Horizon explores the boom in health-related apps and gadgets, as well as how technology is helping medical professionals monitor fitness and health in unprecedented ways.
Dr Kevin Fong explores a medical revolution that promises to help us live longer, healthier lives. Inspired by the boom in health-related apps and gadgets, it's all about novel ways we can monitor ourselves around the clock. How we exercise, how we sleep, even how we sit.
Some doctors are now prescribing apps the way they once prescribed pills. Kevin meets the pioneers of this revolution. From the England Rugby 7s team, whose coach knows more about his players' health than a doctor would, to the most monitored man in the world who diagnosed a life threatening disease from his own data, without going to the doctor.
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Dr Kevin Fong watches the England Rugby Sevens team in training
Duration: 03:40
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The most monitored man in the world
Duration: 02:39
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The future of medicine is apps
Duration: 02:40
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:19Ricky Martin
Livin' La Vida Loca
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00:19Hot Chip
No Fit State
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00:45²Ή±τ³ΩβJ
Something Good
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00:56Ellie Goulding
Starry Eyed
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Director | Olly Bootle |
| Series Editor | Aidan Laverty |
| Producer | Olly Bootle |
| Presenter | Kevin Fong |
| Series Producer | Zoe Heron |
Broadcasts
Mon 12 Aug 2013 21:00- Tue 13 Aug 2013 23:20ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland
- Tue 13 Aug 2013 23:50ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland
- Wed 30 Oct 2013 00:25
- Tue 1 Jun 2021 22:55
- Wed 26 Apr 2023 02:15