Word: kurzweil
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...have intelligent nanobots go into our brains through the capillaries and interact directly with our biological neurons.' RAY KURZWEIL, American engineer and futurist, prophesizing at a meeting of scientists in Boston that human-level artificial intelligence will be a reality by 2029 and that nanotechnology will help "make us smarter...
...York City lawyer Judith Kurzweil is juggling a lot of balls. She works full time and has twin daughters, 10, at home--and more than two years ago, her mother Irene, 86 and struggling with her health, moved in with the family. In Kurzweil's mind, a nursing home was not the right choice. But her mother's poor health made getting her to a doctor very difficult. Kurzweil's solution: Dr. Andrew W. Lyons, a New Age Marcus Welby who makes house calls, little black bag--a padded black computer bag--and all. "It's an amazing lifesaver," says...
That would be a shame, because one of the fastest-growing segments of the U.S. population is those 85 and up. Many are, like Kurzweil's mother, frail and in need of multiple medications and frequent doctor's care. Since it's hard to get around, they often delay seeking treatment until an illness is full blown and then call 911. That becomes time consuming and costly and can lead to a family crisis. "When elderly patients go to the emergency room, doctors are very uncomfortable about sending them home" right away, says Dr. Joseph W. Spooner of Care Level...
Lyons, Irene Kurzweil's physician, started doing house calls six years ago. "This is the only thing that I found really satisfies my desire to be a doctor," he says. "I am involved in my patients' lives and get to know them as people." His black bag includes a Palm computer that has wi-fi for e-mail, a special database for patient histories and lab results, and a customized word-processing program. He also carries a battery-powered electrocardiogram (ECG) machine and portable lab kits to do finger sticks that test blood-glucose levels. The doctors often work with...
...house-call care isn't really about money. It's about a system that benefits every generation in a close family. "The routine care is irreplaceable," Judith Kurzweil says of Lyons' visits. Because her mother can live at home, Kurzweil says, "my daughters have time with their grandmother. They walk into her room and talk with her, and she lights up when they come in and tell Grammy something." That may be the best medicine...