MEDICINE: Everest Telemedicine For Chronic Patients

Scientists from the American Yale University and NASA Commercial Space Center, who conducted extensive research at the Everest base camp in 1998 and 1999, say the telemedicine technology adopted to monitor heath of the climbers in extreme conditions could be used in the homes of patients suffering from chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and emphysema. Doctors track long-distance patients via the vital signs monitor (VSM) device, worth upto $15,000, attached typically across the chest or wrist or swallowed in pill form by the patient. 
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