Medical Technology
Explore medical technology's advancements, innovations, and breakthroughs. Learn about state-of-the-art devices and procedures transforming healthcare.
Why Is the Concept of Adaptive Clothing Best for Seniors and Disabled People?
Getting dressed up every day to look different and stunning is something which we take for granted, until illness, age, disability, injury changes everything. Dressing up every day becomes very difficult for people who cannot live a normal life due to the lack of physical abilities
Every Beginner’s Detailed Guide to Buying Bifocal Lenses and Frames
Bifocal lenses or contact lenses were the first ever successful lenses designed for correcting near and far vision alike. Ever since its foray, it has successfully replaced the need to put on two pairs of eyeglasses. Now the question is who should wear bifocal lenses? Before knowing the answer, it is good to know a little more about bifocal lenses. As mentioned earlier bifocal lenses help to correct two areas of vision-distant and near. It means the upper part is for viewing objects that are at a distance or far away and the lower portion is for viewing objects that are closer and near.
How to Choose a Medical Answering Service for Your Doctor’s Office
As a doctor, you are tasked with the responsibility of taking care of everyone who comes to you as a patient. Whether it is through physical consultations or over the phone appointments, you should make everyone feel safe, heard, validated, and treated. But with a fully packed office, it is certainly hard to handle everything. This is why you need an answering service.
Toothy Tech – 5 Amazing Advances in Dental Technology
Once upon a time, a sore or broken tooth would see you walking along to your local blacksmith. Among the horseshoes and other items, the blacksmith would have a few tools set aside for extractions. You would take a seat, and the untrained, inexperienced worker would pull your tooth out.
The Many Uses of DNA Profiling: Forensics and Beyond
DNA profiling is something we have all heard of, and we can thank popular TV shows such as CSI, Law & Order and Dateline for that. These shows and their frequent use of forensic tools to help solve crime have played a large part in society's awareness of the revolutionary technique. Something people don’t often know however, is that the uses of DNA profiling extend far beyond crime and forensics.
Where to Buy Medical Lasers for Your Medical Practice
Understandably, starting and equipping a medical practice can be quite quite pricey. Buying the required items can be overwhelming, especially if you do not know where to get high-quality products. Knowing where to buy medical laser equipment will simplify the process and save you some time. Where you buy the equipment also depends on whether you intend to buy them new or used. Direct purchase from manufacturers If you intend to purchase the medical lasers in bulk, and if you want them new, you may get a better price if you sourced the items directly from the manufacturers. You would make significant savings if you found out the best possible…
Learning About the Body’s Vital Signs
Vital signs are an important indicator that someone is alive. It is used mostly in the field of medicine and rescue, as doctors and rescuers are trying to find out if the person that they are saving is still alive. There are four major vital signs, but some sources are adding up a fifth and a sixth vital sign. The four major vital signs are body temperature, the heart rate or the pulse, the respiratory rate, and blood pressure.
How Modern Rehabilitative Devices Are Helping Senior Citizens Regain Independence
For most senior citizens, the ability to preserve their independence is imperative to their self-esteem. That is the reason you will find it difficult to convince your parents or grandparents to leave their apartments or homes and live under specialized care. They want to be able to move about on their own and take their own decisions. They refrain from asking for help or constant attention as they do not want to compromise their freedom at any cost. That poses a significant threat to their health and wellbeing. For example – over 40% of the nursing home admissions of the senior adults result from failure to take medications at the…
Beyond the Facade: 3D Printing and Anaplastology
Famed sci-fi author and philosopher Arthur C.Clarke once famously said that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” This is a beautiful, thought-provoking sentiment — although, we do have to remember that magic, as awe-inspiring as it can be, is also scary. For centuries, the supernatural has made people uncomfortable. Case in point: Back when animation was primarily done on paper, without graphics processing units and animation programs running the show, cartoon characters were clearly recognizable as human, but they were also simultaneously and unambiguously nothing more than symbolic representations of humans. They were line-drawn characters with human voices, and though it requires suspension of disbelief to derive entertainment…
Effectively Take Care of Your Health With Symptom Checker Apps
Your health is important, and there are apps out there that can help you keep a closer eye. If you have any fears or questions about your health or if you are having any worrying symptoms, then you should know that there are convenient ways to check what those symptoms may mean. It goes without saying that it’s always better to seek professional medical health, but you can get a helpful insight and answer some questions answered with symptom checker apps. When I initially started looking for apps I didn’t know where to start – I only knew of one in the list. I had a bit though time browsing…
