The problem is that it takes physicians so long to accept a radical change. And the lag is unacceptable.

Of course, the medical profession doesn't like D.I.Y. anything.

The problem is that it takes physicians so long to accept a radical change. And the lag is unacceptable.

Not only can consumers handle their personal genetic information, but they are getting genomically oriented and anchored about such data.

For people who have heart disease, statins are great. But if all you've had is high cholesterol, what you're doing is taking this 1/100 chance of getting a benefit and offsetting it with 1/200 chance of getting diabetes.

Warfarin is the drug the medical community loves to hate.

I use a portable pocket ultrasound device instead of a stethoscope to listen to the heart, and I share it with the patient in real time. 'Look at your valve, look at your heart-muscle strength.' So they're looking at it with me. Normally a patient is tested by an ultrasonographer who is not allowed to tell them anything.