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In this Horizon program, Dr Kevin Fong finds out how digital technology is bringing about a revolution in medicine. He meets pioneers in monitoring, from the leading physician who's more likely to prescribe apps than drugs to his patients; to the most monitored man in the world, who spotted his illness from numbers, not from symptoms; to the Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who can monitor how people are using their phones to...

The most common diseases in our society today, cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease and diabetes, are a concern for everyone. And yet, those who are diagnosed with them often feel helpless as they search for answers in a muddle of conflicting information. This first film in a four-part documentary series accompanies doctors and patients as they battle cancer and despair for a life that is filled with hope. But what successes have been achieved in the...

An account of high-tech advances that may or may not revolutionize medical care. Hanson, director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at the University of Pennsylvania, begins with a profile of his pioneering work as a "doc-in-the-box," where he and his team sit before monitors, alarms and audio-video links to oversee ICU patients in hospitals across a wide area. Using cameras that zoom in on trouble spots, they can instantly contact the appropriate...

The most common diseases in our society today, cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease and diabetes, are a concern for everyone. Yet, those who are diagnosed with them often feel helpless as they search for answers in a muddle of conflicting information. This film, the second in a four-part documentary series, accompanies doctors and patients as they battle illness and despair for a life that is filled with hope. What successes have been achieved in the...

An examination of "enhancement technologies" in America considers the pervasiveness of self-improvement drugs and procedures in spite of society's general unease about their use.

A look at the role of serendipity in major medical and scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century explains how chance led to the discovery of such medical advances as penicillin, chemotherapy drugs, X-rays, Valium, and Viagra.

"Discusses the history of technological innovation in the biosciences"-- "Scholars and policymakers alike agree that innovation in the biosciences is key to future growth. The field continues to shift and expand, and it is certainly changing the way people live their lives in a variety of ways. But despite the lion's share of federal research dollars being devoted to innovation in the biosciences, the field has yet to live up to its billing as a...

Nearly all of the advances introduced against the odds by the people in this book still contribute to healing. Julie M. Fenster's riveting tales of the visionaries who pushed forward the boundaries of modern medicine, often at tremendous peril to themselves, is a rich tapestry of the personal stories which support great science, as well as of the groundbreaking science behind those stories. Whether read as a work which complements and adds to The...