Best disposable CPAP systems
EMS1.com
by Dan White CPAP, or Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, is a popular therapy for CHF and other common respiratory emergencies. It helps patients inspire while delivering PEEP, or Positive End Expiratory Pressure. This combined with supplemental ...


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Potential Role for Video Games in Improving Certain Health Outcomes
HealthNewsDigest.com
By Staff Editor (HealthNewsDigest.com) - PITTSBURGH, May 18 – Certain video games may be useful tools for psychological and physical therapy, according to University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers who reviewed randomized controlled trials ...

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Virtual reality tops standard therapy in treatment of PTSD
Digitaltrends.com
Researchers at the US Naval Medical Center in San Diego have been running a comparison study between traditional exposure therapy and exposure therapy augmented by virtual simulations. The theory behind both is that by forcing veterans to repeatedly ...
Virtual reality provides relief from soldiers' traumaNew Scientist

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'Virtual Stenting' Aids PCI Planning
MedPage Today
"This novel technology may enable optimal patient- and lesion-specific treatment choice before invasive procedures," Koo said at a press conference here at the EuroPCR meeting. "You can determine which lesions need to be treated, and which lesions are ...

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Early Coronary Artery Healing Advantage of OrbusNeich's Combo Dual Therapy ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Presented at EuroPCR 2012, the data were obtained with frequency-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) and virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) at nine-month follow-up. An independent OCT core laboratory performed a blinded ...

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BBC News

Computer game helps rehabilitate stroke victims
BBC News
Players use wireless controllers to perform virtual circus acts such as lion taming and plate spinning. It is hoped the PC-based game will serve as a cheaper and more effective alternative to existing treatments, with patients able to play at home.
Computer game for stroke patientsThe Press Association
Computer games could help rehabilitate stroke victimsTelegraph.co.uk
Computer Game That Helps Rehabilitate Stroke VictimsHuffington Post UK

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Virtual Speech Center Releases a Multiple Meanings iPad App for Speech ...
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
By PR.com Newswire Burbank, CA, May 16, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Virtual Speech Center Inc., the provider of mobile applications for speech therapy, announced today the release of Multiple Meanings Library, an iPad application available for download on ...

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Virtual Speech Center Releases a Multiple Meanings iPad App for Speech ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Virtual Speech Center Inc., the provider of mobile applications for speech therapy, announced today the release of Multiple Meanings Library, an iPad application available for download on Apple's iTunes App store. Burbank, CA, May 16, 2012 --(PR.com)-- ...

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Military to test PTSD video therapy
CBC.ca
CBC News has learned that the Canadian military has decided to use "virtual reality therapy" in a pilot project to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. The new therapy method puts soldiers in a computer-animated situation that recreates the specific ...

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MindMachines.com Community Outreach Program Targets Dallas, TX and San ...
Albany Times Union
MindMachines.com invites Dallas, TX and San Fernando Valley area firehouses to participate in virtual vacations using brainwave technologies. MindMachines.com will be enabling “virtual vacations” for interested Dallas, TX and San Fernando Valley, ...

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