diagnosis development - technology

• Blood tests


  1930

  use blood samples for an enormous amount of conditions
• Blood sugar monitoring


  1960

  people with diabetes can check their sugar levels
• X-rays 


  1890

  see inside the human body without cutting - see broken bones
• MRI scans 


  1970

  soft tissue injuries

  use magnets and radiowaves to make internal images of the body
• Ultrasound


  1940

  use sound waves to build up a picture of the inside of a body - kidney issues
• ECG


  electrocardiograms

  1900

  use eclectic impulses to track heart activity
• Endoscopes


  1900

  investigate digestive system

  vomiting blood
• Blood pressure monitors 


  1880

  helps identify high/low blood pressures
• CT scans


  1970

  more advanced X-rays

  diagnose tumours

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• science and technology had a very important part on making diagnosis faster and more accurate