anfx

Hi eveyone. I'm in the pharmacetical sciences, so let me give my little spiel. Western medicine is genrally good for treating acute cases (diseases, emergencies), but is sorely lacking in the preventative field. When do you see your doctor? When you're sick. Unfortunately, you don't go to your doctor to find out how to stay healthy, though thankfully, that's starting to change. As for the next big trend in health care, well nanotech is already here though not in a machine swimming though the cell repairing cellular damage form. It's... Suntan lotion. Yep. Suntan lotion. It's got titanium dioxide nanoparticles in it. As for drugs, the next big thing is probably pharmacogenomics. They're looking at customizing drugs for individuals now, since everyone reacts to the same drug differently. We're still a long way from triquarters, but it''d sure be cool to have one.