personalized medicine

Lemonaid Health has joined Walgreens Find Care, a digital health platform that connects customers to a network of local and national health providers and services.

In the lead up to this week’s arguments at the Supreme Court over the health care reform law, 23andMe got the opinion of two distinguished doctors on what’s ailing the country’s medical system.

The realization of a long-awaited hope arrived this past month for many families in the form of a new treatment for cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most common recessively inherited diseases, affecting about 30,000 people in the United States. Last month the FDA approved the drug ivacaftor (Kalydeco ®) as the first treatment to address one of the underlying causes of CF.

The 4th annual Personalized Medicine World Conference (PMWC) begins today at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley. Stop by 23andMe's booth to take home free schwag, learn more about our Personal Genome Service and research efforts, and order a kit. Mention the secret word "WeSearch" to take home a free t-shirt!

Last week, we announced the winner of our essay contest for a free ticket to this month’s Personalized Medicine World Conference. Today, we feature an essay by finalist Nicole Mosher, who is just beginning her scientific career.

Today, we feature an essay by Jetaime Ross, an aspiring genetic counselor who is passionate about resolving healthcare disparities. Jetaime was a finalist in our PMWC Essay Contest.

23andMe recently held an essay contest to give away one free admission to this year's Personalized Medicine World Conference, to be held in Silicon Valley January 26-27. Over the last six weeks readers, interested citizens, and 23andMe customers sent in many inspiring essays. In this post, we announce the grand prize winner along with his essay. We'll feature more of our favorite essays in the weeks to come!

There’s nothing futuristic about personalized medicine, but James Heywood, the chairman and co-founder of PatientsLikeMe, likes to pull a line from a futurist and science fiction writer to describe it....

The 2012 Personalized Medicine World Conference (PMWC) is just around the corner and you could win free admission! There’s only one week left to enter the contest. Send us your...

It’s hard to picture a more “personalized” approach to medicine than Dr. Ronald Levy’s. Levy, chief of the oncology division at Stanford University’s School of Medicine, has spent his career...