• Question: In any way can maths save people mentally and or physically

    Asked by aidenr17 on 10 Jan 2020.
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      Fiona Macfarlane answered on 10 Jan 2020:

      Maths is used in lots of different areas of life, even in medicine. We need maths to work out how much medicine to give to people, what the best treatment is and the risk of treatment. So maths is very important for keeping us healthy. A lot of medical equipment also uses maths and algorithms to work,

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      Sreejita Ghosh answered on 10 Jan 2020: last edited 10 Jan 2020 10:33 am

      Can medical doctors explain the Schrödinger’s equation?
      The little bit of ‘direct’ maths that is there is just dosage calculation. However much we want to state the importance of Maths there are some limitations and scope of each field and just as one can’t expect doctors to understand Statistical Physics, one can’t expect Mathematicians to be making diagnosis or treating patients, at least not directly.
      That being said, Maths is increasingly being used by Computer Scientists to help make computer aided diagnostic systems to help doctors perform early diagnosis, do treatment monitoring, and for personalized medicine.
      Here is a video which I had come across during my Bachelors in Biomedical Engineeing which inspired me greatly as an engineer.

      This video is an example of how Maths is indirectly used to improve the mental well-being of disabled people. Engineering is dependent on Maths and Physics, and products of engineering have enhanced healthcare. And sure during some complicated surgeries a clinical engineer (a sub-speciality of Biomedical engineers) assists the surgeons in putting a pacemaker or any prosthetic in the patient’s body, takes care of the technicalities. But when one is sick or depressed it’s the medical team one should consult, not engineers, or mathematicians. 🙂

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