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1Oct, 2018

Managing Medications with ZibdyHealth

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Medications are one of the main tools doctors use to maintain their patients’ health. We all know you take a Tylenol for a headache, and Advil for a toothache and Insulin for Diabetes, but for most lay people, not much more is known about these drugs. In addition, for individuals taking many medications, it becomes very hard to keep track of doses, times, let alone remembering to take all of the medication. Where do you keep all the information? Is all this information tracked by our doctor? Simple answer is […]
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1Oct, 2018

Pharmacogenomics and the future of medicine

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You have probably heard that certain medications have worked well for one person but not for another and similarly, sometimes these medications have unwanted side effects for some but not others. There are many factors responsible for these differences, such as age, gender, and our genes. The study of this drug-gene relationship is known as “Pharmacogenomics” or “Pharmacogenetics”, and involves study of the impact of genetic differences on the way our bodies process medications. Pharmacogenomics is a core element of personalized medicine. There are well over 20,000 genes in our […]
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