Servet Ulaş, digital artist and Weina Jin, digital health professional will join the Pain Studies Lab in Fall, 2015. Servet Ulaş is a Ph.D. graduate student from Istanbul, Turkey. He received his M.A. degree in Visual Communication Design from Sabanci University, under supervision of Dr. Elif Ayiter. He has industry experience as a digital art director in the advertising sector and more recently as an augmented reality creative developer. His research interests are in the areas of interaction design, game design, physical computing and bodily interaction. Weina is currently pursuing M.Sc. under the supervision of Dr.Diane Gromala. She holds a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from Peking University. Before joining the Pain Lab, she received two-years’ neurology residency training in Peking University First Hospital. She has also designed physician-patient communication application in a mobile health startup and is the founder of a non-profit medical website. Her research interests are in developing health-related VR, serious game and HCI.
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CTV has started a three part series on issues of chronic pain that Canadians are facing in order to improve public awareness and encourage multidisciplinary management of pain. This is the link to the first video in the series.
The following video demonstrates how Virtual Reality (VR) in conjunction with mindfulness meditation and biofeedback technologies can help chronic pain patients to develop skills for managing their pain.
Millions of Americans live with neurological disorders that arise from abnormal firing of the circuits of the nervous system, which can lead to a wide range of debilitating symptoms.
See on www.nydailynews.com
Report on Austrian Independent english news online newspaper: One in five Europeans suffers from chronic pain, and one in eleven on a daily basis according to a report released in Vienna to highlight a campaign for more help for sufferers.
See on austrianindependent.com
Upcoming free webinar will help people manage chronic pain.
See on www.nanaimobulletin.com
Acupuncture for the treatment of chronic pain is better than placebo acupuncture (sham acupuncture) or no acupuncture at all, researchers from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Ne
See on www.medicalnewstoday.com
Researchers in Norway found that having just one cup of coffee can help to ease the pain of strain-inducing office work, even if the person has chronic pain to begin with. This study was widely touted in news media, but it sounds too good to be true; and it probably is since the research had a number of limitations.
See on updates.pain-topics.org