Here are a few long reads beyond just where the FDA warning letter told genetic testing startup 23andMe to put it. Check out these smart takes while you’re stuck in line at the grocery for an hour. (How could you forget yams?!) If you think your family dinner arguments are heated, you won’t want to miss […]
What does mobile health need more than anything right now? Real-world clinical evidence that demonstrates its benefits to patients, physicians and payers, says a trio of Scripps Clinic physicians. In a guest column in The Journal of the American Medical Association released earlier this week, three cardiologists — Dr. Eric Topol, chief academic officer of […]
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
Regina Holliday is a well-known patient advocate, activist and artist. A widow and mother, she fights for patient empowerment through her paintings, writing and even her Twitter. (Follow her. You won’t regret it.) She is also the mind (and paintbrush) behind the Walking Gallery, a movement devoted to patients and healthcare leaders wearing their stories […]
There are many inspirational names in modern-day healthcare and, partially due to reform, room for even more. But a commenter on Reddit posed the question of whether there is anyone who is as well-known and charismatic a spokesperson for medicine as Neil deGrasse Tyson is for astrophysics. (Perhaps medicine is too specialized to have one […]
The push for regular interaction between patients and doctors, for mHealth and for data transparency has only begun. But the results from Scripps Translational Science Institute‘s research may add even more fuel to the flame for mHealth and patient engagement. The organization will study whether integrating wireless, medtech and social networks can bring down the […]
Prominent cardiologist Dr. Eric Topol said former Vice President Dick Cheney’s heart transplant operation over the weekend raises “ethical” questions about age and waiting lists as they relate to organ transplants. “The heart transplant is a controversial issue from an ethical standpoint since the availability of donor hearts is so limited and the list of […]
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Renowned cardiologist and digital health evangelist Dr. Eric Topol has been busy making the media rounds pumping up his new book, which discusses how technologies like wireless sensors and genomics will transform the practice of medicine. But a write-up of Topol’s interview with MobiHealthNews led to another kind of transformation: that of his last name […]
A new era of digital healthcare will make medicine more precise and participatory, but we certainly aren’t there yet, said prominent cardiologist Dr. Eric Topol. Topol has been making the rounds recently, promoting his new book, The Creative Destruction of Medicine, and recently spoke with HealthLeaders Media about the book. “We are in a Stone […]
Two of the Cleveland Clinic‘s greatest doctors ever, Eric Topol and Steven Nissen, have carved out contrasting views on one of the hottest topics in healthcare: personalized medicine. The preeminent cardiologists’ opposing viewpoints recently came to light after Nissen, currently the Clinic’s chair of cardiovascular medicine, penned an editorial in the Journal of the American […]
Dr. Eric Topol’s identity as a physician remains closely connected to Cleveland Clinic. His biography prominently states he is “well known for leading the Cleveland Clinic to become the #1 center for heart care,” among other things. Plus, his not getting the chief executive position at Cleveland Clinic, the subsequent departure and the brouhaha surrounding […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.