Conclusion

 
Finally, this blog  was a great learning experience for me. I investigate every week and write about every article that I found of medicine and technology. With this blog, I learned  about many advantages in the medicine that I did not know.I could see that the medicine is advancing every day and that's amazing. The technology does not allow us to surprise with all the amazing things that are being created daily. I chose the topic of medicine and technology because this means technology for a good purpose. Moreover, as my future career, it will be based in the field of medicine and I liked the fact I get to know all the changes that are constantly occurring in medicine. I hope that that all can see my blogs and know some changes that are occurring in this field.

Week 10 (The technology to transform the medicine)

http://www.heraldo.es/noticias/sociedad/2016/04/26/tecnologia-que-transforma-medicina-845145-310.html

This article is about new technology that is able to perform really  elaborate tasks. It introduces the use of drones ; which are airplanes like artifacts that can be used to provide medicine or any utilities too hard to reach areas. Also, the article discusses exoskeletons that can help people with bone damage or rehabilitation. This looks like robot parts attached to the person, lastly, Nano-devices that can release pharmaceuticals on the device part of the body; also considering the needed amount, are discussed.

These technological advances, in particular, I think are very helpful in a moment of emergency. They could be very useful at a time of war. The drone can be used to facilitate the needed medicine to the wounded or sick when it would be too dangerous for someone to physically get there. The Nano-devices that can get there on a drone will take care of depositing the required pharmaceuticals and their amounts to the persons when there are not available doctors. And after wars or some kind of disaster the exoskeleton can serve as the prosthesis for the wounded or help in the process of rehabilitation. I can be of huge help to all sorts of medical needs.

Week 9 (Cell therapy company licenses IU School of Medicine technology that creates blood vessels)

http://news.iupui.edu/releases/2016/04/iurtc-licenses-blood-vessel-technology-to-cdi.shtml

Melvin C. Yoder

    The technology was developed by Dr. Mervin C. Yoder, the Richard and Pauline Klinger Professor of Pediatrics and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. The technology creates cells that are injected in a gel material directly into a limb to encourage the regeneration of small blood vessels. Also, can use 3-D bioprinting to make the cells necessary to create artificial blood vessels that can be transplanted into the limb. This is an extremely incredible advance because it can save the life of majority that suffering  peripheral arterial disease. This disease caused by damaged blood vessels, diminishes blood flow to a person's lower extremities, with potentially serious consequences. It is a disease in addition to expensive treatment, it can end the life of the sufferer.

      It's amazing how far can the science and technology. I did not know anything about this advance but it is something that can help millions of people worldwide. Only that can save the lives of many people this progress should be something many people have available and not so expensive. I am amazed how technology has come so far as it has saved the lives of millions of people. Science will never stop surprising  that's why I will continue in this field to  contributing to the community in some way or another.

Week 8 (Bypassing the Medicine Cabinet with Technology)

http://www.josic.com/bypassing-the559-medicine-cabinet-with-technology

          This article presents yet another  eye-opening advance in medical technology.  This time, it is about technology in the area of pain management. These advance include scanners to help picture better the affected area, lasers that treat joint pain and magnetic nanoparticles that stop strokes caused by blood clots. Because it is indeed technology; it is a smart computer, so they are also able to point out or recognize the affected area and provide the needed treatment and the amount of it. It is important to note that this technology is not meant to be used as a substitute for medical treatment.

         I find that this article is really shocking for me. It seems like technology has no limits. These new advances can be very helpful to stop or diminish chemical dependency (pain killers) which can be very dangerous for our health. Also, with the high price of pharmaceuticals , I think it will be a great help for the patient to pay less to receive pain treatment. In my opinion,  in the way that technology continues to be used in this way, we are going to face a historic advance in medical cares. 

Week 7 (Technological advances in medicine can be a game changer for employment)

This is a very interesting article since it presents how all the technological advances in science can also be advances in the area of employment. It shows the many inventions like: “chips” to closely observe reactions in our organs, cures for diseases, the recreation of cells and complex skin tissue. Also, laser technology and microengineering.Further mentioned in this article are the advances in technological applications that minimize and facilitate the waiting time for patients. These are only a few of the many changes that are soon to come.

It is fascinating how human inventions are advancing so much and having such a huge impact in the field of medicine. All these technological/medical advances are going to improve lives in many impressive ways! With them also come a lot of new jobs and job opportunities.  These inventions have to be reproduced and sold, as well as the machinery. This can create companies, factories… which are going to need people to work in them. Also, insurance companies or companies that help people save up money for medical expenses will experience a great improvement in job availability since these medical advances come with very large expenses and people are looking for ways to save up for the future.


http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/technological-advances-in-medicine-can-be-a-game-changer-for-employment-390958.html

Week 6 (Northwestern Medicine develops new technology to treat allergies, asthma)

The article in discussion presents a new technology used in the field of medicine. Northwestern medicine researchers have created this biodegradable nanoparticle that treats and could potentially cure allergies; either food allergies, asthma, or others. The nanoparticle is able to hide allergens by coating them so the immune system won’t attack them. This attack by the body’s immune system is the cause of allergic reactions and/or asthma attacks; so this new technology is going to prevent them from happening. Also, it will balance the immune system by increasing the number of T cells.

This is another great advance in technology. Given the fact that many people and children suffer from asthma and food allergies, this could change these people’s lives for the best. Not being able to eat your favorite foods in fear of an allergic reaction or, not being able to breathe correctly are very dangerous things. This is why I think that this new technology is of very importance since it will protect these people from life-threatening effects. Having a balanced immune system and diminishing allergic reactions or attacks can save people from death; so this invention will be saving lives and therefore changing the world in very notable ways.
http://dailynorthwestern.com/2016/04/20/campus/northwestern-medicine-develops-new-technology-to-treat-allergies-asthma/

Week 5 (Microsoft Cognitive Services: Introducing the Seeing App)

This article about an app that facilitates blind people’s lives. This app works on smartphones but also with special glasses. These glasses are still a prototype but they represent a major advance in technology. This app/glasses practically sees for the person using it. It can recognize people’s gender and emotions, things happening and can also read words by taking a photo. Since the person is obviously blind, the app also tells him/her how to move the phone so the picture is taken correctly and then reads the words out loud.

I think that this invention is unbelievable. For me, this is the real meaning and purpose of technology; to help facilitate people’s lives. Blind people face many difficulties in their life because one of the things that we need the most to function is our sight. We need to see things! This is why I am very proud and happy for this new advance in technology and the effect it will have in blind people. This also makes me feel very excited for the new inventions and advances awaiting to emerge in technology.

http://winphonemetro.com/2016/03/microsoft-cognitive-services-inteligencia-artificial-personas-ciegas

Week 4 (Patient vault)

           PatientVault is a patient portal application that allows you to receive your medical records from all the different doctors that treat your health.  This application can use  any patient or doctor who wants to use the system for the sharing of health information. Also, open to developers, providing an open royalty-free SDK to any developer who wants to connect their apps to PatientVault. Aside from allowing you to view your medical records, you can also perform real-time communication with your doctor.  This includes allowing you to send attachments to your doctor such as your latest lab results in a secure encrypted way.

          This advance is very useful and is now available in the app store for android phones. Having the medical record in the cell phone must be important because if we move from the country or want to change doctors will be easier. I like this such a great idea that allows me to have my medical record available 24 hours and that others can have direct communication with my doctor. I imagine more years, the doctors  will not need offices because everything can be done with an application. Although very useful, but I do not like the fact that the contact between doctor and patient is lost, but that is not the case for this application but maybe someday invent. Science and technology advantages, but we can not lose the human essence that characterizes us. Advance science, but we did not become a robot.

Week 3 (Dr. Miami)

https://twitter.com/therealdrmiami

Dr. Michael Salzauher is known as “Dr. Miami”, surgeon of 43-year-old married doctor and father of five has become a social media sensation for publishing each in live surgeries in Snapchat. He has been a board certified plastic surgeon for 20 years. Before he made videos and uploaded on the internet  page, but this now is very bored and her daughter recommended him that use Snapchat. It's that storytelling prowess, a style Salzhauer calls "Cheers meetsER," that got him nominated for a 2016 Shorty Award, the Oscars for social media stars. All his photos and videos are unfiltered but his assistant of Snapchat used an emojis for cover certain areas and for do what
this more fun.

Snapchat is a social media platform. You can post pictures and record
 video in 10 second snaps.  All content disappears in 24 hours and
 there are no guidelines.

      This is not an advancement for medicine, but with the use of technology, this doctor teaches us about medicine presented as done each surgery of fun and different way.  This doctor makes good use of technology.  I have Dr. Miami in Snapchat and all day entered his story because I love your videos and photos.  I wanted to make this post in in relation to him because I would like many people know about he and learn about how each surgery is done before doing it. By the way all operations are spectacular, I will not be a surgeon but has always liked to see this all kinds of surgeries. By photo number two you can add to Snapchat.                                                                            

http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/meet-dr-miami-the-florida-plastic-surgeon-who-operates-live-on-snapchat/2267925

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/02/24/miami-plastic-surgeon-snaps-his-way-to-social-media-stardom/
 

Week 2 ("FlavorMaster")

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-flavorx-20160314-story.html
The "FlavorMaster," billed as the first fully automated device of its kind, can add flavor as well as water to reconstitute powdered medicine.  The machine has about 15 flavors to choose between them, strawberry, banana, gum, apple, etc... This machine is to make life easier for pharmacists and parents. Since pharmacists to put a taste of each medicine will take time. In addition to parents is an advantage because now the child chooses the flavor he wants and then not have excuses to drink it. 

      It's already getting a tryout from CVS Health at a pharmacy in Elkridge. This machine is a technological breakthrough that helps the medicine to be more efficient. I hope that this machine reaches all pharmacies in the world so that children do not suffer contact with unpleasant tastes of drugs. This is very beneficial because it helps save time, avoid disappointment and children will be happy. 

Week 1 (‘When medicine & technology meet humanity’)

A group of students aspirants to the medicine presented  in a paper on the topic ‘Electro Aspirin’ in the East Asian Medical Student Conference 2016 at Taipei, Taiwan. Describing the future of medicine to be “very bright and fascinating”, the paper looks at using hi-tech not only to diagnose and treat but even in prevention of various ailments. The aim is to improve ‘services rendered to the patients’ through ‘intensive technology inventions’ and accordingly, ‘Electro Aspirin’ has been described as a ‘health reforming technology’. They state that “people who suffer from prolonged headaches and migraines can get relief easily with this milestone technology creation”.The presentation on ‘Electro Aspirin’ identifies the basic mechanism of action of this technology—to stimulate the sphenopalatine ganglion or SPG nerves and block the pain-causing neurotransmitters thereby improving the quality of life of ailing patients to a large extent.

This is an advance that not only helps the medicine but also to the human wellness. This is only a proposal has not been carried out an experiment or created some kind of tablet as well. It would be a great advantage for those who are not allergic to aspirin. Hopefully, this proposal goes beyond the papers. With a pill so many health problems would be solved quickly.

http://morungexpress.com/when-medicine-technology-meet-humanity/

Indroduction

  Welcome to my blog, my name is Yolymar Oquendo. The propose's blog is to document and show, how to improve the medicine with the technology. Every day I will post a new advance to improve the medicine, this during ten weeks. Every theme will be based on articles, documentary film, and other sources. This blog will be based on the advance of medicine with the technology.  The themes maybe are very incredible, but all will are very documented. I want that the persons know how the medicine improve every day with the technology.