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Mar 26, 2010 earlier this weekvia bike, which was a very healthy thing to dowired magazine executive editor thomas goetz visited boomtown hq to chat about his new book, the decision tree. In the decision tree, thomas proposes a new strategy for thinking about health. An individuals decision tree begins with genomics, where. Read blog posts about the decision tree and the first chapter of the book. A decision tree can make these decisions more explicit and more obviously. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the decision tree. Applying this to health, the author, an editor at wired, looks at how data is changing the way health is managed and researched. Thomas goetz examines the recent advances in preventive medicine, from genomics to early detection, and how they are transforming health care, and advocates a new strategy for thinking about health, one that. The book is about how personalized medicine will be driven by data and focuses on how innovation in silicon valley is solving major public health issues. My trail of discovery to the decision tree was as follows. In this insightful book the decision tree, thomas goetz shows us why we should take control of our health and how this can have a significantly better outcome than just depending on our doctor.
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