How Ultrasound Became Ultra Small

Re:How Ultrasound Became Ultra Small by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @05:02AM (#39753965)

There's already a "pandemic" of incorrect and/or hypochondriac "at home" diagnosis going on, along with quack pseudoscience to cure things, ranging from essential oils to bleach enemas; we don't need more of that.

This is also an answer to a perceived problem, mixed with the XY problem; the problem isn't that there's not enough at-home diagnostic tools (a thermometer is enough for most households), the problem is access to health care, which has been messed with directly (cost of health care) and indirectly (people's physical health due to overconsumption, mental health due to gestures everywhere vaguely) by capitalism.

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Re:How Ultrasound Became Ultra Small by RecycledEle on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @08:38AM (#39755078)

> There's already a "pandemic" of incorrect and/or hypochondriac "at home" diagnosis going on, along with quack pseudoscience

There is also a revolution in hone medical technology.

It takes a long time for us lay people with cool medical gadgets we got off eBay to learn what the results mean, but we will get there.

If fed.gov wants to help, they could test these devices, then offer training and certification so those who take advantage of the certification classes will know how to get reliable results and (more importantly) what the machines can not do.

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