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Committee: Health - Doctors, Hospitals
This committee will filter the list of General Physicians, General Surgeons, Cardiologist, Pediatricians, Dentist, Dermatologist, Gynecologist, ENT Specialist, hospitals etc. to share their global knowledge and help societies from early recovery of serious illnesses. The committee will raise awareness of emergency health concerns, causes and precautionary guidelines for the country’s sustainable health goals, well-being and prosperity.


			


			




	

			

	

		
What most people don’t understand about chemotherapy
	

	

		
When your oncologist says you need chemotherapy, your dreams may be filled with ambiguous thoughts which may not be actually realistic of what’s involved in chemotherapy sessions. Many of us picture ourselves with IV drip in a hospital bed with a lot many emotions. The realistic thinking is, that there are many ways to get chemotherapy starting from skin cream to the IV drip. Side effects are purely dependant on individuals defence systems which may not be similar for everyone.


Here are some mind-blowing facts about chemotherapy which might surprise you to preparing for a chemotherapy session


    

  1. No overnight stay in hospital- Chemotherapy can be given as a daycare procedure at the hospital, office, home etc., which depends upon factors like the type of cancer and type of chemotherapy to be planned, any previous chemotherapy sessions, and any health-related problems.
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  2. Tablets or skin creams- Your oncologist can prescribe chemotherapy in the form of tablets which can be swallowed, dosage depends from daily to weekly once and in form of skin creams which can be rubbed on the skin.
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  3. Kill hidden cancer cells in the blood- Your oncologist may prescribe chemotherapy not only to shrink the tumour before surgery but also to kill the hidden cancer cells which may be in the blood after the surgery is performed to remove the tumour.
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  4. Can perform all daily activities – Chemotherapy isn’t debilitating as you expect. Always have a flexible schedule of chemotherapy sessions to adjust your office timings. Working remotely from home or hospital is always kept as a last option when you don’t feel good after the chemotherapy session.
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  5. Varied side effects- Some patients don’t have any side effects and not every patient has similar ones. Side effects may vary ranging from fatigue to hair loss. You need to talk to your oncologist about the expected side effects though it’s hard to predict which symptoms you will have.
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  6. Side effects lasting for months or years- There can be side effects which may last for years like infertility, kidney problems, nerve damage and chances of getting second cancer.
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  7. Dietary and Lifestyle changes- Eat lots of protein and calorie-rich food whenever you are able to eat. Your appetite may be highest in the morning, so that can be a good time to get in a bigger meal. If solid foods aren’t appealing, try semi-solid, liquid meal replacements for extra calories like fresh fruit juice, soup, or milk. Eat smaller meals five or six times a day instead of three larger ones. This can help keep you from feeling too full.
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  8. Chemotherapy can be used to treat other conditions – Other conditions like bone marrow disease can be treated by chemotherapy.
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  9. Visit your Dentist before the chemotherapy – Chemotherapy not only kills cancer cells but also kills normal cells in your immune system which in turn raises the chances of infections during chemotherapy sessions. To stay away from infections, kindly check whether you have taken flu shots before chemotherapy. Visit your dentist to make sure your oral cavity is clean and oral hygiene is maintained. Wash your hands often and stay away from sick people and pets.
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  10. General Medications can interfere with chemotherapy – Over the counter medications and vitamin, capsules can interfere with chemotherapy sessions. We generally think vitamins are safe to improve the health but high doses of Vitamin A, C and E can interfere with chemotherapy. Consult your oncologist to take any medications.
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Importance of digital ethics in precision health
	

	

		
Health  


Global Market


The Precision Medicine market is estimated to grow at impressive rates over the next decade. According to a recent report published by Marketwatch the precision medicine market value is estimated at $140.69B and is expected to grow at an 11.5% CAGR  by 2030.


Definition


Precision medicine and precision health are relatively novel approaches that aim to redefine the way we diagnose, treat, and prevent disease. It has also evolved at an exponential pace over the last few years and fueled the development of a personalized care approach. This growth has been powered by several complex factors. Some of the main ones are advances in technology, an increasingly aging population with a higher incidence of cancers, increased use of big data, as well as scientific knowledge derived from panomics.


Panomics is currently considered one of the major drivers of innovation in healthcare and encompasses genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics, etc.


Genomics is one of the most significant precision medicine drivers and is considered by many experts as the one with the most disruptive potential in healthcare. The cost for next-generation sequencing techniques has decreased from $100,000 to less than $500 over the last decade, while speed and accuracy have increased. Next-generation sequencing has already become a paradigm-changing solution in our quest to move from an industry based on “sick care” toward a preventive, wellness-focused approach.


We now witness a comprehensive emphasis on all domains within precision health, which encompass wellness, longevity, disease monitoring, disease prevention, disease diagnosis, acute disease treatment, chronic disease management, etc.


The Power of Converging Technologies 


The current digital era is marked by a complex array of technologies and novel ones being developed at an astonishing pace. Regardless of the source reviewed, some technologies are consistently high-ranked and considered to have high disruptive potential in the current healthcare industry such as Genomics, AI, Blockchain, Robotics, 3D, AR, VR, XR, Bio-Implants, Nanotechnology, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Bio-Implants, and others.


When evaluating each one of these, it is important to consider multiple complex factors such as privacy, security, scalability, cost, safety, and more importantly their impact on population health. The combined deployment of these novel technologies has an augmenting effect and can accelerate our research and development efforts, while at the same time triggering heightened ethics concerns.


The Need for Digital Ethics 


We have a moral obligation to ensure privacy, greater transparency, enhanced security, improved traceability, increased efficiency, and exploitability.


Leveraging the full capabilities of all novel technologies in precision health could also serve as the foundation for developing global databases and data exchanges that could spark further preclinical, clinical and translational research, and act as a driver for continuously optimizing population health. However, those can also further increase the complexity of governance, regulatory and legal guidelines that must be drafted by key decision-makers.


To be successful we will have to achieve a larger collaboration and cooperation among all relevant stakeholders, revise our outdated laws and regulatory guidelines to match the latest scientific and technological advances, as well as solve some of the remaining barriers to large-scale technology deployments in healthcare.


Ethics has been a very important discipline for centuries.  After decades of marginalization, we are witnessing a resurgence within the scientific and business community due to the complex ethical issues we are facing due to a high degree of automation and augmented intelligence infused in our daily activities, as well as the global business ecosystem. The scientific and business communities, and numerous not-for-profit- and government agencies are all appropriately concerned about ethical issues unique to a digital healthcare ecosystem, with topics like algorithmic bias, social determinants discrimination, data privacy, data ownership, AI transparency, and trust making the headlines daily.


Reactive or mitigation approaches are not an optimal solution and one would hope that ethical leadership in this era of digital healthcare will be defined by state-of-the-art strategic planning, complemented by a revision of our medical education system and a profound transformation of our current healthcare delivery system.


Building a Culture of Ethics


The digital era has changed how our society establishes and verifies trust. Healthcare organizations can create digital trust by designing and implementing comprehensive digital ethics programs and building a lasting culture of digital ethics.


In the post-pandemic era, digital health has become a strong driver of the global economy, however, it is also plagued by a significant trust gap. Only by collaborating towards creating a more responsible data governance framework globally can we achieve sustainable societal trust in tech-driven healthcare models such as virtual, digital, or precision health.


Given the prominent role, genomics plays in precision medicine and the devastating impact privacy breaches can have on our society, there is an opportunity for these precision health leaders to establish themselves as leaders in the digital ethics ecosystem. They can drive the creation and enforce adherence to global digital ethics standards, best practices, and customized digital ethics KPIs.


Forward-looking companies will need to embrace a greater sense of purpose with emphasis on population health, personalized care, and human-centric design for patients and providers will ensure long-term success. C-Suite leaders need to adapt and transform their organizations from an ROI-centered mission to meet the needs of this dynamic healthcare ecosystem. Their strategic mindset has to shift from “ sick-care” to “ well care” and they will have to be purposefully disruptive to maintain their competitive advantage.


Future Directions 


The precision health and digital health ecosystems are intertwined and will facilitate the transition towards a personalized care approach to optimize global population health.


Future generations will likely benefit from digital health twins, smart hospitals, smart pharmacies, smart laboratories, and smart imaging centers, however, they will also expect an ethically-driven global precision health ecosystem.


The future of precision health will likely be influenced by building and maintaining a state-of-the-art culture of ethics that would be continuously optimized to adapt to the demands of an exponential medicine era, such as ultra-rapid advancements and deployments of new technologies or a constant influx of disruptors entering the global healthcare ecosystem.

	


	

			






	

			

	

		
Cracking the paradigm about Tobacco Smoking: new perspective allows new solution
	

	

		
Currently, there are several billion smokers and secondhand smoke-exposed persons on earth. China lights up at a rate of 50,000 cigarettes each second with approximate 300 million tobacco smokers and 700 million secondhand smoke affected persons. There are approximately 120 million smokers in India and nearly half of the doctor’s smoke in India. This product, a ‘smoker’s supplement replacement product’, derives from US Patent #8,889,194, Issued Nov 18, 2014. When you look at the tobacco smoking problem from a different perspective it allows for a new solution, not previously recognized before.


 


Background: 


 


About 21 years ago, I learned that about half of the medicines used in the world have some kind of drug-induced nutrient depletion. I discuss this and the data (proof-of-concept) in my PowerPoint presentation (available upon request).  Cigarettes are also included amongst drugs, as they are regulated worldwide. I discovered what antioxidant and micronutrient depletions occur from tobacco smoking and secondhand smoke exposure. I then asked the question, ” What does replenishment of these depleted substances do?” The bottom line, replenishment decreases morbidity and mortality for a number of depleted substances. 


In a nutshell: 


1)    When people smoke or when they are exposed to secondhand smoke, they unwittingly become depleted in antioxidants (like Vitamin C, etc.) and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals).


2)    The origins of the diseases associated with tobacco smoking and secondhand smoke are these antioxidant and micro-nutrient depletions.


3)    Replenishment of these substances decreases morbidity and mortality (and improves numerous biomarkers) in some of these substances. It gives people a fighting chance of staying well.


4)    Finally, and importantly, people who quit smoking sometimes quit multiple times before stopping for good. This product improves relapse rates. This means they have to continue to purchase the product.


 


  The smoker’s supplement replacement product replenishes these lost antioxidants and micronutrients from tobacco smoke exposure and decreases morbidity and mortality. The product can be used for tobacco smokers, secondhand smoke-exposed persons, and pregnant smokers. As I have said, this gives people a fighting chance of staying well. The only claim I make is the replacement of antioxidants and micronutrients. This qualifies the product as a dietary supplement.


 


The idea of a smoker’s supplement replacement product is new and if you speak with smokers, they crave something new. There has not been anything significantly new for tobacco smoking in over two decades! It just takes someone with a little bit of vision to turn this into a worldwide product. By vision, I mean to see in an inspired way.  First to market with creative advertising and creating a brand name will win the market. Imitators cannot compete.


Finally, the smokers supplement replacement product is a proactive solution by replenishing these nutrient and antioxidant losses needed to run the biochemical pathways. The nicotine patches and gums are reactive solutions and do not address the underlying biochemical depletions that occur from tobacco smoking.