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Technological Healing
Tue, 2012-01-03 22:52 — Kathy Gilbeauxby Sharon Begley - technologyreview.com - January/February 2012
More data: Technologies aimed at improving our health are proliferating. One example is this device that plugs into an iPhone to turn it into a glucose monitor. Credit: Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images
A leading researcher says digital technologies are about to make health care more effective. But is so much data really beneficial?
Nanosensors patrolling your bloodstream for the first sign of an imminent stroke or heart attack, releasing anticlotting or anti-inflammatory drugs to stop it in its tracks. Cell phones that display your vital signs and take ultrasound images of your heart or abdomen. Genetic scans of malignant cells that match your cancer to the most effective treatment.
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