Two great techno-revolutions will impact the future of health care: digital and genetic.

The digital revolution changes what we do. The genetic revolution has the power to change who we are.

Both together will transform every aspect of health services.

Questions for a third millennium: How will people live and die? Will they die? The future of health care will not more of the same but basic human needs will be: physical, emotional, social and spiritual.

Why people die suddenly of blood clots on planes. Economy class syndrome - deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and how to avoid it. Do anti embolus stockings save lives  by preventing deep vein thrombosis? Health risks of business travel from blood clots / DVTs.

Miracle claims are being made (November 2000) for a new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis which stops the immune system attacking joints. Prof Jonathan Edwards at University College Hospital in London has found that destroying B-cells has produced dramatic remissions, with huge reductions in pain, other symptoms lasting months as a result of a single treatment with almost zero side-effects.  20 people with severe rheumatoid arthritis were treated, only 2 had no benefit, five had residual pain from previous damage, one took up gardening again for the first time in twenty years.

Miracle claims are being made for a new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis which stops the immune system attacking joints. Prof Jonathan Edwards at University College Hospital in London has found that destroying B-cells has produced dramatic remissions, with huge reductions in pain, other symptoms lasting months as a result of a single treatment with almost zero side-effects.  20 people with severe rheumatoid arthritis were treated, only 2 had no benefit, five had residual pain from previous damage, one took up gardening again for the first time in twenty years.