Tech & industry

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

Brain Recovery Zone (BRZ) is an immersive and engaging home recovery tool that is helping to plug the gaps in community rehab. Consultant clinical neuropsychologist Dr Katherine Dawson co-founded the BRZ app with rehabilitation medicine consultant Dr Abayomi Salawu in 2019. Colleagues in Speech and Language Therapy, Clinical Psychology and Occupational Therapy subsequently came on board. [...]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can predict who will develop dementia within two years with 92 per cent accuracy, a new study has revealed. 

Having pioneered virtual therapy solutions for patients since 2011, it’s safe to say Evolv Rehab was one of the first entrants to the now-thriving global telehealth marketplace. 

Trials of BrainQ technology, which could be a “game changer” in the rehabilitation of stroke patients, are now underway. 

A new non-invasive technique has been developed to remove faulty brain circuits that could allow medics to treat debilitating neurological diseases without the need for conventional brain surgery.

An “extremely valuable” breakthrough has been made in understanding motor neurone disease (MND).

Rehabilitation robotics leader Fourier Intelligence is further increasing its prominence on a global scale through its expansion into Europe and Australia, while also relocating its headquarters into the hugely sought-after ‘Silicon Valley of the East’. 

Thousands of organisations and individuals across the UK have benefitted from an initiative to support people with communication difficulties since its launch a year ago. 

Helius Medical Technologies is playing an increasingly central role in the growth of the neurostimulation market globally. Its PoNS device is changing the lives of MS patients in North America and helping to demonstrate the impact of non-invasive technology in neurological disorders. NR Times speaks to Helius’ CEO Dane Andreeff about its pioneering work