Eric Topol
Eric Topol
Eric J. Topolis an American cardiologist, geneticist, and digital medicine researcher. Before moving to Scripps in 2006, Topol served as chairman of cardiovascular medicine at Cleveland Clinicand founded the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. Topol was one of the first researchers to question the cardiovascular safety of rofecoxib, culminating in the drug's ultimate withdrawal from the market. Topol's advocacy on the subject led to what the New York Times described as an "unusually public dispute" with the Cleveland Clinic's...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
CountryUnited States of America
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Of course, the medical profession doesn't like D.I.Y. anything.
I am prescribing a lot more apps than medications these days.
The stethoscope for listening to the heart is over. It's obsolete.
Medicine is still all about treating populations, not people - one-size-fits all treatments and diagnoses.
Of course, the medical profession doesn't like D.I.Y. anything.
For diabetes in particular, we know there's a relationship between lack of glucose regulation and complications like blindness and kidney failure. So if you were diabetic and you knew that you could get your glucose in a tight, normal range just by adjusting your lifestyle, wouldn't that be great?
There are estimates that 2 to 3 percent of cancers in the U.S. each year are engendered by exposure to repetitive imaging.