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Health tech: the apps and gadgets redefining wellness
Publisher
New York Times Educational Publishing
Publication Date
2019.
Language
English
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From the Book - First edition.
Digital-age diagnoses. Why was this 3-year-old so irritable, and what was wrong with her eye? / Lisa Sanders, M.D.
Artificial intelligence's 'Black box' is nothing to fear / Vijay Pande
'Smart thermometers' track flu season in real time / Donald G. McNeil, Jr.
Researchers try GRINDR app to give out H.I.V. self-testing kits / Donald G. McNeil, Jr.
Using the web or an app instead of seeing a doctor? Caution is advised / Austin Frakt
The challenge of doctor-patient relations in the internet age / Doris Iarovici, M.D.
High-tech treatments. The robot that performed my kidney transplant declined to be interviewed / Tiff Fehr
This tiny robot walks, crawls, jumps and swims. But it is not alive / James Gorman
A new way for therapists to get inside heads : virtual reality / Cade Metz
New gene treatment effective for some leukemia patients / Denise Grady
In a first, gene therapy halts a fatal brain disease / Gina Kolata
Gene therapy hits a peculiar roadblock : a virus shortage / Gina Kolata
Human gene editing receives science panel's support / Amy Harmon
Apple, in sign of health ambitions, adds medical records feature for iPhone / Natasha Singer
How to make A.I. that's good for people / Fei-Fei Li
Artificial patients, real learning / Karen Weintraub
Yes, medicine can use virtual reality, emphasis on reality / Abigail Zuger, M.D.
Are hospitals becoming obsolete? Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Many drugs and many doctors lead to many mistakes / Theresa Brown
Wellness : is there an app for that?
We're more honest with our phones than with our doctors / Jenna Wortham
Can Sweatcoin, a hot fitness app, keep you off the couch? / Natasha Singer
Finding a more inclusive vision of fitness in our feeds / Jenna Wortham
A snooze-worthy app collection to add to the smartphone / Kit Eaton
Sleep is the new status symbol / Penelope Green
The insomnia machine / Pagan Kennedy
Glasses are cool. Why aren't hearing aids? / Jennifer Finney Boylan
Designing for access / Allison Arieff
The first step toward a personal memory maker? / Benedict Carey
A family memoir makes the case that autism is different, not less / Ron Suskind
Am I going blind? / Frank Bruni
Outing death / Ruth La Ferla
Mushroom suits, biodegradable urns and death's green frontier / Katie Rogers
Catherine Wolf, 70, dies ; studied how people and computers interact / Richard Sandomir
Defying death. Computer-brain interfaces making big leaps / Nick Bilton
Brain implant eases communication by late-stage A.L.S. patient / Steph Yin
Swimming with a brand new leg / Catherine Saint Louis
Last wish of dying girl, 14, to be frozen, is granted by Judge / Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura
The men who want to live forever / Dara Horn
Will you ever be able to upload your brain? / Kenneth D. Miller
The neuroscience of immortality : mileposts on a long and uncharted road / Amy Harmon
The risks of high-tech health care. Blame technology, not longer life spans, for health spending increases / Austin Frakt
How companies scour our digital lives for clues to our health / Natasha Singer
How big tech is going after your health care / Natasha Singer
Amazon wants to disrupt health care in America. In China, tech giants already have / Sui-Lee Wee and Paul Mozur
Dr. Alexa, I've been sneezing and my throat is sore' / Tiffany Hsu
Theranos's fraud tested the limits of the disruption tale / by The New York Times
The narrative frays for Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes / James B. Stewart.
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9781642820874
9781642820867
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