Facts About Advances in Medical Technology
Advances in medical technology have been able to improve health care treatment as well as save lives, worldwide. Medical technology has worked alongside scientific technology for years. Each and every stage of all illnesses around the world are recorded and researched by medical professionals, helping to further improve medical technology for the future.
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History
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Although Galen (131-201 A.D.) and Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.) were the first physicians to document the healing process of their patients, the modern day usage of recorded information for medical technology did not begin until the end of the 19th century. In the beginning of the 20th century medical technology became revolutionized, using tools such as stethoscopes, microscopes, thermometers and X-ray machines.
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Significance
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Medical technology helps to provide new treatments and therapies with improved success of medical care to patients, diagnostic procedures and also benefits industrial development around the world. The medical technology market grows increasingly each year, with a current turn over of approximately $200 billion worldwide.
Types
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The types of medical equipment produced alongside medical technology are items such as ECG monitors, wheel chairs, life support machines, testing machines and products, education, pharmaceuticals, pace makers, insulin pens, birth control, surgical instruments as well as hundreds of thousands of other medical products.
Considerations
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A medical technologist is also known as a clinical laboratory scientist and works alongside a medical team of senior scientists to research diseases that effect humans and animals. There are a variety of tests and standard operating procedures that a medical technologist must follow such as blood tests and screening. The types of diseases that a medical technologist may work with are cancer, diabetes and heart disease.
Potential
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As medical technology continues to grow on many levels, the future of medical technology seems bright. With a view for scientists to continue to discover cures for cancer, blindness, disability and disease prevention, medical technology will continue to provide the world with a healthier future. Only recently, scientists have discovered a possible working cure for diabetes type 1. This means that within a few short years, newly diagnosed patients with type 1 diabetes can be treated and walk away, free from diabetes.
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