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david and this is climate change. happiness in 3 books. smarter for free for you good morning. 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 while accompanied by a therapist. he always fished there yes this makes my fears worse. i feel unsteady more like something is pulling me back and forth. for. the. at these images. heart starts

to race she's working to overcome his fear of heights the alternative practitioner has been accompanying her journey for 2 months today is the best therapy session with they are 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 gadget does this with the all goggles instead of real life situations his practice is one of the few in germany that treats anxiety disorders with 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 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 poly poly has been exploring the method for 20 years. since 1908 we have been using virtual reality to treat and society disorders as part of cognitive behavioral therapy. results show that this method can be used quite successfully in these cases. these 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 enforces 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. begin of a session at practice went well with relaxation exercises and self-help techniques and she slowly getting used to facing her fears. so you really feel so real just like in reality i'm so distressed just seeing it in front of me i'm all sweaty now it's really. 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 in surgery and doctors are hoping that they will have to spend less time filling out paperwork. happen at monitoring

a surgical procedure and nothing new in this operating room the n.t. specialist girlish trounce is working to digitalize the entire clinic how did he describe his project. distinctly best of all i think the best name for it is automation lines 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 . cancun it has been having problems with his sinuses for a long time he wants to undergo surgery at the aqua clinic leipzig 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. or

shortly before the procedure surgeon girlish tulls visits his patient. they review the surgery plan together. we're primarily focusing on modifying the maxillary sinus on your left. and add on his smartphone has all the information readily available for the certain. to assist with the navigation during the surgery funk who needs 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. but it's just. in professor give

this clinic there are more than 3000 surgical interventions every year digitally marking the safety zones of the patients heads is standard procedure under no circumstances should the surgical instruments reach the eyes of goods or brain. nextstep cancun his 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 system warns the surgeon whenever he gets too close to the barrier. professor towse and his team look to a totally different technology for advice. 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 the times of formal training pilots but also technology and cockpit manufacturers. one of the most important parts of the procedure is crossing off the checklist it's required by the software. after the surgery 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 that can be healthy health gains not only increased fitness but they can also support cancer treatment and possibly even prevent dimentia. 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 over elderly people once a week they meet up in their retirement home in hamburg to play. the games were designed specifically for their age group on a special console the memory. print in memory got from i'm fascinated by the technology every time improving yourself with the slightest movements and concentration of pressure playing games can be fun. it's definitely fun but it's also meant to be healthy to develop his. 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 contribution to a healthy aging part. 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 the morning is working on refining the game in the new version gamers deliver mail in the 3 d. city 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. this morning in 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 get. 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 speed increases or decreases according to the game is fitness. research different goober's is a great medical advantage in health games. by comparison

conventional therapy doesn't include a papal aspect and there are certain cognitive exercises like one study that you just have to get through. if you add an aspect of playfulness chances are you'll have more fun for a longer time and that increases motivation. the classic health game was developed in the u.s. remission is a game for children with cancer originally designed as a 3 d. shooter where 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 assess the therapy. 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 that your condition will improve. 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 are not enough. i don't think videogames can generally replace their a-p. but i think they could 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. gaming to get healthy and to stay fit if funk. top of this it's also a fun thing gaming will not be limited to this retirement home in the future. yes. maam. eco circle. the south

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