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a sow's are available online and of course you can share and discuss among africa's face book page and other social media platforms for. current fighters to nino. welcome to shift special this time how modern technology can help to heal and prevent illnesses. they are goggles can help treat anxiety disorders patients can face their fears in the virtual world well of company by a therapist. he always has dear yes this makes my fears worse. i feel unsteady or like something is pulling me back and forth. for instance. looking at these images looking of age does heart starts

to race she's working to overcome his cynthia's fear of heights the alternative practitioner again hutch. has been accompanying her journey for 2 months today is their 1st therapy session with the r. goggles i think sighted in a little nervous i'm not sure what's in store for me or held reactive. confronting patients with their fears is a tried and true method in psychotherapy gallants too much does this with the r. goggles instead of real life situations his practice is one of the few in germany that treats anxiety disorders with virtual reality. christopher greatest advantage is that it lets me confront people's fear on the spot otherwise i couldn't treat patients fear of heights i would be able to make a palpable here but i don't have an elevator and there are no highway bridges or tunnels around you know it all where would i find a room full of people. but i can simulate with this virtual reality.

similarly. the university outpatient clinic for psychotherapy inverts book also office patients be our treatment. psychologist pollard poly has been exploring the method for 20 years. since 1980 we have been using virtual reality to treat and society disorders as part of cognitive behavioral therapy. well results show that this method can be used quite successfully in these cases. the goggles are becoming cheaper and more commonplace but using them for medical purposes also has its dangers this greatest risk that i can see is if it's used inappropriately if patients are prepared adequately before of the hour session their exposure to virtual reality can fail and could even increase patient things dieties.

professor polyester joined forces with an external company to develop practical systems for using virtual reality more frequently in behavioral therapy. don't be amanda going to touch your face. beginning of a session after her practice went well with relaxation exercises and self-help techniques she slowly getting used to facing her fears. it feels so real just like in reality i'm so distressed just seeing it in front of me i'm all sweaty now sure it's. improved accessibility means it will be much easier for therapists to treat anxiety disorders in the future. hospitals in the future will be digital this should reduce complications and increase safety and surgery and doctors are hoping that they will have to spend less time filling out paperwork. tappet

monitoring a surgical procedure nothing new in this operation room the entry specialist is working to digitalize the entire clinic how would he describe his project. distinctly best i think the best name for it is automation and anything that can sensibly be transferred from the surgeon and team to machines or software is passed on to make surgery safer. and more efficient. country a niche has been having problems with his sinuses for a long time he wants to undergo surgery at the aqua clinic live. upon arrival he's checked into the clinic system the software doesn't just monitor his surgery but also the entire process of patient management from admission to aftercare. c.t. scans hearing tests lab results everything is available digitally. with. shortly

before the procedure surgeon give a shit holes visit his patients hung clinician they review the surgery plan together. we're primarily focusing on modifying the maxillary sinus on your left. an app on his smartphone has all the information readily available for the certain. to assist with an avocation during the surgery funkiness head was already scanned layer for layer the images are now available as a 3 d. scan and this issue software already knows the entire procedure each step is digitally saved the images automatically added to the surgical reports. the unease the test has the surgery plan a detail checklist to. give outside here we can call up the surgeons we don't have to ring them up anymore we just use the system. that is just here. in profess to

give this clinic there more than $3000.00 surgical interventions every year. digitally marking the safety zones in the patients heads is standard procedure under no circumstances should the surgical instruments reach the eye sockets or brain. the. next step cancun is head is measured and then matched with the scan on a computer. this is the basis for the never case in system which shows the surgeon precisely where his instruments are located in the patient's head at any given time . only then can disagree begin. the bony barrier to the brain is paper thin at this point the never gave him once a surgeon whenever he gets too close to the barrier. professor gave bush toss and his team looked to a totally different technology for advice. recitation of barge tones and public aviation helps us enormously anything happening in the cockpit is very

similar lots of influences many confounding factors a great deal of responsibility and we really listened to this day we've got consultants from of times of formal training pilots but also technology and cockpit manufacturers. one of the most important parts of the procedure is crossing of the to. list it's required by the software. after the scituate comes the last step the surgeon dictates a few final remarks the computer creates a surgical report automatically of course. scientists and game developers are working on computer games they can be healthy health gains not only increased fitness but they can also support cancer treatment and possibly even prevent dementia. no joystick needed for these video games motorcycles table tennis paddles everything is steered

by the body and recorded by a camera this makes it easier for the game is all elderly people once a week they meet up in their retirement home and hand it to play. the games were designed specifically for their age group on a special console the memory pass. going in might be deaf i'm fascinated by the technology every time improving yourself with the slightest movements and concentration steps for pressure we are playing games can be fun. it's definitely fun but it's also meant to be healthy the developers of so-called health games work together with doctors to tailor their console's to elderly persons needs their approach preventing illness by using a training program based on computer games. playing these games that we have developed here train standing and walking ability slows down cognitive deterioration and creates

a social environment these are all things that contribute to a healthy aging. studies show how effective such games can be like the post man game where mail is delivered as quickly as possible this is supposed to improve the game is motor functions and prevent future dimentia scientists in mourning. refining the game in the new version gamers deliver mail in a 3 d. . this train's visual thinking as well as memory retention with impacts on the brain if it's not funded it may know that certain parts of the brain decrease with dementia and over the course of the illness they begin to decline we hope that we can encourage these areas to grow again through video games in order to counteract the illness. according to her research computer games can impact 2 regions in particular these areas are precisely those that start shrinking before dementia sets in it's primarily concerned with the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex

both regions are especially important when i need to orient myself in space so when i think about how to get from a to b. that's when i need these areas of using them frequently makes them increase in volume. simona clean hopes that this could prevent dimentia the professor has been researching the health benefits of computer games for years in one study shalit person suffering from depression play the action game post on x. among those who played brooding a typical sum to me of depression decreased the exact reason still needs to be studied but how healthy can smartphone games be this is being researched at the technical university of darmstadt ph d. students have come up with a type of pac-man game in the real world the game of collects coins while being chased by ghosts whose speed increases or decreases according to the game as fitness. researcher stefan goober's sees a great medical advantage in health games. where once worked out by comparison the

conventional therapy doesn't include a pay full aspect and there are certain cognitive exercises like one study that you just have to get through. if you add an aspect of playfulness the chances are you'll have more fun for a longer time and that increases motivation what's yours. the classic health game was developed in the u.s. mission is a game for children with cancer originally designed as a 3 d. you shoot it way you shoot cancer cells there are multiple playing modes around now the goal is to destroy the tumour on every level this game cannot fight real cancer of course but it can assist the therapy. mind that most of us you learn a little bit about the illness how it works and that you can fight it. and this motivation encourages you to really follow the therapy and when you do it properly

the chances are your condition will improve his pace of it. whether it's cancer depression or forgetfulness health games can help the body and soul but one thing is clear to developers and doctors alike games alone on most enough. i don't think video games can generally replace their a-p. but i think they can be a kind of add on something to additionally give out to the patients especially because they can then continue therapy at home and fight their illness from anywhere else to give a contract. to the gaming to get healthy and to stay fit if on top of this it's also a fun thing gaming will not be limited to this retirement home in the future.

the 77 percent this time from uganda we are going to be discussing a $75.00 topics gender parity or lack thereof i'm seeing men behaving expensive children and women being put to choose ok but if it comes too quickly i think some people may have to adapt to these changes do you think uganda. ever be egalitarian . on t w. i mean will she get the job. the computer will decide based on her voice. cue the part official intelligence can hear a lot about our state of mind or even if. you wait the data. technology raises a lot of serious ethical concerns. tomorrow to. 60 minutes on d w. i know nothing at the germans because sometimes i am but they said nothing with

the 10 people germany thinks deep into the german culture. new to repeat his grammar. it's all that they know i'm rachel join me i need to get something come 1st. hello there and welcome my name is one jake o'meara and i'll be taking you through a brand new episode of the 77 percent the show for off because you. imagine you want nothing more than to go to school but you can't imagine you dream of traveling the world but if you are. imagining you are 12 years old and want to play outside with your friends but you can't because you're 8 months pregnant it sounds unimaginable right.