Interview with Shane Needham (Alturas Analytics) on point-of-care objective monitoring of disease by patients
Could you detail any medical conditions that can currently be monitored, objectively, by patients? Several medical conditions are currently monitored at home, for example, diabetes, where the diabetic monitors the level of glucose in their blood. High blood pressure and bipolar disorder are two other examples. People suffering from bipolar disorder, who are treated with a therapeutic of lithium, now have access to hand-held personalized monitoring devices, which will measure the amount of lithium in the blood. Lithium has a very narrow therapeutic range: too much leads to sever side effects; too little and there is no therapeutic effect. Diabetes...