...Benzinga reflecting the consensus in Yahoo Finance). What is interesting are their advances in brain stimulation to relieve pain in two areas. Earlier this month, Medtronic received FDA approval for their RestoreSensor SureScan MRI neurostimulation system, an implant in the spinal cord to treat chronic back pain that also allows the patient to undergo an MRU with the implant in place. Following this was an announcement for the Activa PC+S deep brain stimulation system to record brain activity while delivering electronic therapy to treat Parkinson’s symptoms, essential tremors and epilepsy. It received its CE Mark in January but is still... Continue Reading
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Instead of pharmaceuticals, electroceuticals?
...or inhibiting the malfunctioning pathways via tiny electrodes may show a way to health without biological drugs. For instance, stimulating the vagus nerve seems to reduce the production of cytokines — immune system mediators — and blocks inflammation through boosting the immune system. It has been successfully used on a preliminary basis in treating inflammatory disease with rheumatoid arthritis. Multiple research teams have experimented with additional conditions such as respiratory diseases, asthma and diabetes–and possibly neuro-psychiatric disorders like Parkinson’s and epilepsy. It’s been successful enough to date to warrant a small investment from pharma giant Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK). Wired.co.uk... Continue Reading
O2’s mobile care – in a shop near you (UK)
...effective because they have selected a young to late middle age group with various medical problems (epilepsy, cardiac, MS) who are easy to identify with. And the executions strike a different tone than the usual. Benefits are low key but could not be clearer or more convincing--the users are free of fear, restrictions and can enjoy everyday life; their families have their life back. They are refreshingly free of strained, fake-feeling feature/demos and 'horror stories'--alas, I waited in vain for the person down and ambulance vignette. Will the core market identify with this and buy? Definitely carers/families will, but perhaps... Continue Reading
Effect of telecare on use of health and social care services: latest WSD findings publication (UK)
...little or no rigorous assessment process in many councils under the PTG to determine who needed what, meaning many sensors were given to people with little follow up. Just because someone falls doesn't mean they need a fall detector (especially the tilt and impact ones used in the UK at the time of the trial). Just because you have epilepsy doesn't mean to need an under bed epilepsy detector. There needs to be an assessment of the nature of the risks presented to the individual by their condition to see if Advanced Telecare could help to address or mitigate those... Continue Reading
3millionlives: Worcester Pathfinder issues business case (UK)
...2013 ... Jo I like the idea of combining the various AT services but there seems to be a lack of clarity in where telehealth ends and telecare begins. I'm thinking in particular about long term conditions such as epilepsy and functions such as improving medication compliance. The current technologies that are effectively alarms are considered to be telecare while the potential savings are also claimed to be telehealth benefits by the providers. I suspect that the business case is therefore subject to several instances of double counting which improves the case for telehealth (due to the outcome savings claims)... Continue Reading
Tele-epilepsy and remote seizure monitoring (Netherlands)
Because epilepsy is such a distressing condition there will surely be a crock of gold waiting for whoever can produce a device that can reliably monitor the brain activity of people with epilepsy when at home, especially when asleep. Here is the latest effort from researchers in The Netherlands which, they say, has a (good) 90% success rate: Tele-Epilepsy and Remote Seizure Monitoring in the Netherlands Shimmer Research. (Whoever coined the term ‘tele-epilepsy’ should be sent to the naughty step until they say sorry!) Heads-up thanks to Toni Bunting.... Continue Reading
Diabetes patients face 65% higher risk of heart failure
Cathy ... and we have started by removing the finger prick test strips from many GPs prescribing list :eek: This condition offers great scope for encouraging self management but as outlined in a comment to one of the Guardian articles in November (http://discussion.guardian.co.uk/comment-permalink/19510379) and followed up two commens below that one, there are reasons why many self managing diabetics would not be keen on telehealth. UpNorthAndToTheRight Exactly the same issue in Telecare with people that have epilepsy. Do I want a system that records and informs the amount and frequency of my seizures when by doing this I can lose... Continue Reading
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