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21st-Century Miracle Medicine: RoboSurgery, Wonder Cures, and the Quest for Immortality
21stCentury Miracle Medicine RoboSurgery Wonder Cures and the Quest for Immortality Author:Alexandra Wyke The emerging picture of medicine looks gloriously sunny for the 21st century, promising untold rewards for humanity's future health. The 20th century, in contrast, has proven disappointing in eradicating disease. Surgery today still relies on scalpels and other such tools. Is the end of illness within our grasp for the next... more » century?
Alexandra Wyke — a correspondent for The Economist and one of the world's most experienced medical journalists — traveled the globe in search of an answer to the future of medicine. She interviewed the most celebrated and innovative doctors, researchers, and medical scientists, and visited their laboratories. What she discovered is revealed in this astonishing work through her observant eye and splendid prose. Cancer, heart disease, and devastating aliments, she predicts, will be blights of the past.
Wyke introduces us to the wonders that await us:
• Special "cocktails" will counteract heart disease and eradicate genetic ailments
• "Energy" beams will search out and destroy malignant cells
• Robots will perform surgery with speed and precision
• Gizmos on our wrists will monitor our blood for trouble before it happens
• Top-level expertise will be delivered worldwide
One of the greatest revolutions In medicine will be created by the advances in computers and telecommunications. Surgery, we learn, will be performed from afar. After too many years, medicine is at long last poised to absorb and exploit the triumphs of the computer and the information revolution.
This comprehensive book not only illuminates the seemingly miraculous cures and advances that may soon prevail, but delineates how this wealth of stunning innovation will serve to shake up and streamline the entire health care industry. Vivid and informative, this book convincingly drives home the notion that within the next century, the face of medicine and health care will be changed forever.« less