Personalized, Evolutionary, and Ecological Dermatology
This book discusses the potential to enhance the dermatology profession’s valuable pattern recognition, diagnostic, and treatment skills via the evolution of modern medical techniques, including the advent of personalized medicine and genomics. These are
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Personalized, Evolutionary, and Ecological Dermatology
Robert A. Norman Editor
Personalized, Evolutionary, and Ecological Dermatology
Editor Robert A. Norman Professor, Department of Dermatology Nova Southeastern Medical School Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA
ISBN 978-3-319-41086-9 ISBN 978-3-319-41088-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-41088-3
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Preface
As we move into the second decade of the twenty-first century, we in dermatology have exciting potential for new avenues of growth to add on to our valuable pattern recognition, diagnostic, and treatment skills. The idea of personalized medicine has old roots. Maimonides, in the 1190s, advocated personalization of medical treatment and that every patient requires individual consideration. The doctor should not say, “This disease is similar to that other case”; rather, he should treat each patient independently according to the patient’s natural constitution, individual psychology, and specific circumstances. The physician should try to cure not a disease but a diseased person. Maimonides cited Galen as saying that in deciding on a treatment the physician needs to observe seven things: “the nature of the sickness, the nature of the patient, his age, his habits, the nature of the town, the season of the year, and the constitution of the surrounding air.” Now, in addition, we are able to add genomics and other tests to the mix [1–3]. Here is an overview of Personalized, Evolutionary, and Ecological Dermatology.
Personalized Dermatology Personalized medicine (PM) and genomics is easily accessible based on the results of genomic testing from the results of a buccal swab test. PM is the customization of
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