It’s the future of medicine but how does it work, what are its origins and how can we benefit from it? In this episode I look at the way medicine can be tailored to our health.

The work of Leroy Hood and P4 Medicine paper: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4204402/

The Human Genome Project: https://wellcome.org/insights/articles/human-genome-project-new-era-scientific-progress

NHS personalised medicine page: https://www.england.nhs.uk/healthcare-science/personalisedmedicine/

ApoB as a biomarker: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-024-05887-2

Gut-skin links (systems biology): https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01459/full

Leukaemia mutations: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6142505/

AI for healthcare: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/stories/healthcare-ai/

Methylation (MTHFR gene): https://www.healthline.com/health/mthfr-gene

ApoE genes and Alzheimer’s risk: https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/apoe4-and-apoe3-gene-variants-linked-to-at-least-7-in-10-alzheimers-cases-study-suggests/

Statins and their effect on inflammation: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circresaha.116.308537

My book THE HEALTH FIX: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Health-Fix-Dr-Ayan-Panja/dp/1914239326/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

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Most people will have come across arrogance in the workplace but medicine is not an arena that it should have a place, or should it?

In this episode I look at the impact on patients, the public and the workforce.

Links:

Diagnostic errors and overconfidence: https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(08)00040-5/pdf

Curiosity as a cure for arrogance: https://bjgplife.com/clinical-curiosity-an-antidote-to-medical-arrogance/

Women and sexual assault in surgery: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66775015

Missed heart attacks: https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/heart-attacks-in-women

Medical errors: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10896093/

Models for feedback: https://www.ausmed.co.uk/learn/articles/giving-feedback

Data on NHS complaints: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/data-on-written-complaints-in-the-nhs

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Nostalgia is not strictly medical although it was coined a term of a condition of melancholy but in more recent years studies show that it may be a more important part of wellbeing than we thought.

Links:

Nostalgia as a disease: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352250X22002573

Clay Routledge: https://www.clayroutledge.com/

Nostalgia and wellbeing: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36669249/

Man’s Search For Meaning: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning

The past makes the present meaningful: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21787094/

Music and nostalgia: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/~crsi/Sedikides,

My own nostalgia tips: music, photos, places, journalling and rituals.

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