prospective health care: the second transformation of medicine"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Minireview cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Prospective health care: the second transformation of medicine. | Opinion Prospective health care the second transformation of medicine Ralph Snyderman and Jason Langheier 4 Addresses Duke University Medical Center DUMC 3059 Durham NC 27710 USA. fProventys Inc. 2200W. Main Street Suite L110 Durham NC 27705. Harvard School of Public Health 35 Park Drive Boston MA 02215 USA. Correspondence Ralph Snyderman. Email Published 27 March 2006 Genome Biology 2006 7 104 doi gb-2006-7-2-l04 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at http 2005 7 2 104 2006 BioMed Central Ltd Abstract Emerging scientific technologies provide rich sources of predictive biomarkers which could transform health care. Identification of causal biomarkers will enable the development of tools to quantify risk and anticipate disease. Accurate health risk analysis is rapidly becoming feasible so health care can become rational preventive and personalized. Evolution of health care At the beginning of the 20th century the emerging sciences of physiology pathology chemistry biochemistry microbiology and radiology had the potential to change medicine from a practice based on mythology and anecdotal observations to one grounded in experimental science. Particularly powerful was the development of the germ theory which identified microorganisms as the cause of many diseases prevalent at that time. The medical profession did not however easily incorporate science into practice until several decades later when the development of academic medical centers enabled a science-based approach and the first major transformation of medical practice. The impact of science on medicine has been striking. The strengths of the reductionist method which simplifies the concept of pathogenesis to the smallest number of causal factors are shown by the burgeoning understanding at a molecular level of human biology and the underlying causes of many diseases. Spectacular medical therapies abound and new .