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Trust me - I’m a doctor ! by Dr. Jonathan Holt Doctor of OsteopathyHealth Maven Who do you trust with your genetic information?Do you trust sending it via email or instant message?Would you post it on the internet, like some have?Would you trust Google wi ... Read on »
Health - not just the absence of disease. by Dr. Jonathan Holt Doctor of OsteopathyHealth Maven I recently returned from my dentist with a surprising finding! I don’t take good care of my teeth! ME!?? I mean I’m a health and wellness nut! Like many other p ... Read on »
primum non nocere by Dr. Jonathan Holt Doctor of OsteopathyHealth Maven primum non nocere Being back at the Burrill’s Personalized Medicine Conference in San Francisco again this year has rekindled my passion to start a blog. As, I hav ... Read on »
Hope vs Hype by Dr. Jonathan Holt Doctor of OsteopathyHealth Maven The era of Personalized medicine using genome technologies is upon us. Is it all just hype or is there really hope that these technologies will help us usher in the promise o ... Read on »
Don’t worry, your genes are happy! by Dr. Jonathan Holt Doctor of OsteopathyHealth Maven Be happy!It has long been postulated that the overall happier you are the healthier you are. It could also be argued the opposite. Now, researchers in Australia have found g ... Read on »
Family History by Dr. Jonathan Holt Doctor of OsteopathyHealth Maven Family Medical HistoryAs you gather with your family to give thanks, perhaps it is a good time to talk about the family tree and discuss your family’s medical history ... Read on »
Reductionism is dead! Long live Reductionism! by Dr. Jonathan Holt Doctor of OsteopathyHealth Maven The western philosophy of science has long been depended upon reductionism. To put it simply; in order to understand a complex system some reduce it to more manageable parts.R ... Read on »
Nature verses nurture by Dr. Jonathan Holt Doctor of OsteopathyHealth Maven Put simply…. life is about balance!We see it in our everyday life. Work and play, day and night, life and death, mind and body…. etc.We are born from an alre ... Read on »
Mercerism and the pursuit of knowledge by Dr. Jonathan Holt Doctor of OsteopathyHealth Maven Mercerism Much like the plight of Wilbur Mercer or Sisyphus, I have been faced with a challenging uphill-battle in my pursuit of knowledge and enlightenment. Much like Wilbur ... Read on »
The low hanging fruit in the garden of good and evil. by Dr. Jonathan Holt Doctor of OsteopathyHealth Maven low hanging fruitI have been told that cancer genetics is the ‘low hanging fruit’ of personalized medicine. I have my reservations about this analogy. As you all ... Read on »