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A4M L.A. Symposium 2024: Top 5 Trending Topics On Our Radar

September 14, 2024

It’s conference season, and the A4M team is looking forward to marking its official beginning next week. We’re gathering the brightest minds and most innovative voices in modern medicine to deliver four learner-favorite courses all under one roof in the heart of Los Angeles at the L.A. Live complex.

From September 19th to 21st, practitioners nationwide will converge for this highly anticipated event, kicking off the Fall/Winter academic season with a leading-edge educational experience featuring:

The Endocrine Balance and Bio-Identical Hormone Restoration Symposium

Fertility Certification Course

The Future of Pediatric Medicine

Peptide Therapy Certification: Module II

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Personalized Nutrition Science for Optimal Health

August 9, 2019

Today, there is a widely held notion of the universal “healthy” diet: with collective benefits applicable across all individuals. The U.S. federal dietary guidelines have aimed to establish blueprints for proper nutrition, which in theory should apply to all and lead to the same or at least similar results. However, increasing amounts of forthcoming research implicate the one-size-fits-all approach as fundamentally flawed due to its omission of a multitude of vital personal factors including biomarkers, metabolic capabilities, and genetic predispositions.

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Ushering in the Era of Personalized Medicine

May 3, 2017

The FDA recently approved 10 of the personal-genomics company 23andMe’s screening tests for hereditary health risks and diseases, issuing a press release that reads: “These are the first direct-to-consumer tests…that provide information on an individual’s genetic predisposition to certain medical diseases or conditions.”

The Wall Street Journal reports that this step “may be the first shot in a health revolution,” allowing patients to make informed decisions about lifestyle choices, and assist healthcare professionals in their advice and discussions. This marks the first time that patients will not have to go through a physician or healthcare provider to receive information about genetic health risks or makeup.

The screening tests include one for Alzheimer’s, and another for a rare blood disorder. Companies like 23andMe and PatientsLikeMe are already developing new technologies and products so that Americans can further manage and monitor their health, studying databases that utilize information from electronic medical records, wearable devices, and patient surveys combined with their genetic codes. 23andMe has formed partnerships with various organizations in the disease research community, spearheading research that explores new potential genetic risk factors for chronic disease.

Embracing this kind of precision medicine will enable us to mine enormous amounts of data and information, in order to further enhance the health of patients across the globe, and possibly halt disease before it develops and progresses.

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