any new technologies being used to better healthcare?
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new technologies such as increased point of care testing enables nurses to perform lots of testing that would normally only be done in a medical laboratory. Before you know it they will have a box kit lab and lab technitians will no longer be needed
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It is the wave of the future of human medicine. There are many web sites that support that concept. International Stem Cell Research - WEB site.
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The only thing available for it right now is surgery.\nMaybe other experimental treatments are on the way.
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Add information to this question...like...what ideas?  Marketing?  Sales?  Ergonomics?  Process engineering?  Maintenance of contracts?  Vendor management?  As to inventions...that's a whole different can of worms.  What invention area are you talking about?  Better mousetrap?  Smaller shunts for arterial work inside the body?  Better metal alloy for the space shuttle?  Specifics, please as there's not a "one stop shop" for all these ideas.
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I think before therasense was brought out by abbot they were working on this technology.  Continuous Blood sugar monitoring.  A very small needle was placed under the skin and is attached to a device which collected data and send the data to another remote device for recording.  I don't think they can yet place a small enough device under the skin to collect and transmit data yet.
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Extended life span\nBetter health\nBiochips and implants that aid people with all kinds of bisabilities.\nAnd later...\nHuman designed mutations and designer babies.\nThere will be a lot of problems, of ocurse, but in the future, maybe we will be able to use technology instead of being used by it.  If we developed technologies, maybe they have also been misunderstood.  Maybe tech is our evolutive advantage and we should embrace it instead of fear it.
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cloning\nstem cells\ngenetic manipulation
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We are training all doctors on our technology and science.\n\nRead Harpers Biochemistry and the book \n\n\nsugars That Heal
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There are new treatments for diabetes that are coming out each and every day. Medical technology just keeps on advancing. \nThe FDA has just approved a new inhaled insulin that should be on the market for the public in a couple of months. I have also heard that there could be an insulin patch developed at some point in time in the future. \nThere are also advances being made in home blood sugar monitoring. There are new meters out there that are non-invasive (no needles) and give a constant reading. \n\nFor more information on the latest in treatments, etc., talk to your doctor and try using the web as a research tool. \n\nGood luck and best wishes...
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That doesn't exist. There is, however, nanotechnology. Read all about it...
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Virtual Reality - almost there so this is most likely.\nBrain Transplants are currently too tricky.\n\nAlien Encounters would be cool - this is what I would like most. It would make veryone on Earth get along a bit better.
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It's a fairly new procedure that shows promise. The body of research is still young and has a small pool of subjects, but looks good. It will only work for type 1 diabetics, but I believe it will improve a lot of these folks lives, if no long term side effects pop up down the road.
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how modern is medicine? never enough. There will be always new viruses (maybe made by huge laboratories), and medicine people will always look for new cures. think about cancer it's been discovered and studied for thousands of years.
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a hybrid between biological/electronic technology enabling our brains to communicate directly with implanted computers, eventually in our own language. \n\nI also think anti-ageing genetic modification is on the horizon, but i fear this development. The slower people age, the longer they are going to live & our resources, both natural & financial are going to be stretched to breaking point.
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What technology?\nBoth of what? benefit and exploitation?\nCould you ask again in the form of a question?\n-->
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Physics is playing an continually increasing role in the health sciences, but does have a significnt historical role as well. From the discovery of x-rays to the invention of magnetic resonance imaging, physics has led to the development of a host of technologies that permit the doctor to see inside the human body. Nevermind the fact that understanding the physics of optical systems allows lenses to be created which allow both patient and doctor to see. The emergence of lasers now allows for surgeries such as Lasik. Related to diagnostics and protection, physics is leading to the invention of a host of sensor technologies that allow for the analysis of blood, urine, and breath for various physiological parameters (proteins, toxins, etc.). Not only do these biosensors have applicability in the realm of clinical diagnostics, but they are becoming important tools in homeland defense. There are numerous examples of physics in health sciences, and what I have mentioned are only a few. In the coming years physicists will seek to explain more biological phenomena in the same way they formulated a quantum mechanical understanding of chemistry in the early twentieth century.
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well unless the humna race dies out, I would think there will be major advancements in the field of computers.  Right now they are playing with Quantom computers, we should see thoughs in the home in about 20 odd years.  Right now the Dual-processor chips are coming to market, so things are changing already.