doctors
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Smartphone Cameras Could Help Diagnose Ear Infections Right At Home
Ear infections, the number one reason parents take kids to the doctor, are an exceedingly common and exceedingly annoying fact of life. But a new smartphone app and accessory could help ease the irritation (of going to to the doctor’s on a false alarm) by promising to diagnose ear infections right from home.
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Your Smartphone Can Now Be Your Eye Doctor
It was only a matter of time before smartphones made the transition from communication device to full blown Star Trek tricorder. And with the development of Peek (an acronym for Portable Eye Examination Kit), that transition is nearly complete.
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How Smartphones Are Trying To Replace Your Doctor (But Can’t Yet)
For most of time, medicine was a guessing game. Doctors, or witch doctors, or shaman would inspect a patient, stir a potion and hope it would work. With some notable exceptions, modern medicine isn’t so different. The data collection — blood pressure, heart rate, weight, reflexes — is largely rudimentary. We’re getting by, but technology…
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A Video Game Designed To Help Doctors To Recognize Drug Abuse
At Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the doctors are training themselves with technology to better recognise the signs of addiction.