Personalized Medicine

<p><strong>Personalized Medicine: Promises and Pitfalls</strong> broadly explores the tailoring of medical treatment to a patient’s characteristics needs and preferences during all stages of care including prevention diagnosis treatment and follow-up.</p><p>The book’s goal is to explain the science behind personalized medicine what impact it may have on specific diseases and some of the repercussions of a personalized medical approach on our medical institutions. </p><p>Novel personalized therapeutic treatments and their scientific basis are discussed by covering topics as diverse as genomics proteomics epigenetics integrative medicine stem cells and the factors that influence personal health. </p><p>A personalized medical system also requires patient involvement in developing a healthy lifestyle and so this book touches on topics such as the individual’s family history present and past lifestyle nutrition exercise levels and stress factors. </p><p>By explaining these broad topics in personalized medicine and the science behind them we discover how personalized medicine can have a positive impact on an individual’s health.</p>