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Date Time Awakening “ghosts” in patients with Parkinson’s EPFL scientists are developing a completely new “brain stress test” for evaluating the mental status of patients with Parkinson’s disease, the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease worldwide. It involves awakening the “ghosts” hidden in specific networks of the brain to predict the onset of hallucinations. “We’re developing something similar to a cardiac stress test, but instead of testing the heart, we’re testing the brain,” says EPFL neuroscientist Olaf Blanke. EPFL scientists are providing a new way...

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NEAR-death experiences (NDEs) are increasingly attracting the scrutiny of scientists, as they seek a rational explanation for the phenomenon - but none has as yet proved conclusive.

Immersive VR can enhance the pain-relieving effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation For patients receiving spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for chronic pain, integration with an immersive virtual reality (VR) system - allowing patients to see as well as feel the effects of electrical stimulation on a virtual image of their own body - can enhance the pain-relieving effectiveness of SCS, reports a study in PAIN ®, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer. The integrated SCS-VR a...

Virtual Reality Gives Spinal Cord Stimulation a Boost For patients receiving spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for chronic pain, integration with an immersive virtual reality (VR) system – allowing patients to see as well as feel the effects of electrical stimulation on a virtual image of their own body – can enhance the pain-relieving effectiveness of SCS, reports a study in  PAIN, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer. The integrated SCS-VR approach improves pain control over SCS a...