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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARJORIE BOYET A close up taken on March 12, 2014 at the University Hospital in Dijon, eastern France, shows a 3D printer used for the reproduction of the skull of a patient. Dijon's pioneer surgery service uses a 3D printer to prepare tailored facial implants with greater precision, and to reduce operation lenght. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK (Photo credit should read JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK/AFP/Getty Images)

You Can Now 3D Print Prescription Drugs

Imagine a world where drug ingredients, almost like an individual recipe for each patient, are punched into a 3D printer wired with a set of chemical inks? Think about patients who are allergic to certain ingredients in medications. This limits the drugs that they have access to and in some cases can affect their road to recovery. If the future of creating drugs is so we can easily, efficiently and quickly eliminate that ingredient but keep the ones needed, we could be looking at a world where the concept of customized medicine truly comes alive.
By David B. Samadi
This photo taken on April 16, 2013 shows doctors waiting for the results of an experiment as they use a computer in Beijing Center of Disease in Beijing. A seven-year-old girl who contracted the deadly H7N9 strain of bird flu was to leave a Beijing hospital on April 17, staff said, as the death toll from the virus in China remained at 16. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Why Your Doctor Won’t Even Look You in the Eyes

When you're sick, you face formidable problems. You don 't feel well, you're in an emotional turmoil, you can't think straight. To make matters worse, when the physician is taking a medical history and physical exam either in his office or in the hospital, he has his back to you most of the visit while he looks at the computer. The electronic medical record has shifted focus of the physician’s attention on the computer rather than you, the patient. Michele Ross is fed up with the lack of doctors’ personal skills. She receives her healthcare at a clinic and sees a different doctor each time. “Many of the doctors just sit behind the laptop, don't make eye contact, and even forget to physically examine me when I complain of something,” says Ms. Ross. “The whole point of a doctor visit is physical interaction. Otherwise, I'd just use telemedicine. I'm an educated woman and can use the Internet to self-diagnose. I depend on the doctor to use his judgment to confirm what is wrong and the best way to treat. Laptops and tablets should be banned from use during visits.”
By Judy Mandell
A nurse uses a wireless electronic tablet to order medicines from the pharmacy at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital on March 16, 2010 in Birmingham, England. (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Forget Self-Driving Cars: Here’s How Google Plans to Change How We Live Forever

No one can argue that Google increasingly plays a huge role in our health. Taking it even beyond that, Google is working to change every aspect of healthcare using the arsenal of information they’ve gathered about you and me since its inception. Some argue on the side of privacy violations, some experts believe it’s helping to spread education and promote prevention. Nevertheless, one cannot argue that these innovations have incredible potential, that is, if they actually work.
By David B. Samadi

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