Machine Learning and VR Are Driving Prosthetics Research
Fitting a patient for a prosthetic limb is normally a painstaking and time-consuming process. In some cases, trying to determine how capable a patient may be of operating a prosthetic limb even before fitting one has also been a problem.
However, using virtual reality and reinforcement learning, researchers in North Carolina and Arizona are revealing new technologies and techniques to make prosthetic fitting more convenient for both patients and clinicians: In Charlotte, surgeons at OrthoCarolina used VR to demonstrate that patients born without hands had inborn abilities to control prosthetic hands without prerequisite ta...
Source: MDDI - September 3, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Greg Goth Tags: Digital Health Source Type: news
Two-year-old girl becomes the youngest patient EVER to receive deep brain stimulation therapy
Viktoria Kaftanikaite, from Glasgow, had deep brain stimulation (DBS) in London to relieve the symptoms of a movement disorder called dystonia which caused her limbs to twitch uncontrollably. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scottish girl is world's youngest deep brain stimulation patient
Two-year-old has had brain surgery to treat spasms, raising hopes for other childrenA two year-old girl from Glasgow has become the youngest person in the world to undergo brain surgery that doctors say could help limit severe disability among children afflicted by uncontrollable body movements.Viktoria Kaftanikaite was just 32 months old when she had deep brain stimulation (DBS) to treat a condition called dystonia, which caused her arms and legs to flail about and her mouth to twitch constantly while she was awake.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 10, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Denis Campbell Health policy editor Tags: Neuroscience Health UK news Glasgow Scotland NHS Children Society Source Type: news
How brain stimulation techniques can affect moral and social behaviour - Di Nuzzo C, Ferrucci R, Gianoli E, Reitano M, Tedino D, Ruggiero F, Priori A.
Brain stimulation techniques, such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and deep brain stimulation (DBS) are used to treat psychiatric and neurological diseases. It elicits physical, cognitive, and moo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 8, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Medical News Today: What to know about surgery for MS
In some cases, multiple sclerosis (MS) can respond to certain types of surgery, which may include deep brain stimulation. Many other surgical treatments are available that can also help reduce symptoms. Learn more here. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Multiple Sclerosis Source Type: news
The Week That Wasn't: DBS, Algorithms, Trichomegaly The Week That Wasn't: DBS, Algorithms, Trichomegaly
Read the latest on deep brain stimulation for addiction treatment, machine learning to predict cardiovascular events, and unusual eyelash growth after cancer treatment.Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
Abbott and NIH Join Forces to Advance Neuroscience Research
Abbott Laboratories and the National Institutes of Health have formed an alliance to evaluate applications that could help treat chronic pain and progressive movement disorders, like Parkinson’s disease.
The collaboration is a part of NIH’s BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) initiative to accelerate advancements in neuroscience research. The agreement specifically calls for NIH to use the Abbott Park, IL-based company’s neuromodulation technologies for research related to these NIH initiatives to explore their application for chronic p...
Source: MDDI - May 15, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: R & D Source Type: news
China tests brain implants to treat opioid addiction
The deep brain stimulation treatment involves a surgeon drilling two small holes in the skull and feeding electrodes deep into the brain (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - May 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Experimental surgery gains support as opioid deaths rise
Clinical trials in China using deep brain stimulation may hold the key to treating drug users, literally with the flip of a switch (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Student, 18, with one of the most extreme Tourette's in the world has ground-breaking treatment
Trevor Smith, of Iowa, was diagnosed aged eight and his mild tics worsened over time. No treatments eased his symptoms, until doctors funded for him to have deep brain stimulation. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Boy, 17, with one of the most extreme Tourette's in the world has ground-breaking treatment
Trevor Smith, of Iowa, was diagnosed aged eight and his mild tics worsened over time. No treatments eased his symptoms, until doctors funded for him to have deep brain stimulation. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Attempted suicide in a Parkinsonian patient treated with DBS of the VIM and high dose carbidopa-levodopa - Ayobello A, Saway B, Greenage M.
INTRODUCTION: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex disease that is often treated with dopaminergic medications such as carbidopa-levodopa and now with innovative interventions such as deep brain stimulation (DBS). While PD frequently presents with depress... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
Advances in deep brain stimulation could lead to new treatments
(Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering) A new paper published in Nature Reviews Neurology suggests that recent advances in deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson disease could lead to treatments for conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and depression. The authors of the paper argue that bi-directional electrodes which can both stimulate and record from deep brain structures -- known as closed-loop DBS -- could have applications beyond Parkinson disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 8, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Deep Brain Stimulation: Remote Control Brain
We have the story of one woman who is taking part in an experiment on deep brain stimulation. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alix Spiegel Source Type: news
Seizure Freedom in TLE Tied to Piriform Cortex Resection Seizure Freedom in TLE Tied to Piriform Cortex Resection
Results from a study of individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) who underwent surgery could have important implications in terms of a target for drug development and deep brain stimulation.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - March 21, 2019 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
