Posts Tagged ‘monitoring’
If you or your kid have ADHD, do have a treatment monitoring plan in place for the New Year?
When a child is diagnosed with ADHD, parents confront the difficult decision about which treatment(s) to pursue to best help their child succeed. While deciding on an initial treatment plan is important, equally important is establishing a plan to monitor how well that treatment is working on a sustained basis, regardless of what specific treatment(s)…
Read MoreStudies reinforce the critical importance of ADHD treatment monitoring
__________ As the new school year approaches, let me highlight the essential value of ADHD treatment monitoring. Even when a child’s treatment has been going well, response to treatment can change over time. This is true for medication treatment, or any other treatment a child is receiving. By regularly monitoring how a child is doing…
Read MoreNeurotech start-up Rythm raises $11 million more to develop and commercialize sleep-monitoring headband Dreem
— Dreem machine: Rythm raises $11 million and launches $500 sleep-monitoring headband (VentureBeat) “Founded out of France in 2014, Rythm is now based in San Francisco, where it has been working toward bringing its Dreem machine headband to market…In a nutshell, Rythm touts itself as a neurotechnology company that’s setting out to “enhance” your sleep,
Read MoreTrend: Mobile, data-rich apps to monitor and promote neurocognitive health
—– BrainCheck raises $3 million for app to monitor brain health (TechCrunch): “A Houston-based startup called BrainCheck has raised $3 million in seed funding for an app that helps users understand, by simply playing some games on an iPad, if they or a loved one may have suffered a concussion.
Read MoreNext: Harnessing information and communications technology (ICT) to address mental health challenges affecting 700 million people today
Making Mental Health a Global Priority (The Dana Foundation): “Who hasn’t felt a sense of loss or detachment from our families, friends, and regular routines, or experienced nervousness and anxiety about changes in our personal and professional lives?
Read MoreNext: Consumer-facing neurotechnologies to augment everyday work and life
Neurotechnology Could Lead to Thought-Controlled Devices (BizTech): “To interact with a computer, users generally type on a keyboard, swipe their fingers across a screen or speak a voice command. What if, instead, the machine simply responded to their thoughts?
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