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[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1521399930428{background-image: url(https://www.geneaccount.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/perhe_haalea.jpg?id=30714) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title_level="h4" title="Genetic Testing – What's In It For Me?" color="black"][vc_single_image image="32175" img_size="full"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1528804075816{padding-top: 50px !important;}"]Understanding genetics is fairly simple and straightforward. But how to implement the data into practice – that’s where in-depth understanding steps in. One can find out their whole genome for about 1,000 € - but what do you do with all that information? The data itself does not benefit an ordinary consumer and it does not affect one’s daily behavior. I would go as far as claiming, that knowing one’s full genome is not even nice-to-know information without having the understanding of how to utilize it.

[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1521399930428{background-image: url(https://www.geneaccount.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/perhe_haalea.jpg?id=30714) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title_level="h4" title="Upgrading the Future of Health Tech / ULF2018" color="black"][vc_single_image image="32056" img_size="full"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1527851950213{padding-top: 50px !important;}"]So that was the Upgraded Life Festival 2018, ULF2018 as us experienced ones like to refer to it. Personally, I had no expectations as it was my very first time attending the festival. The pre-event hype had good vibes and only based on that I was excited to attend. All I knew, was basically that a bunch of innovative health tech startups and companies would gather and see what would come up – hence the excitement.

[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1521399930428{background-image: url(https://www.geneaccount.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/perhe_haalea.jpg?id=30714) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title_level="h4" title="Depression Medication - Same Size Doesn't Fit All" color="black"][vc_single_image image="31867" img_size="full"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1526973593373{padding-top: 50px !important;}"]Finnish Media Company MTV reported in May 2018, that in Finland every single day as many as nine individuals are driven out of the working life due to a diagnosed depression. This alarming phenomenon has caused the amount of under 35-year-old retirees to increase for a third during the last ten years. These statistics are mind blowing!

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title_level="h3" title="From a Dream Holiday to a Hospital Bed"][gem_youtube video_id="yX_CfBCA4Ho"][vc_column_text]Nutritional therapist Hanna Partanen was living a hectic life of a young and successful entrepreneur – a little break in Thailand was very much needed in January 2018. As the opportunity arose, Hanna was totally onboard. As an active person, Hanna made sure she kept up with the exercise routine amongst relaxing. Holiday in tropical paradise lived up to the expectations and Hanna was able to unwind and gather her strength.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]As an experienced traveler, Hanna knew how to prepare herself for the long return flight. Over eleven hours in an airplane takes its toll on everyone, no matter how prepared one is. Hanna was prepared, she requested an aisle seat, had an occasional walk and hydrated herself regularly. After all, a little tight feeling on her calf was so minor that she figured it would go away as unexpectedly as it came.

[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1521399930428{background-image: url(https://www.geneaccount.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/perhe_haalea.jpg?id=30714) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title_level="h3" title="What's Cooking in the Heat of Healthcare? " color="black"][vc_single_image image="31244" img_size="full"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1524829587757{padding-top: 50px !important;}"]Wednesday morning looks rainy and foggy from the 26^th floor at Gothia Towers – a hotel hosting the annual health tech conference MIE2018 (Medical Informatics Europe) alongside with Vitalis 2018 fair. The crème de la crème of the health industry from Sweden and the neighbouring countries have gathered here for this week.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]The program is full of interesting and innovative speeches and topics that make you furiously google their meanings. I had the pleasure of meeting the Microsoft robot, virtual reality seems to be the norm rather than an exception and elderly people can relax: a hall full of exercise equipment assisted with AI. These ideas could sum up the days spent in Gothenburg.

[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1523444705827{background-image: url(https://www.geneaccount.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/tausta_helix.jpg?id=31202) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title="Your genes make you YOU" color="black"][vc_single_image image="31207" img_size="full"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1523455904826{padding-top: 50px !important;}"]We are all unique with different looks, heights and shades. Taking a step further, all living creatures are very different. Whether you are a banana or a human, a huge difference in practical terms. Impossible to mistake one for the other. But wait, here comes the fun part: it is our genetics that differentiate one from another. A banana from Bob.

[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1522996877348{background-image: url(https://www.geneaccount.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/perhe_haalea.jpg?id=30714) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title="Struck by a Stroke" color="black"][gem_youtube video_id="BK5my-Puse0"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1521666725618{padding-top: 50px !important;}"]When you hear someone you know, suffered from a stroke, it does not seem likely that it could happen to you. Especially if you are fairly fit, exercise regularly and are barely past the middle age. In case of Jarmo Aaltonen, an active sales person from Turku, this was the case.

[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1522997775552{background-image: url(https://www.geneaccount.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/tausta_punainen_haalea-1.jpg?id=30932) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title="ÄLY Seminar 20/3/2018"][vc_single_image image="30892" img_size="full" css=".vc_custom_1521657106000{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column_text]Ä.L.Y. stands for Intelligent Personalized Medicine - this event truly lived up to its name.

[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1522997191830{background-image: url(https://www.geneaccount.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/tausta_keltainen.jpg?id=30580) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title="Side Effects Without Benefits"][gem_youtube video_id="n5tE0h5XfTs"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1521665107681{padding-top: 50px !important;}"]As for a 69-year-old woman, Airi was no exception. She had been prescribed several medications: there was one for high blood pressure, for cholesterol, sweating and stomach related symptoms. It was quite a handful to keep a record of.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]In comparison, Airi was more or less an average within her peer medication wise. Consuming this many medications often come with unwanted side-effects. Airi’s unpleasant symptoms included nausea and dizziness, irregular temperature and bloating. It also influenced her mentally, depression was affecting her quality of life.

[vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1522997464651{background-image: url(https://www.geneaccount.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/tausta_vihreä_haalea-1.jpg?id=30941) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title="Children's Day of Medicine 3/3/2018"][vc_single_image image="30884" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=".vc_custom_1521657800128{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]The Finnish Science Center Heureka its busier than ever this morning, or at least that’s how it feels as I am trying to make my way from the main entrance.  Children anywhere from 2-year-olds up to the teenagers and their parents have invaded the premises. As some of them are holding granny’s hand the others are flashing their “frequent visitor” card at the register and heading to the first exhibition stand.