Hypertension, diabetes, and depression are few major causes of illness across the globe affecting millions of people. It is obvious to think that modern medicine by this time has standardized the mode of care for this commonly occurring diseases. Unfortunately, it has not! They are still being treated by a trial and error method in most cases, a study reveals.
In a study published in Proceeding of National Academy of Science, a database of 250 million patients’ records from four countries was screened that revealed at least one in 10 patients receive a course of drugs that no other patient with the same condition did. In other words, more than 25 million people were essentially being treated by guesswork. How do things work in medicine? Actually, the composition of prescription is highly dependent on the progression of disease depending on the patient age, history, genetic…
