Healthcare technology

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.

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.”

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.

Healthcare technology

Healthcare technology

You Can Now 3D Print Prescription Drugs

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

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

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