Smarter rehab

Minderful aims to provide bespoke help to whoever is looking for support, building a unique mental fitness routine

Going on a 'virtual shopping trip' could offer a potentially promising way of assessing functional cognition

"It is possible to imagine a future where a therapeutic strategy can directly target glial cells and enable the creation of an epileptic resistant state"

A pilot research study into a potentially life-enhancing digital stroke rehabilitation tool launched this week. Virtual Engagement Rehabilitation Assistant (VERA) is being developed by The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust alongside software company, Citrus Suite. The research is funded by the Stroke Association and MedCity and led by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). VERA [...]

Using the RefMap tool, the number of known risk genes for MND has risen from around 15 to 690

The development of new immersive game-based technology could help with visual neglect, researchers believe

Robocath has been developing robotic treatment innovations for cardiovascular disease since 2009. It’s R-One machine has been designed to enable surgeons to remotely perform delicate stent procedures and there are more indications in the pipeline. Lucien Goffart is CEO of the French medtech company. Before joining Robocath, he spent four years at Boston Scientific in [...]

Newcross Healthcare is sharing its in-house expertise for the benefit of the wider healthcare sector

Event is an opportunity to hear from expert Dr Katherine Dawson, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist.

How one family's experience of ABI is changing the reality for countless others