A Time of Magic

What’s most striking about the developments in medical technology over recent years isn’t so much the big ticket items but rather the small items that you find in the stores for ordinary people.

For instance, you can now pick up a pulse oximeter for next to nothing and keep an eye not only on your pulse but the oxygen level of your blood. Downsides? Well, you’d not want to be getting overlly hyper about variations in the level during the day as the measurements are affected by temperature (cold hands are going to have lower blood flow for example).

Fascinating nonetheless to see such a gadget on the shelves in the pharmacy though.

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