administrator

Virtual Reality for vocational rehabilitation

By administrator

American Medicine Today spent the day at the University of South Florida’s VR4VR facility.

Using Virtual Reality and Robotics Technologies for Vocational Evaluation, Training and Placement (VR4VR) is a project that incorporates Virtual Reality into job training to increase job opportunities for people who have physical or mental disabilities. The investigators are using Virtual Reality and robotics for job evaluation, training and placement of people with disabilities. The investigators’ goal is to assess and train people in a safe, adaptable, and fun virtual environment similar to a video game.

This is an interventional study with three target populations: autism spectrum disorder, traumatic brain injury, and severe mobility and manipulation impairments. The prototype system allows for a wide range of environments with the vocational evaluator easily controlling the virtual experience, while the job seekers interact realistically.

Learn more about VR4VR, and how to become a part of its clinical trials, at this link: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02498262

CARRT: Center for Assistive, Rehabilitation and Robotics Technologies

By administrator

The Center for Assistive, Rehabilitation and Robotics Technologies at USF is a multidisciplinary center that integrates research, education and service for the advancement of assistive & rehabilitation robotics technologies. Researchers from various departments & colleges at USF including the College of Engineering, the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, the College of the Arts, and the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences collaborate on various projects.

CARRT’s mission is to improve the quality of life, and increase independence and community reintegration of individuals with reduced functional capabilities due to aging, disability or traumatic injury, as in the case of our wounded warriors, through integrated research, education and service in assistive and rehabilitation, and robotics technologies in collaboration with consumers, clinicians, government and industry partners.

Fighting to Implement Term Limits

By administrator

American Medicine Today Radio talked to Nick Tomboulides, Executive Director of US Term Limits, a grassroots movement that works tirelessly to help people across the country better understand why term limits are a necessary government reform. The organization also advises citizens how to implement that vision from town council to Congress.

Learn more about US Term Limits at https://www.termlimits.org/.

Whole Body Cryotherapy

By administrator

Whole Body Cryotherapy (WBC) exposes the body to ultra-low temperatures. This technique was first utilized in Japan in 1978 to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Studies conducted in Europe over the past two decades have established WBC as a treatment for inflammatory disorders and injuries. Some professional athletes, who have previously tried ice baths, use WBC as a powerful and effective therapy that decreases recovery time and increases athletic performance.

Foggiare Institute, a therapy and wellness center in Largo, FL, is now offering WBC through their cryosauna as a treatment for inflammation, to speed up recovery from surgery, or as an overall health and calorie-burning technique. The cryosauna exposes the body to -230 degree Fahrenheit, for 2-3 minutes at a time, using a dry cold mixture of nitrogen gas and air. This causes blood to ruse to the core of the body, and after the exposure to the low temperatures, oxygen- and plasma-rich blood flows throughout the body, nourishing cells. According to Foggiare, clients walk better, sleep better and find relief from inflammation and pain. Additionally, says Foggiare, your body burns a tremendous number of calories combating the instantly cold environment.

AMT hosts Ethan and Kimberly stepped inside the WBC and share their experiences.

Scientists grow miniature human hearts to cure disease

By administrator

Scientists in Scotland are growing miniature human hearts, made from stem cells, in an effort to cure heart hypertrophy, a disease that can lead to sudden death.

The tiny hearts are just 1mm in diameter, and contract at around 30 beats/minute. The scientists are using chemicals to simulate the physiological conditions that will make them become hypertrophic – enlarged due to abnormal growth of the cells that make up the heart. Once diseased, the hearts are then treated with newly developed medications to see if they can prevent the damage from occurring.

American Medicine Today Radio spoke with Professor Nikolai Zhelev, who is leading the research at Abertay University. He explains how the hearts were developed, how they’re being used in this research, and what the implications are of the research for other medical discoveries.

Interview with “Ghost Boy” Martin Pistorius

By administrator

In January 1988, Martin Pistorius, 12, fell inexplicably sick. First he lost his voice and stopped eating. Then he slept constantly and shunned human contact. Doctors were mystified. Within 18 months he was mute and wheelchair-bound. Martin’s parents were told an unknown degenerative disease left him with the mind of a baby and less than two years to live.

Martin was moved to care centers for severely disabled children. The stress and heartache shook his parents’ marriage and their family to the core. Their boy was gone. Or so they thought.

“Ghost Boy,” is Martin’s story, chronicling his return to life through the power of love and faith. Readers see a parent’s resilience, the consequences of misdiagnosis, abuse at the hands of cruel caretakers, and the unthinkable duration of Martin’s mental alertness betrayed by his lifeless body.

Learn more about Martin via his website, http://www.martinpistorius.com/tmpsite/#home

Surgeon Alfred O. Bonati on ObamaCare and Obama’s Presidency

By administrator

Orthopedic surgeon Alfred O. Bonati on ObamaCare, and what he says are the many “lies and problems” that have plagued this flawed policy from its inception. He also addresses the multitude of mishandled issues that have occurred during Mr. Obama’s presidency, including scandals with veterans’ care, security lapses at Benghazi, targeted IRS investigations, and disappointing policies on immigration.

Commentary: Donald Trump as front runner

By administrator

World renown spine surgeon Dr. Alfred O. Bonati, a Trump supporter, says of Donald Trump’s “political incorrectness”: “This country needs a few years of politically incorrect behavior, so that people can be free to talk.”

Learn more about Dr. Bonati at www.bonati.com

Laser Treatment for Under-Eye Bags

By administrator

Dr. Adam Scheiner, who practices in Tampa, FL, is one of the only physicians in the world able to successfully treat bags under the eyes and Festoons, (puffy skin that forms on cheekbones).

Festoons or malar mounds are a very difficult cosmetic problem to solve. In rare cases, festoons can be large enough to block an individual’s lower visual field. The most common options to treat festoons include:
Extensive incisional procedures
Direct excision of the festoons with unacceptable scars
Medical therapy with marginal results

Dr. Scheiner’s method takes advantage of the latest advances in laser application and wound healing.

Learn more about this procedure at: www.adamscheinermd.com

Does Big Pharma Have Your Best Interests In Mind?

By administrator

Do you really believe the big pharmaceutical companies have your best interests in mind? Have you ever read the warning labels on the side of your medicine bottle, or the fine-print pamphlet that comes along with it? Many actually state that “sudden death may occur!” Dr. Alfred O. Bonati provides commentary on how ObamaCare, the Obama administration, and the FDA continue putting big pharma profits ahead of patients.

“ObamaCare has allowed the big pharmaceutical companies to regulate themselves, thereby skipping procedures and clinical trials required by the FDA to approve some medications. Doing so will create an estimated $475 billion for big pharma companies by 2020.”

“Pharmaceuticals will kill people. The amount of revenue that opiod prescriptions give to big pharma and the government is enormous.”