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Early diagnosis can improve your chances of survival massively, and is also a big opportunity to new technology to help as shown in the Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE entries. When visiting a GP it can be hard (maybe impossible) for them to determine whether you have a bacterial or a viral infection. Some ailments (e.g. pneumonia, diarrhoea) can be caused by both.

Hopefully one day (and not some distant time in the future) you will be able to be quickly scanned for a wide variety of diseases and infections - many more than could realistically be considered by a doctor considering general symptoms such as fever, nausea and pain - of course they have to assume its the most common ailments first so could be months before all the other possible causes are tested for and discounted.

Of course, even when the tests are available, it's still a matter of cost. However with new technologies prices could be slashed, permitting regular, wide sweeping tests. Imagine if every time you visited a GP, while you were waiting for your appointment, a point-of-care diagnostic instrument was able to run a hundred tests from a small blood sample - checking whether there were any serious ailments that needed to be dealt with. Catching a disease early inevitably makes the treatment significantly cheaper and, more importantly, more successful for the patient.

Precision Medicine News

Low-cost blood test could reveal early heart damage ahead of symptoms

Low-cost blood test could reveal early heart damage ahead of symptoms

The Guardian - 07-Apr-2025

Troponin testing could help doctors catch heart risks earlier and save lives

AI halves scan time in pregnancy ultrasounds

AI halves scan time in pregnancy ultrasounds

National Health Executive (nhe) - 31-Mar-2025

UK study shows AI speeds up 20-week scans and boosts accuracy and care

New coating technology extends the lifespan of biosensors by preventing biofouling

New coating technology extends the lifespan of biosensors by preventing biofouling

Wyss Institute - 13-Mar-2025

This could lead to better long-term health monitoring and disease management

Smart pyjamas offer a breakthrough in sleep monitoring

Smart pyjamas offer a breakthrough in sleep monitoring

Independent - 18-Feb-2025

Innovative wearable tracks sleep patterns with precision, making at-home diagnosis easier than ever

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Precision Medicine Resources

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Neko Health

A healthcare company

Longevity Med Summit 2025

07-May-2025

Leading summit for the Longevity medical industry (Lisboa, Portugal)

Viome

Gut Microbiome Testing, Precision Health and supplements company

Our Future Health

Our Future Health is the UK’s largest ever health research programme

Hurdle

Hurdle’s all-in-one solution provides everything your organisation needs to implement scalable remote testing programmes

EnLiSense

Sensor device company based in Texas

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Precision Medicine Blog Posts

Have you had coronavirus? UK COVID-19 antibody tests from £65
04-Feb-2021

Have you had coronavirus? UK COVID-19 antibody tests from £65

Comparison of UK mail and clinic tests, plus a review of the Medichecks test

Types of coronavirus tests, and how accurate are they?
25-Jan-2021

Types of coronavirus tests, and how accurate are they?

Do you know the difference between sensitivity and specificity?

Review of longevity technology in Passengers (movie)
03-Jan-2017

Review of longevity technology in Passengers (movie)

Has a clever Autodoc chamber to diagnosis treat disease - would be surprising if it couldn't reverse ageing too by then

Warts precision medicine got to do with it?
04-Aug-2015

Warts precision medicine got to do with it?

Skin growth as an example of where early diagnosis could save money, and put patients' minds at rest

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