New Technologies In Medicine

You like your morning cup of coffee,but did you know  that it could be  beneficial to your health,while now French researchers compared women aged 65 and older who drank more than three cups of coffee per day with those who drank one cup or less per day.and they found that Those who drank more caffeine showed less decline in memory tests over a four year period.The study, published in the journal Neurology, raises the possibility that caffeine may even protect against the development of dementia.

Rebecca Wood, chief executive of the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, said that with no cure for Alzheimer’s disease yet available, research into possible protective factors was important, particularly as the disease is expected to become more common.She said: “This study does not suggest that caffeine actually lowers rates of dementia in women, but since memory seems improved, it may be that it is slowing it down.

So coffee could be beneficial to you after all.Only time will tell.

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It is estimated that more than 22 million people are at risk of sudden heart failure at any one time around the world, experts say. But timely care and prompt treatment can save many people’s lives if their heart fails.

The trick is getting medical help quickly enough.

That’s where the new device comes in. Reporting in the International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, Thulasi Bai and S.K. Srivatsa from Sathyabama University in Tamil Nadu, India, have developed a wearable cardiac “telemedicine” system for post-cardiac patients.

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Can Iphones play an important role in managing your healthcare.

If you watch this you tube video you will have an idea of what it could do in future.But,before it can be widely adopted in our lives,there are several hurdles that need to be overcome.

Vist :our wiki and scroll down to you tube section for an glimpse.

Medicine speciality had undertaken rapid strides in the last century.Information is the key factor which helps the growth of medicine.Information about diseases,information about people affected by diseases and also treatment of these diseases.The more information we have,the better quality of information we have all of these issues help in advancing medical sciences.

In the last couple of years,Internet has played a very significant role in our lives and it will in future.Last year a study in bmj journal showed that more than 58% of surveyed people depend on the internet for information about diseases.Also various polls show that health information is the third most searched term on internet after sports and sex information.

So,can medicine be far behind without adoption of internet,No!

What about current generation of internet also known as web 2.0 which is the second generation of internet,it is actually an extension of internet.

We are currently working on developing a new wiki which focus on medicine 2.0.

Meanwhile our new blog :Constructive medicine offers insights into world of medicine 2.0

What is Health 3.0?

With the growing need for order in web today,there is increasing trend towards growth and development of Semantic web also known as Web 3.0.While this does not mean that Web 2.0 is finished,yet Web 3.0 is a growing evolution towards more order.This has significant applications in health care industry.

The evolution of web

Web 1.0 : Static web pages based on HTML version with user read only interaction.

Web 2.0 ynamic web pages with valid XHTML and CSS version and user read and write interaction through blogs and forum

Web 3.0:Dyanmic web pages with user read,write and also make changes to the way information is presented and flows,the user is presented with information suited only to him/her.

What are its implications on health?

More to follow

Meanwhile for further information about what is Health 3.0 visit here.

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Colon Cancer afflicts millions of people around the world.One of the definitive test involves invasive procedure called Colonscopy,a screening procedure which enables Doctors to insert fiber optic colonscope through the rectum and diagnose various diseases of the colon.But,now a non invasive blood test will help doctors to determine who needs a colonscopy,a test which is unpleasant,however essential for all adults who are older than age 50 years.

Johns Hopkins University researchers are developing this simple blood test.This does not replace colonscopy investigation.By developing this simple test doctors can now determine which patients require invasive colonscopy and thus,avoid the complications associated with colonscopy.