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A month from now, the City, Toronto Western Hospital, and an Enwave spin-off called Noventa Energy will unveil one of those alchemy-like projects that transforms a societal cast-off into modern gold.
In this case, the cast-off is all that raw, warm, fast-flowing sewage running through a big old interceptor pipe under Dundas Street. The gold, in turn, is the heat energy that can with some serious engineering interventions be sifted out of the pipe and used to replace about 90% of the natural gas that currently powers the hospital’s physical plant. “It’s not a small amount,” says Fernando Carou, the City’s manager of public energy initiatives.
Patients who used the digital app “Manage My Pain” saw a clinically significant reduction in anxiety and pain catastrophizing two key areas that drive increased medical needs and potential abuse of prescription opioid according to a study published in
Researchers at University Health Network conducted the study, which evaluated the impact of Manage My Pain (MMP), a digital health solution developed by ManagingLife, on patients seen at the Iroquois Falls Family Health Team, and the Toronto Western and Toronto General Hospitals.
“Manage My Pain has helped our patients tell their story. As a result, this has empowered them to engage in discussions that enabled us to come up with patient-centered treatment plans to help manage their pain.”
TORONTO New evidence suggests that up to a third of those who fought COVID-19 and recovered are now battling something else â symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Although more than 800,000 people in Canada have recovered from COVID-19 infections, those who make it to the other side can be left haunted by what they have experienced. For people like Ashley Comrie, who spent over two months in hospital with COVID-19, the aftermath can be debilitating. âI think you re just so happy when you first get home, that [â¦] you don t really want to examine the fact that you re not the same,â she told CTV News.
CorNeat Vision Partners with LiveU and Alcon for Remote Surgeon Virtual Presence
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RA ANANA, Israel, March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ CorNeat Vision, a clinical-stage, biomimetic implant and technology company, and LiveU, a company offering high quality live video streaming and remote production solutions, announced today that they have partnered and successfully implemented an on-demand
Remote Surgeon Virtual Presence (RSVP) solution. The companies cooperated with Alcon to leverage its NGENUITY® 3D Visualization System to successfully perform remote supervised hands-on training of Canadian cornea experts located at the Kensington Eye Institute in Toronto, without leaving Israel. The solution, which was engineered to address COVID-19 travel restrictions, enabled initiation of the Canadian clinical site toward first implantations of the CorNeat KPro artificial cornea.
Study suggests digital apps can help chronic pain sufferers ANI | Updated: Mar 05, 2021 09:42 IST
Washington [US], March 5 (ANI): Health apps have become a popular tool to track fitness, weight loss, sleep, and even menstrual cycles, and now another benefit of using digital applications has come to light.
According to a new study, digital solutions including remote monitoring can help chronic pain sufferers manage their pain and reduce the probability of misuse of prescription opioids.
The findings of the study were published in the Journal of Medical Information Research Mhealth Uhealth.
For chronic pain sufferers, an app may be just the tool they need to manage their pain. In a UHN-led study that used the app called Manage My Pain enrolled patients saw clinically significant reductions in key areas that drive increased medical needs, potential abuse of prescription opioids, and of course, pain.