A Metaverse to Treat Veterans With PTSD [video]

by William McCleary | June 15, 2022 | Health, Medical

While post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a society-wide issue, members of America’s veteran community are some of the hardest hit by this condition. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), about 30% of Vietnam veterans have had PTSD, and...

Robot Companion Brings Down the Cost of AI Pets [video]

by Unber Shafiq | June 14, 2022 | Health

The world has entered a new era where one’s future companion could be a robot. Comfort robots are gradually yet steadily transitioning into the roles of pets, home help, and assistants. The can even help provide alerts in dangerous situations. While some of...

New Studies Show Smartphone App Improves Adolescent Mental Health [video]

by William McCleary | June 13, 2022 | Health

Mental health issues among adolescents in America are a growing concern; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), using data from 2018 to 2019, estimates that 15.1% of adolescents aged 12 to 17 had major depressive episodes, and 36.7% had persistent...

Best Buy Puts Alexa to Work with Lively Emergency Service

by Bruce Brown | June 9, 2022 | Health

Big box technology retailer Best Buy certainly appears to be “in it to win it.” In 2016, Alfred Poor covered GreatCall’s senior-friendly smartphones and nationwide GreatCall 5Star 24/7 emergency service for older users. In 2018 Best Buy acquired...

New Study: Virtual Reality Reduces Back Pain [video]

by William McCleary | June 8, 2022 | Health, Medical

Can you use virtual reality (VR) to manage chronic pain? A study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research says that it works. The study, which was sponsored by the Los Angeles-based startup AppliedVR, set out to determine the effectiveness of...

New York State Provides Companion Tech for Seniors

by Bruce Brown | June 6, 2022 | Health

In 2019, I wrote about Flow Neuroscience’s Flow, an app developed to combat depression through engagement. In that article I also mentioned Tracy Crouch, Britain’s first Minister of Loneliness, who was appointed in 2018. The current Minister for Civil...