Health Tech: The Apps and Gadgets Redefining Wellness

by The New York Times Editorial Staff (Editor)

Overview

Medical technology makes us live longer, and new developments in the field are changing our perspectives on health and longevity. Health tech encompasses everything from apps that track the number of steps we take to the AI some doctors now use to diagnose their patients. This collection of articles investigates the ways in which health technology improves our lives, and exposes fraudulent claims that are too good to be true. From robots that perform surgery to virtual reality-powered therapy, health technology is the wave of the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781642820874
Publisher:	Rosen Publishing Group, Incorporated, The
Publication date:	07/30/2018
Series:	Rosen Looking Forward Series
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Chapter 1 Digital-Age Diagnoses

Why Was This 3-Year-Old So Irritable, and What Was Wrong With Her Eye? Lisa Sanders, M.D. 10

Artificial Intelligence's 'Black Box' Is Nothing to Fear Vijay Pande 16

'Smart Thermometers' Track Flu Season in Real Time Donald G. McNeil Jr. 20

Researchers Try Grindr App to Give Out H.I.V. Self-Testing Kits Donald G. McNeil Jr. 22

Using the Web or an App Instead of Seeing a Doctor? Caution Is Advised Austin Frakt 24

The Challenge of Doctor-Patient Relations in the Internet Age Doris Iarovici, M.D. 27

Chapter 7 High-Tech Treatments

The Robot That Performed My Kidney Transplant Declined to Be Interviewed Tiff Fehr 30

This Tiny Robot Walks, Crawls, Jumps and Swims. But It Is Not Alive James Gorman 35

A New Way for Therapists to Get Inside Heads: Virtual Reality Cade Metz 38

New Gene Treatment Effective for Some Leukemia Patients Denise Grady 38

In a First, Gene Therapy Halts a Fatal Brain Disease Gina Kolata 47

Gene Therapy Hits a Peculiar Roadblock: A Virus Shortage Gina Kolata 52

Human Gene Editing Receives Science Panel's Support Amy Harmon 56

Apple, in Sign of Health Ambitions, Adds Medical Records Feature for iPhone Natasha Singer 60

How to Make AT. That's Good for People Fei-Fei Li 62

Artificial Patients, Real Learning Karen Weintraub 66

Yes, Medicine Can Use Virtual Reality, Emphasis on Reality Abigail Zuger, M.D. 70

Are Hospitals Becoming Obsolete? Ezekiel J. Emanuel 73

Many Drugs and Many Doctors Lead to Many Mistakes Theresa Brown 76

Chapter 3 Wellness: Is There an App for That?

We're More Honest With Our Phones Than With Our Doctors Jenna Wortham 80

Can Sweatcoin, a Hot Fitness App, Keep You Off the Couch? Natasha Singer 85

Finding a More Inclusive Vision of Fitness in Our Feeds Jenna Wortham 90

A Snooze-Worthy App Collection to Add to the Smartphone Kit Eaton 94

Sleep Is the New Status Symbol Penelope Green 97

The Insomnia Machine Pagan Kennedy 104

Glasses Are Cool. Why Aren't Hearing Aids? Jennifer Finney Boylan 111

Designing for Access Allison Arieff 114

The First Step Toward a Personal Memory Maker? Benedict Carey 118

A Family Memoir Makes the Case That Autism Is Different, Not Less Ron Suskind 122

Am I Going Blind? Frank Bruni

Outing Death Ruth La Ferla 134

Mushroom Suits, Biodegradable Urns and Death's Green Frontier Katie Rogers 138

Catherine Wolf, 70, Dies; Studied How People and Computers Interact Richard Sandomir 143

Chapter 4 Defying Death

Computer-Brain Interfaces Making Big Leaps Nick Bilton 147

Brain Implant Eases Communication by Late-Stage A.L.S. Patient Steph Yin 151

Swimming With a Brand New Leg Catherine Saint Louis 154

Last Wish of Dying Girl, 14, to Be Frozen, Is Granted by Judge Kimiko De Freytas-Tamura 159

The Men Who Want to Live Forever Dara Horn 162

Will You Ever Be Able to Upload Your Brain? Kenneth D. Miller 166

The Neuroscience of Immortality: Mileposts on a Long and Uncharted Road Amy Harmon 171

Chapter 5 The Risks of High-Tech Health Care

Blame Technology, Not Longer Life Spans, for Health Spending Increases Austin Frakt 177

How Companies Scour Our Digital Lives for Clues to Our Health Natasha Singer 181

How Big Tech Is Going After Your Health Care Natasha Singer 188

Amazon Wants to Disrupt Health Care in America. In China, Tech Giants Already Have Sui-Lee Wee Paul Mozur 193

'Dr. Alexa, I've Been Sneezing and My Throat Is Sore' Tiffany Hsu 199

Theranos's Fraud Tested the Limits of the Disruption Tale The New York Times 202

The Narrative Frays for Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes James B. Stewart 205

Glossary 210

Media Literacy Terms 212

Media Literacy Questions 214

Citations 216

Index 221