The new ADHD algorithm in the TreatGx precision prescribing software helps clinicians to more accurately dose ADHD medications. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental disorder characterized by an ongoing pattern of behavioral symptoms that include inattentiveness, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness. Although ADHD is a complex...
Your DNA holds instructions for everything your body needs to do, from determining the color of your eyes to breaking down medications. Each person's genome is a unique combination of DNA sequences and structural variations that play major roles in determining who we are. Structural...
Millions of Canadians affected by Health Canada’s recall of valsartan are being asked to contact their pharmacist as soon as possible to make a drug substitution. Health Canada announced that numerous varieties of valsartan, a generic drug sold by several companies in Canada, may be contaminated...
Surgeon, public health researcher, and author Atul Gawande is the new CEO of the health enterprise by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan. Gawande hopes to lower healthcare costs without raising risk, by helping professionals "make it simpler to do the right thing". According to Gawande,...
Genetic clues in your mouth can predict if your next prescription will work using the right collection method and precision prescribing software. Your mouth harbors genetic clues about whether your medication will work and can rule out the possibility of an adverse drug reaction. Today, there...
Imagine a passenger plane crashing once a day in the country, killing hundreds of people every day. That is the scope of the problem with adverse drug reactions, the 4th leading cause of death in the USA. A solution is now available with precision prescribing...
“Precision prescribing is a reality and it is a reality today. The degree of precision relies on accounting for the complex interplay of multiple variables including pharmacogenetics” – GenXys CEO – Karl Pringle We are excited to announce that Karl Pringle joined GenXys as the new...
Personalized treatments for chronic conditions have the potential to transform the way we prevent and treat disease by tailoring prescriptions to each person's unique genetic makeup and health information. The mainstream approach to chronic condition management assumes that all patients are similar but treatments are usually...
Emerging digital health technologies offer doctors a deep view inside patients’ health and can speed diagnosis as well as treatment. As technology becomes more fundamental to healthcare, early detection, screening and personalized treatment technologies will lead to preventive healthcare and improvements in the health system. Nonetheless,...
Last week, the annual #BCTech Summit returned to Vancouver breaking attendance records drawing in more than 9,000 participants to nearly a dozen conference events with over 270 exhibitors and more than 200 speakers. The two-day conference brought together the brightest minds who highlighted the technologies...