The aerial guide dog: a low-cognitive-load indoor electronic travel aid for visually impaired individuals - Zhang X, Pan Z, Song Z, Zhang Y, Li W, Ding S.
Most navigation aids for visually impaired individuals require users to pay close attention and actively understand the instructions or feedback of guidance, which impose considerable cognitive loads in long-term usage. To tackle the issue, this study prop... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Tactile Lithophane Makes Scientific Data Accessible to Students With Blindness
Tactile learning device makes science accessible to students with blindness or low vision (BLV) opens possibility of transfer of scientific data or images for sighted students into functional formats for students with blindness (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - January 11, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Disability Visual Aids Source Type: news
MindEar app aids Tinnitus relief through cognitive training
MindEar, an innovative app, employs cognitive behavioural therapy, sound therapy, mindfulness exercises, and relaxation techniques to alleviate the symptoms of tinnitus. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Court Ruling Could Bring Higher Patient Costs for PrEP, and More HIV Infections
TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2024 -- HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a lifeline for Americans, many of them gay men, who are at high risk of contracting the virus that causes AIDS.But a case that is winding its way through the court system might push... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 9, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Evaluation of the new poisoning mortality score in comparison with PSS and SOFA scoring systems to predict mortality in poisoned patients admitted to the intensive care unit - Saeed S, Elmorsy SA.
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the new Poisoning Mortality Score (PMS) in comparison with the Poison Severity Score (PSS) and Sequential ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Hearing Loss Linked to Increased Risk for Dementia
FRIDAY, Jan. 5, 2024 -- Hearing loss is associated with an increased risk for dementia, with further increased risk for those not using hearing aids, according to a study published online Jan. 4 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 5, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Major breakthrough unveils immune system & #039;s guardian: IKAROS
In a scientific breakthrough that aids our understanding of the internal wiring of immune cells, researchers at Monash University in Australia have cracked the code behind IKAROS, an essential protein for immune cell development and protection against pathogens and cancer.
This disruptive research, led by the eminent Professor Nicholas Huntington of Monash University's Biomedicine Discovery Institute, is poised to reshape our comprehension of gene control networks and its impact on everything from eye colour to cancer susceptibility and design of novel therapies. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - January 5, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Rwanda: Young Women and Girls Face Higher HIV Risk - UN Report
[New Times] Young women and girls are more than twice as likely to contract HIV as young men and boys, a new report indicates. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 5, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Rwanda Women and Gender Source Type: news
Exploring cause-specific strategies for suicide prevention in India: a multivariate VARMA approach - Anjali, B RK.
This study investigates time-series data with multiple variables to model and forecast suicide events in India. Utilizing official suicide statistics (2001-2021), resu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Hearing aids slash the risk of developing dementia, study finds
Danish study of over 500,000 people found use of while hearing loss increase the chances of getting dementia by up to a fifth using a hearing aid can slash this to just 7 per cent. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hearing Aids May Extend Life Span
THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 -- A hearing aid ’s first purpose is fairly obvious, but a new study argues that the devices also provide an important second benefit -- a longer life.“We found that adults with hearing loss who regularly used hearing aids... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 4, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Hearing aids may boost longevity, study finds. But only if used regularly
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Source: NPR Health and Science - January 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Allison Aubrey Source Type: news
Wearing hearing aids can slash risk of an early grave by a QUARTER, study suggests
US researchers found that people with hearing loss were 24 per cent less likely to die early if they regularly wore the device, compared to those who never wore it. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Using hearing aids significantly cuts risk of early death, new research shows
Study results showed a 24% difference in early mortality risk between regular hearing aid users and those who had never worn one. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sequential Bilateral Neurostimulation Aids Treatment-Resistant Depression
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 3, 2024 -- A novel sequential bilateral neurostimulation protocol has the potential to improve treatment-resistant major depressive disorder (TR-MDD), according to a letter published in the November issue of Brain... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 3, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
