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DIRECTIONS: Chооse the best аnswer fоr eаch question. Innovаtions to Revolutionize the Future of Medicine [A] I would never have met Harriett were it not for our mutual friend, Linda. I'm a physician in Northern California; Harriett's a communications executive in New York City. Linda co-founded an online personal genomics company, to which Harriett and I each sent our genetic information for analysis. [B] Linda introduced us after she saw that Harriett and I had something in common: a rare type of DNA, which meant we were distantly related. It turns out that we also share that genealogy with a prehistoric celebrity: Otzi the Iceman, whose 5,300-year-old frozen corpse was discovered in the Alps in 1991. For fun, I even started a Facebook group for people with the same DNA variant as Otzi and Harriett and me. [C] I tell this story to make a point. Harriett and I met over a feat of science - mass-market, low-cost gene analysis - that once was unimaginable and now is commonplace. The convergence of digital technologies and social platforms made it possible for us to learn our genotypes and share what we found out with the online universe. [D] Since then, we've seen an explosion of tech-driven innovations that have the potential to reshape many aspects of health and medicine. All around us, technologies from artificial intelligence (AI) to personal genomics and robotics are advancing rapidly, giving form to the future of medicine. Rise of the Wearables [E] Just a decade after the first Fitbit initially launched the "wearables" revolution, health tracking devices are ubiquitous. Most are used to measure and document fitness activities. In the future, these sensing technologies will be central to disease prevention, diagnosis, and therapy. They'll measure health objectively, detect changes that may indicate a developing condition, and relay patients' data to their doctors. [F] Flexible, electronic medical tattoos and stick-on sensors can measure a person's heartbeat, breathing rate, and blood sugar levels, and then transmit the results via Bluetooth. It is a mobile form of vital sign tracking, but at a level once found only in an intensive care unit. [G] Hearing aids or earbuds with embedded sensors will not only amplify sound but also track heart rate and movement. Such smart earpieces also could also be integrated with a digital coach to cheer on a runner, or a guide to lend assistance to dementia patients. [H] Smart contact lenses in the future will be packed with thousands of sensors, and designed to identify early indicators of cancer and other conditions. Lenses now in development may someday measure blood sugar values in tears, to help diabetics manage diet and medications. [I] Implantable devices may include a radio-frequency ID chip under the skin that holds a patient's medical records, or a sensor that could continuously monitor blood chemistry. Devices that are swallowed in capsules will perform tasks within the digestive system, from delivering treatment to identifying foreign objects. [J] And if we want to collect health data when no one's wearing a device? Engineers at MIT have modified a WiFi-like box so it can capture vital signs and sleep patterns of several people in the same residence. AI, Machine Learning, and the "Virtualist" [K] The widening array of digital tools paired with AI technology almost certainly will boost the accuracy and speed of a doctor's diagnosis. This will improve disease detection at early stages and raise the odds of successful treatment or cure. Apps and sensors can enable a phone to check for irregular heartbeats; software and a microphone can equip it to "listen" to a cough and diagnose pneumonia. To improve treatment of hypertension - a leading risk factor associated with early death - sensors now in development would take continuous blood pressure readings. [L] Machine learning can also help improve diagnoses. Google researchers fed more than a quarter-million scans of patients' eyes into computers that could recognize patterns - and the technology "learned" to spot which patterns predict a patient has high blood pressure or is at increased risk for heart attack or stroke. In some comparisons, digital tools produced more accurate analyses than their human counterparts. [M] In the United States, the days of doctors routinely making house calls are long gone. Soon to follow: Private Skype-like interactions between patient and doctor, taking place online. Patients' vital signs will be obtained and shared with the doctor via a range of wearable devices. [N] The time it usually takes for medical appointments - including travel and waiting room time - will plummet, replaced by telemedicine visits with a new type of doctor, the "virtualist." In the future, most patients will have medical appointments in the comfort of their own homes. [O] The conventional prescriptions in your future could be given out by an ATM-like robot, remotely controlled by a provider to ensure the right doses at the right times. Or your doctor could consult your genetics test to determine the most appropriate drugs for your specific gene profile. [P] If you're not meeting in person with your doctor, could a robot serve as well as a human? Soon they may be answering calls. A chatbot nurse will ask about your symptoms and use data from your wearable devices and the crowdsourced health records of others like you. Should your complaint be psychological more than physical, you can seek counseling from a virtual therapist programmed to converse as a human would, offer self-help guidance, and lend a sympathetic ear. [Q] It's great to benefit from all this technological progress, but it's just as important to spread it. In 2016, an estimated 3.6 million people in low- and middle-income countries died because they lacked access to healthcare. And even more people in those countries - an estimated five million - died because they got poor-quality care. We can change that, starting today, by sharing the wealth of new medical technologies and other health and wellness resources. What kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence from paragraph D? We've seen an explosion of tech-driven innovations.
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