Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enough to be rolled out
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#2Elizabeth Holmes would be proud
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#3This is one of those medical revolutions that I am waiting dearly for.
Facilities that are not hospitals(to avoid the risk of occupying medical devices that sick people need) built to _regulary_ check up otherwise healthy people for preventive care.
Heck, I have so many alerts defined on my monitoring setup for servers to watch for signals of failure before they get too big. But, my own body is not observed until something bad needs treatment. Why can’t we observe ourselves medically and analyze that record for early signs of trouble before it becomes serious?!
All the advancement in technology in recent years, this ought to happen sooner than later.
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#4Galleri test looks great, but it is available only in US and UK. I wish they would allow private patients in other countries to take the test somehow.
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#5This is one of those medical revolutions that I am waiting dearly for. Facilities that are not hospitals(to avoid the risk of occupying medical devices that sick people need) built to _regulary_ check up otherwise healthy people for preventive care. Heck, I have so many alerts defined on my monitoring setup for servers to watch for signals of failure before they get too big. But, my own body is not observed until som…
That's already a thing, at least everywhere I've ever lived. You have a primary care doctor, you see them at least once a year, they do a physical exam, maybe some blood work. This test maybe becomes standard of care for everyone annually.
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#6This is one of those medical revolutions that I am waiting dearly for. Facilities that are not hospitals(to avoid the risk of occupying medical devices that sick people need) built to _regulary_ check up otherwise healthy people for preventive care. Heck, I have so many alerts defined on my monitoring setup for servers to watch for signals of failure before they get too big. But, my own body is not observed until som…
My experience is people don’t really care much about their bodies beyond the aesthetics. Most treat it like a dumpster and ingest whatever crap feels good and hope for the best. Caring too much makes you some sort of health freak in their eyes, with way too much time on your hands.
Re: Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enough to be rolled out
#7This is one of those medical revolutions that I am waiting dearly for. Facilities that are not hospitals(to avoid the risk of occupying medical devices that sick people need) built to _regulary_ check up otherwise healthy people for preventive care. Heck, I have so many alerts defined on my monitoring setup for servers to watch for signals of failure before they get too big. But, my own body is not observed until som…
That's already a thing, at least everywhere I've ever lived. You have a primary care doctor, you see them at least once a year, they do a physical exam, maybe some blood work. This test maybe becomes standard of care for everyone annually.
May be I have been living in a bubble. I remember doing a “annual check up” in the US about 5 years ago, and that was super basic - blood pressure, sugar, cholesterol levels etc. they didn’t even do a detailed enough bloodwork to test for allergies. Definitely not looking for any disease vectors.
Now, I live in DK, and my visit to the GP would always go with my hard attempts to convince my GP that something is really wrong and I am not a crazy lunatic who is simply looking for attention. Although, I have never directly asked for a checkup(while being healthy) to look for disease vectors. I’ll ask and see what they say.
I’d prefer if this is outside of the general healthcare system though. I don’t want to occupy Doctors, and medical labs from people who are actually sick _now_ and need those tests, and attention.
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#8This is one of those medical revolutions that I am waiting dearly for. Facilities that are not hospitals(to avoid the risk of occupying medical devices that sick people need) built to _regulary_ check up otherwise healthy people for preventive care. Heck, I have so many alerts defined on my monitoring setup for servers to watch for signals of failure before they get too big. But, my own body is not observed until som…
That's already a thing, at least everywhere I've ever lived. You have a primary care doctor, you see them at least once a year, they do a physical exam, maybe some blood work. This test maybe becomes standard of care for everyone annually.
That’s not good enough for cancer because we dont even know how fast or slow it grows. Even if it cancer cells multiplied at the rate of a fetus that would be too fast for an annual physical. Congratulations, death.
Ideally something like a wearable computer or nanomachines in your blood stream automatically report anomalies for individualized treatment.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's already a thing, at least everywhere I've ever lived. You have a primary care doctor, you see them at least once a year, they do a physical exam, maybe some blood work. This test maybe becomes standard of care for everyone annually.
May be I have been living in a bubble. I remember doing a “annual check up” in the US about 5 years ago, and that was super basic - blood pressure, sugar, cholesterol levels etc. they didn’t even do a detailed enough bloodwork to test for allergies. Definitely not looking for any disease vectors. Now, I live in DK, and my visit to the GP would always go with my hard attempts to convince my GP that something is really…
Another Danish person here, your GP would never check you in any sort of fashion here, unless you already have (serious) symptoms.
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#10This is one of those medical revolutions that I am waiting dearly for. Facilities that are not hospitals(to avoid the risk of occupying medical devices that sick people need) built to _regulary_ check up otherwise healthy people for preventive care. Heck, I have so many alerts defined on my monitoring setup for servers to watch for signals of failure before they get too big. But, my own body is not observed until som…
That's already a thing, at least everywhere I've ever lived. You have a primary care doctor, you see them at least once a year, they do a physical exam, maybe some blood work. This test maybe becomes standard of care for everyone annually.
This is not true in the Netherlands. You don’t get any tests if there is nothing wrong.
Healthcare in this country scares me.