Ideas For Change: 20 percent of medical advice is incorrect for the simple reason that we all have a different genetic make-up. The number of patients who do not respond to first-time drugs for almost all diseases is high –- up to 70 percent for Alzheimer’s or cancer patients. This high failure rate is bad for patients and expensive for healthcare systems.
Dr. Mehmet Oz: recognizes that we can have more efficient, better value medicine if we personalize medical intervention based on an individual’s genome; this facilitates identification and early intervention for those at risk of chronic diseases, delaying the onset and minimizing the effects of the illness. The battle over healthcare costs will not be won in the heart of government –- it will be won by personalizing medical services.
The one-on-one session with Mehmet Oz, Personalized Medicine can be
found here.
The blog can be found here.
Biography
Mehmet Oz is well known for his numerous television appearances, articles and books, including a regular slot on Oprah. His approach to health and well-being advocates the incorporation of both traditional Western techniques for treating disease and alternative ideas about healthy lifestyle choices to achieve overall wellness.
A graduate of Harvard, Wharton and the University of Pennsylvania, Oz is Vice-Chair of Surgery and Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Columbia University. He directs the Cardiovascular Institute and is a Founder and Director of the Complementary Medicine Program at New York Presbyterian Medical Center.