| The advancements of technology in the field of | | | | trauma’s and life threatening disease, you’re |
| medicine have given us everything from antibiotics to | | | | going to be thankful of all the advances in surgical |
| electronic imaging to robotic surgical techniques. | | | | technologies. With the help of medical imaging |
| Without them we wouldn’t have early detection, | | | | doctors are able to precisely locate the disease or |
| prevention and new and better treatments to improve | | | | trauma and remove it or fix it to get you back on your |
| our quality of life and lengthen our lifespan. Let’s | | | | feet. |
| look at a few technological breakthroughs in the | | | | • Prosthetics |
| medical field. | | | | The technological advances in prosthetics are mind |
| • Anesthesia | | | | boggling. More and more people with a need for a |
| Can you imagine going under the knife today without | | | | prosthetic limb are able to get a device that looks and |
| some sort of anesthesia or pain killer? The idea first | | | | acts like a real one. They give people their freedom |
| came about in 1846 when a dentist in Boston used | | | | and confidence back and allow them to continue |
| ether to end the pain of much needed operations. | | | | leading a normal life. |
| • Vaccines | | | | • Discovery of DNA Structure |
| Vaccines have helped stop the spread of disease and | | | | DNA is the structure of molecules that carry genetic |
| in some cases eradicate it completely. The first was | | | | information from one generation to the next. Genetic |
| Edward Jenner’s smallpox vaccine in 1796. | | | | codes can give doctors the insight to predicting what |
| • Medical Imaging | | | | disease your genes may be carrying. Breaking down |
| With the use of x-rays, CT scans, MRI’s and used | | | | your DNA and being prepared for diseases that may |
| patient monitors in hostpitals we are more than ever | | | | be linked to you and your family will give you the head |
| before able to locate disease and treat it faster. | | | | start on prevention. |
| • Surgeries | | | | These are just a few technological advances in the |
| You might eat well and exercise as much as | | | | medical field and there are certainly more to come. |
| you’re suppose to but when it comes to major | | | | |