August 14, 2024

ALS Patient Lived with a Brain-Computer Interface for 7 Years. Here’s What Researchers Learned

(STAT News) – STAT spoke with Mariska Vansteensel, a neuroscientist at University Medical Centre Utrecht in the Netherlands and president of the international BCI Society, about the field and about a new study that she and her colleagues just published … Read More



 
 

August 14, 2024

People with ADHD Are Turning to AI Apps to Help with Tasks. Experts Say Try It Cautiously

(Associated Press) – Experts say generative AI tools can help people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — who experience difficulties with focusing, organizing and controlling impulses — to get through tasks quicker. But they also caution that it shouldn’t replace … Read More



 
 

August 9, 2024

‘Scared to Death’: Nurses and Residents Confront Rampant Violence in Dementia Care Facilities

(KFF Health News) – Violent altercations between residents in long-term care facilities are alarmingly common. Across the country, residents in nursing homes or assisted living centers have been killed by other residents who weaponized a bedrail, shoved pillow stuffing into … Read More



 
 

July 4, 2024

Japan’s Top Court Orders Government to Compensate Disabled People Who Were Forcibly Sterilized

(ABC News) – In a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court ordered the government Wednesday to pay suitable compensation to about a dozen victims who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law that was designed to eliminate offspring of … Read More



 
 

May 20, 2024

A Device That Zaps the Spinal Cord Gave Paralyzed People Better Control of Their Hands

(MIT Technology Review) – Reid received the device, called ARCex, as part of a 60-person clinical trial. She and the other participants completed two months of physical therapy, followed by two months of physical therapy combined with stimulation. The results, … Read More