new technologies

Kids’ tech ‘detox’ and 6 other practices that will boost students’ academic performance, say experts

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Experts explain which are the three responses that technology offers to our nervous system – rewarding, immediate and repetitive – that make children become technologically insatiable, affecting their school performance. Hyperfocus and dependence on devices limits the attention we pay to our immediate environment and to ourselves, which directly affects learning and study capacity. Experts … Read more

Is my child addicted to new technologies

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By addiction we understand that pattern of behavior or habit that leads a person to the incessant search for immediate satisfaction mediated by the consumption of a substance or other behavior, or to the search for relief in order to avoid discomfort in the absence of the desired stimulus. Psikids experts explain that addiction is … Read more

Campaign for the early detection of visual pathologies in children

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New technologies may be behind new cases of myopia in younger and younger patients. For this reason, the clinic of Dr. González Costea, specialist in Ophthalmology at Top Doctors, is carrying out visual screenings in some schools in Murcia, a social work to detect ocular pathologies in children of 4 years of age. Dr. González … Read more

The medical wearables that are revolutionizing healthcare

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Smart clothing, contact lenses to prevent diseases, bracelets capable of predicting epileptic seizures or pills that control drug overdoses, among the devices that are transforming healthcare The growth of the wearables market continues to increase and during 2016 alone, sales of more than 102 million units were recorded worldwide, generating profits of $16 million according … Read more

Top Doctors: “The technology exists, the only barrier to its application is the physician’s ability to adapt”

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New health technologies have put the patient center stage, with ever greater self-management of their own health, greater access to information, more agency in the process. “Siri, these are my symptoms, what’s happening to me, Siri, how do I know if I have diabetes? This will be the type of conversation that patients 4.0 will … Read more