Health Technology

It wasn’t supposed to be this hard. If America could send a man to the moon, shouldn’t the best surgeons in the world be able to build an artificial heart? In Ticker, Texas Monthly executive editor and two time National Magazine Award winner Mimi Swartz shows just how complex and difficult it can be to replicate one of nature’s greatest creations. Part investigative journalism, part medical mystery, Ticker is a dazzling story of modern innovation, recounting 50 years of false starts, abysmal failures, and miraculous triumphs.

In this book in praise of wait times, award-winning author Jason Farman passionately argues that the delay between call and answer has always been an important part of the message. Traveling backward from our current era of Twitter and texts, Farman describes how societies have worked to eliminate waiting in communication and how they have interpreted those times' meanings. And in a rebuttal to the demand for instant communication, Farman makes a powerful case for why good things can come to those who wait.

Active Aging for Seniors: How to Stay Healthy, Happy, and Independent After 60 is your practical and inspiring guide to living your best life in your golden years. Whether you’re newly retired or well into your 70's or 80's, this empowering book offers simple, proven strategies to help you thrive—physically, mentally, and emotionally. Packed with expert-backed advice and real-life success stories, this guide explores everything from senior fitness and balanced nutrition to staying mentally sharp, building meaningful relationships, and using technology to enhance everyday life. You’ll ...

Eighteen-year-old Nami Miyamoto is certain her life is just beginning. She has a great family, just graduated high school, and is on her way to a party where her entire class is waiting for her - including, most importantly, the boy she’s been in love with for years. The only problem? She’s murdered before she gets there.

To keep doing what you love, you need to maintain your own systems, not just the ones you write code for. Regular exercise and proper nutrition help you learn, remember, concentrate, and be creative - skills critical to doing your job well. Learn how to change your work habits, master exercises that make working at a computer more comfortable, and develop a plan to keep fit, healthy, and sharp for years to come.

There's a whole generation that grew up without any electronic devices that coexists today with a generation that has lived all of their lives online. How much has technology shaped who we are and how we behave? How can it break communication or connect us beyond belief? In this book I share my own experience and lessons learned as part of this in-between generation. From our first experiences with computer gaming, to the problems and opportunities of social media and globalized connectivity. Find out why it is so easy for us to become addicted to technology, and why older generations ...

Nine million Americans are touched by aneurysms during their lifetimes. This is one story of love. Brainstorm is the candid and powerful memoir of the author's harrowing experience of an aneurysm and his road to recovery. It is a journey of love and devotion and a clash of medical beliefs and countercultures.

The Headache Godfather traces the life of Seymour Diamond, MD, who was born in 1925, the son of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine and Slovakia, in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Diamond revolutionized the practice of headache as a medical specialty when he opened the United States' first private headache practice, the Diamond Headache Clinic, in 1974. It quickly became a headache haven for sufferers from around the world.

Achieving AHIMA’s Certified Documentation Integrity Practitioner (CDIP) certification demonstrates expertise in clinical documentation improvement (CDI), coding accuracy, compliance, and healthcare reimbursement. This guide provides a concise yet comprehensive review of essential CDI principles, helping candidates focus on high-yield topics and supplement more detailed study materials. The book covers core CDI domains, including ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding, DRG optimization, risk adjustment, and revenue cycle management. Candidates will gain insights into physician query best ...

Temple Grandin is the most famous person with autism in the world. Whether you know her from the HBO movie Temple Grandin, her decades of work in the meat and cattle industry, or her unmatched contribution to the autism world, surely you know a thing or two about Temple. Well, prepare to meet a whole new side of her! Temple's close friend and author, Anita Lesko, conducts personal and unique interviews.

Yuck, germs! Germs can make us sick. How do we stay healthy? With engaging text listeners find out how to keep the germs away.

Fusion! explores the groundbreaking potential of brain-machine interfaces, where human thought directly connects with technology to restore lost abilities and enhance cognitive functions. This book examines how these systems are already helping individuals with disabilities regain independence by restoring mobility and speech while enabling direct control of digital devices through thought alone. The book provides real-world examples of brain-machine interfaces in action, showcasing their current medical and assistive technologies applications. It delves into the technical aspects of how ...

Smile big and take a good look at your teeth. How much do they really do? What are they made of? And why do they fall out? Young listeners will learn all about their teeth.

Imagine living in a world where people use their computers, drive their cars, and communicate with one another simply by thinking. In this stunning and inspiring work, Duke University neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis shares his revolutionary insights into how the brain creates thought and the human sense of self - and how this might be augmented by machines, so that the entire universe will be within our reach.

Discover the secrets to aging gracefully in the digital age with "Age with Grace: Technology & ChatGPT for Healthy Aging - Compact Edition." This informative guide delves into the science of aging and provides practical strategies for maintaining physical and mental health as you age. Harness the power of technology, including innovations like ChatGPT, to support healthy aging and stay informed about the latest breakthroughs in age-related research. In "Age with Grace," you'll explore: • The biological and physiological processes of aging, including cellular aging, hormonal changes, and ...

Strategies for Developing and Implementing Information Technology Systems for Electronic Health Records was a research-based effort by Priscilla Riddley to introduce the latest practices occurring in the healthcare industry. It intends to provide useful information in the easily digestible format of a detailed book with comprehensive sections. Priscilla aims to cover the topic of Electronic Health Records mentioned throughout the book as EHR. Although seemingly a straightforward concept, EHR systems have considerably grown in the last few decades.

When a waiting world learned on April 12, 1955, that Jonas Salk had successfully created a vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis, he became a hero overnight. Born in a New York tenement, humble in manner, Salk had all the makings of a 20th-century icon - a knight in a white coat. In the wake of his achievement, he received a staggering number of awards and honors; for years his name ranked with Gandhi and Churchill on lists of the most revered people.

Grab some friends and play tag. Take a bike ride. Go on a hike. There are so many ways to be active! Informative text will explain why we need to be active and inspire every listener to get up and move.

Everything a young listener needs to know about pink eye: what it is, how it happens, what the symptoms are, and how it is treated. This audiobook also presents real-life stories of kids who experience pink eye.

Futurologist Luna Lee presents possibilities for the future of medicine in the next 100 years.