Peering into the Medical Future

From edible pills that keep watch over vitals to heart monitors that text message doctors, medical technology can start to seem a little like science fiction. “Much of this can seem like a future that is very far away, but I think many of us would be surprised to know that this future is already here,” said KQED health reporter Sarah Varney to the full house at MOCA Grand Avenue. In an event generously sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation, Varney joined Proteus Biomedical’s Greg Moon, USC bioethicist Michael Shapiro, …