A project from the University of New South Wales could be the first in the world to deploy virtual reality tools to help address trauma in rural and regional indigenous communities.
Based on a media statement, the project will work with Aboriginal communities in developing culturally informed tools that can be used to provide psychosocial support and address intergenerational trauma. VR tools...
ML tool predicts Parkinson's onset
A research team from the University of New South Wales, together with their collaborators from Boston University, has come up with an AI tool that could be potentially used to predict Parkinson's disease years before the onset of initial symptoms.
The machine learning tool called CRANK-MS, (Classification and Ranking Analysis using Neural network generates...
1st Group sells MyHeath1st to HealthShare
ASX-listed 1st Group has sold its human health bookings business to digital health firm HealthShare for A$1.25 million ($830,000).
According to corporate disclosure, 1st Group is divesting its healthcare service search and appointment bookings platform MyHealth1st to plug cash outflows while focusing its capital investments on its other businesses,...
Researchers from Neuroscience Research Australia and the University of New South Wales have come up with an algorithm that provides an accurate measurement of walking steadiness and speed.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Dubbed Watch Walk, the digital gait biomarker algorithm measures gait with a smart watch’s in-built accelerometer. It measures aspects of an individual's manner of walking, such as posture,...
A researcher from the University of New South Wales Medicine and Health has developed a digital health programme to help childhood cancer survivors get physically active.
WHAT IT DOES
Dr Lauren Ha, exercise physiologist and a post-doctoral research fellow in paediatrics at the School of Clinical Medicine of UNSW Medicine and Health, modified a version of iEngage, a health education programme for...
