technology

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

Top Doctors launches new app with symptom evaluator and patient-doctor chat

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Patients can enter their symptoms and the system provides a pre-diagnosis with a reliability of more than 90%. The evaluator has been developed by doctors and has been tested at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. The app also offers a chat so that the patient can share the result with the most appropriate Top Doctor … 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

Top Doctors doubles turnover in the last year and expects to triple in 2018

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Top Doctors is the only online platform for finding and contacting reputable doctors that guarantees the quality of its doctors through comprehensive audits and checks, as well as the authenticity of patient comments and ratings The company has managed to establish itself in 7 countries in less than five years. In 2018 they are going … Read more

The only APP that combines medical pre-diagnosis, private chat and videoconsultation with the best doctors in private health care

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The Top Doctors App accompanies the patient from the first symptoms until the appointment is closed, for any medical specialty, for any insurance and for those who want to go privately. The Top Doctors App has become the most comprehensive on the market, the only one that puts patients in direct contact with the best … Read more

143 million surgeries go undone annually due to lack of medical preparation

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Surgical complication and mortality rates increase 3-fold and 5-fold, respectively, when surgeries are performed by poorly qualified professionals. Spanish team leads cutting-edge medical education and training through a streeaming channel of live operations for professionals around the world AIS Channel helps democratize education and already has a community of over 60,000 surgeons from 183 countries. … Read more