ICYMI: What Is Precision Medicine?

We get sciency with the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences' Anil Bajnath, MD, MBA, IFMCP, ABAARM, MIFHI, an expert on Precision Medicine, aka Personalized Medicine. (Sciency is a word—it's in the OED.) This episode was originally published May 31, 2020. Dr. Bajnath is the CEO and Founder of The Institute for Human Optimization Precision Medicine Research Group and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the GW Integrative Medicine Programs at the university. The NIH describes Precision Medicine as "an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person." Dr. Bajnath is board-certified in Family Medicine and Integrative Medicine. Throughout the span of a decade, he has cultivated extensive first-hand experience in Precision, Integrative, Functional and Genomic Medicine. He is also the author of "The Longevity Equation: The Step-By-Step Blueprint to Hack Your Genes, Optimize Your Health, And Master the Art of Existence." ◘ Related Content Dr. Bajnath's website https://anilbajnath.com/ Dr. Bajnath's book: "The Longevity Equation: The Step-By-Step Blueprint to Hack Your Genes, Optimize Your Health, And Master the Art of Existence" https://longevityequation.net/ NIH: The Promise of Precision Medicine https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/nih-turning-discovery-into-health/promise-precision-medicine Sung Symposium: Next Generation Health www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlf3jhJNB…&feature=emb_logo CDC: Precision health: Improving health for each of us and all of us https://www.cdc.gov/genomics/about/precision_med.htm Who Will Benefit From Precision Medicine www.ucsf.edu/magazine/benefit-precision-medicine ◘ Transcript www.linkedin.com/pulse/transcript…lth/?published=t ◘ This podcast features the song “Follow Your Dreams” (freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Ho…ur_Dreams_1918) by Scott Holmes, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license. ◘ Disclaimer: The content and information shared in GW Integrative Medicine is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical advice. The views and opinions expressed in GW Integrative Medicine represent the opinions of the host(s) and their guest(s). For medical advice, diagnosis, and/or treatment, please consult a medical professional.