Evaluating virtual reality therapy for treating acute post traumatic stress disorder
...ONR) is funding three projects to evaluate virtual reality therapy for treatment of acute post traumatic stre...mately $4-million program will examine how virtual reality can be used by therapists to treat PTSD in military personnel before the disorder disrupts their li...Research reveals emotional trauma parents face when a child is diagnosed with diabetes
...ar-old boy, 10 days after diagnosis. "The actual reality hit me when he had to have insulinI was absolutely devastated." - Mother of a 12-year-old boy, five days after diagnosis. "A lot of it, within the first few months, is just pure fearit's dealing with an illness that you know absolutely nothing abo...Data suggest bypass surgery free of long-term brain effects
...r the past decades. This may be due in part to the reality that the population having the surgery is becoming older and sicker, with more hypertension, diabetes, previous strokes, and other disorders. "In this paper, we reassessed what we think we know about cognitive decline attributable to the use of cardi...Penn study shows liver receptor key to diet-dependent differences in blood lipid levels
..., understanding interactions between genes and the reality of what most people eat are increasingly recognized as critical for effective treatment. Molecules found in the nucleus of liver cells called LXRs (for Liver X Receptors) have emerged in the last few years as crucial regulators of cholesterol and li...Stanford bioethicists want stronger protections for women donating eggs for stem cell research
...understand both the risks of donating eggs and the reality that their donation may not ever cure a disease or benefit another person. Achieving this second objective requires a terminology change. As long as some aspects of stem cell research are referred to as "therapeutic cloning," there is an assumption t...Large survey suggests schizophrenia less prevalent than textbooks say
...as well, the systematic analysis suggests that the reality is somewhat lower, and the authors suggest that "if we wish to provide the general public with a measure of the likelihood that individuals will develop schizophrenia during their lifetime, then a more accurate statement would be that about seven to ...High cost of malpractice insurance threatens supply of ob/gyns, especially in some urban areas
...perfect baby," leading many people to sue when the reality doesn't match their expectation. Another facet of the discussion relates to patient safety. This was the subject of an editorial in Obstetrics & Gynecology in May, written by Mark D. Pearlman, M.D., professor and vice chair in the Department of Obste...NYU, Salk Institute neuroscientists offer new path for measuring visual responses to complex images
... the processing of only a small fraction of visual reality under this method because it examines neurological responses to selected stimuli rather than how neurons function more broadly. In an effort to overcome these limitations, Nicole Rust, J. Anthony Movshon, and Eero Simoncelli of NYU's Center for Neur...New approach to thyroid surgery reduces incision size
...4 study patients were women, Dr. Terris says. That reality helped inspire his pursuit of less invasive options. "This approach is evolving but is an appropriate addition to the practice of the modern endocrine surgeon," Dr. Terris and his colleagues write....Red and Charline McCombs contribute $30 million to M. D. Anderson research effort
...on's slogan of 'Making Cancer History(r)' become a reality with the new cancer treatments, diagnostic tests and screenings that will be discovered in the coming decades," said Mr. McCombs. "Cancer is the greatest thief to cross our borders, robbing Texas of its precious assets. Charline and I are proud that ...Early prostate cancer screening may reduce mortality rate
...ed with having prostate cancer as a label. But the reality also is that they may never have actually died of the prostate cancer because it was so localized." When they compiled data results, Kopec and Goel, both of whom are public health epidemiologists, say they were surprised by the size of the protectiv...Arts program provides services, guidance to HIV/AIDS patients
...le -- people who've been hit head-on by the brutal reality of HIV/AIDS diagnoses, then left to work through the many and varied response stages that inevitably follow, from despair and depression to acceptance and healing. Kellman, who has joint appointments in the School of Art and Design and College of Me...Mental-state reasoning is universal milestone in child development
...e act on the basis of their own representations of reality rather than on the basis of reality itself. Developmental psychologists have explored the refinement of mental-state reasoning in childr...LSUHSC innovation in patient safety training to improve surgical outcomes
...atient undergoing surgery performed with a virtual reality laparoscopic surgery simulator. A quad split screen monitor displaying the OR activity, vital signs, the surgical field, and the scenario allows not only the surgical team to check information, but those immediately outside the virtual OR as well tho...Percutaneous aortic valve replacement
...ercutaneous aortic valve replacement is becoming a reality and brings new hope for a number of patients who cannot currently be treated with traditional surgical techniques. Whereas surgical valve replacement concerns about 200,000 patients worldwide every year, it is estimated that between 1/3 (Iung et al,...Failure to suppress irrelevant brain activity in Alzheimer disease
...k, based exclusively on visual clues, in a virtual reality environment. All participants understood the task and the clues. They then each completed 12 separate PET scans, 8 during active navigation (finding their way from a start point to a specific destination) and 4 under control conditions (traveling alo...Detecting Alzheimer's in the eye, lifting fingerprints without touching the surface
...o enhance modern visual arts, whichinclude virtual reality and other interactive video. One artist/researche..., according to Naimark. While conventional virtual reality ispre-recorded or computer-animated, live virtual reality will allowusers to steer a camera around a...What the news and the movies leave out: Behind the scenes of disaster aid
...questions: How well did agencies adapt to the reality of each country/area? Is the community involved in rehabilitation or was the aid benevolently imposed or a cynically imposed state option? Who is gaining and who may be losing in the rehabilitation? Was a livelihood analysis conducted ...Simulator can help stroke patients drive again
... unit at MCG that would use simulators and virtual reality systems to assist doctors and therapists in determining the challenges patients face after leaving the hospital. "Such information could be used to modify interventions or influence the rehabilitation programs of patients," Dr. Akinwuntan says....New ASU center will assess societal implications of nanotechnology
...de with scientists who are making nanotechnology a reality to anticipate and understand the societal consequences of this new area of innovation. The ASU center is the largest in a network of newly funded NSF activities on nanotechnology and society, including a second center at University of California-San...