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> For me, prayer would have no effect. For others it could be a life saving intervention.

In the same vein, I often get to read about an emerging approach called precision medicine.

Precision Medicine refers to the tailoring of medical treatment to the individual characteristics of each patient. It does not literally mean the creation of drugs or medical devices that are unique to a patient, but rather the ability to classify individuals into subpopulations that differ in their susceptibility to a particular disease, in the biology or prognosis of those diseases they may develop, or in their response to a specific treatment [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_medicine



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