Researchers have created a robotic dog that they hope will be useful as a means of therapy for people suffering from PTSD. Therabot, the robotic beagle is capable of nuzzling, prodding, and making sounds in the same way a live dog would respond to a person. Animal-assisted therapy has already shown to have great success […]
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or ALL, is the most common form of childhood cancer, making up 25% of cancer diagnoses in children under the age of 15. While the disease has about an 80% survival rate, that’s not good enough. Unfortunately, there are cases where cancer cells are resistant to chemotherapy. But researchers are working on […]
Anyone who owns a dog knows the true value of that wag of the tail, how all the stress of the day can melt with those happy to see you eyes. Because of this pure joy therapy dogs are widely used in children’s hospitals, nursing homes, and relief for PTSD suffers. In a recent study, […]
For the past three weeks, we have been hanging out at home for the holidays. No school, no speech therapy, no ABA therapy, no where that we “had” to be. It has been pure bliss. I have heard so many people say that they are ready to get back on a schedule and get back […]
This could be the next generation of treatments to the brain! How the heck does that happen? Researchers at the University of Illinois along with engineers from South Korea have developed gelatin nanoparticles, gelatin shots for the brain, if you will. The process challenges the traditional delivery of medication to a damaged brain which has […]