News tagged with recovering from stroke

Physical therapists test mechanical arm to help patients recover from stroke, traumatic brain injury

Physical therapists at UT Southwestern Medical Center are evaluating a new mechanical arm that allows people recovering from neurological injuries such as strokes and traumatic brain injury to enter a virtual ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Greying Singapore taps robots, games in rehab

Six months ago, Singaporean retiree Soon Eng Sam, 70, suffered a stroke that paralysed the left side of his body.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Temperature differences give rise to electricity

More than half of today's energy consumption is squandered in useless waste heat, such as the heat from refrigerators and all sorts of gadgets and the heat from factories and power plants. The energy losses ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Toyota shows machines to help sick, elderly move

Toyota unveiled its ambitions for high-tech health care Tuesday, displaying experimental robots that the auto giant says can lift disabled patients from their hospital beds or help them walk.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Stuxnet-like virus points to new round of cyber war

Internet security specialists have warned of a new round of cyber warfare in the form of a computer virus similar to the malicious Stuxnet worm believed to have targeted Iran's nuclear program. ...

Technology / Internet

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Air-quality researchers tackle health implications of ultra-fine particles

(PhysOrg.com) -- Three studies by a University of California, Davis, air-quality research group are adding to the growing body of data suggesting that very fine and ultra-fine airborne metal particles are closely linked to ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Hand Robot - a revolution of stroke therapy

Jointly developed by Dr Raymond Tong Kai-yu, Associate Professor of the Department of Health Technology and Informatics, and the Industrial Centre, this Exoskeleton Hand Robotic Training Device works to recover ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

New sensor glove may help stroke patients recover mobility

(PhysOrg.com) -- People who have strokes are often left with moderate to severe physical impairments. Now, thanks to a glove developed at McGill, stroke patients may be able to recover hand motion by playing ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Striking the right chords

Practice was nearly over when high school wrestler Darrin Ching collapsed and found himself pinned to the mat, a searing pain gripping his right temple. Alarmed, his coach and teammates huddled around and tried to get him ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Strokes striking younger patients, but where do they turn?

When Kate Watts fell ill with pneumonia in both lungs last year, doctors at a hospital in Sebring, Fla., put her into a medically induced coma to help her recover.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kidney cancer patients who have partial organ removal are healthier

(Edmonton) Patients with kidney cancer who had their entire organ removed were more likely to have more renal complications and poorer health after surgery, compared to those who had only part of their kidney removed, a study ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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