“Virtual reality hands” – controlled by stroke survivors’ thoughts – could help them recover use of their hands and arms, according to a small study presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2013.

“Using a brain-computer interface,…

I have very clear memories from when I was a girl of my grandpa sitting at the table, hands fluttering wildly, struggling to get a spoonful from his plate to his mouth without making a mess. His Parkinson’s disease made what should have been a relaxing,…

Zimmer Acquires NORMED Medizin-Technik GmbH

WARSAW, Ind., June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH; SIX: ZMH) announced today that it has acquired Tuttlingen, Germany-based NORMED Medizin-Technik GmbH, a provider of innovative…