Managing chronic diseases

Managing chronic diseases

Editor—Palliative care does not start when a patient is dying. A whole spectrum of palliation begins from the day of diagnosis of a potentially terminal disease, such as soft tissue sarcoma. Palliation, in the sense of needing to absorb what this means for the patient, becomes even then a medical imperative. The “How long have I got, Doc?” question may not be articulated, but it will be there a...

Precision medicine for managing chronic diseases.

Precision medicine (PM) is an important modern paradigm for combining new types of metrics with big medical datasets to create prediction models for prevention, diagnosis, and specific therapy of chronic diseases. The aim of this paper was to differentiate PM from personalized medicine, to show potential benefits of PM for managing chronic diseases, and to define problems with implementation of...

Managing Populations While Managing Diseases

Yang Zhao, Ph.D., Research Scientist, DxCG, Inc., Waltham, MA Arlene S. Ash, Ph.D., Research Professor, Department of General Internal Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, and Senior Scientist, DxCG, Inc., Waltham, MA Randall P. Ellis, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Economics, Boston University, Boston, MA, and Senior Scientist, DxCG, Inc., Waltham, MA James P. Slaughter, M.D., Chair, Medi...

Managing Phytophthora Diseases

In order to limit the incidence and severity of diseases caused by Phytophthora, effective management strategies are needed. Management of phytophthora diseases is based on a number of principles such as avoiding infection through basic hygiene, limiting susceptibility through drainage and irrigation, improving soil health, use of disease-resistant germplasm, and biological and chemical control...

Food Insecurity and Chronic Diseases: The Editorial