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Study: Mobile gaming intervention may help children with ADHD
Project: EVO, an iOS-based video game intervention developed by Akili Interactive Labs, may be an effective method for improving attention and memory in children with ADHD, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s 62nd annual meeting today. Researchers from Florida Clinical Research Center, SUNY Upstate Medical University, and Duke University […]
Source: mobihealthnews - October 28, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Aditi Pai Tags: Consumer Uncategorized Akili Interactive Labs mobile intervention game Project Evo PureTech Source Type: news

Akili, Autism Speaks partner to study mobile game’s efficacy
Boston-based Akili Interactive Labs has partnered with Delivering Scientific Innovation for Autism (DELSIA), a not-for-profit subsidiary of Autism Speaks. DELSIA is funding an efficacy study of Akili’s iOS-based game, called Project: EVO, with children that have high-functioning autism and ADHD. The trial will be a blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study “that will look to measure cognitive and symptom improvement over one month of device play”, […]
Source: mobihealthnews - March 3, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Aditi Pai Tags: Uncategorized ADHD Akili Interactive Labs Alzheimer's Autism depression Project Evo PureTech Source Type: news

Chrono Therapeutics raises $100K from Rock Health for smoking cessation wearable
Chrono Therapeutics, a Hayward, California-based company working on a new wearable for smoking cessation and drug delivery,  has received an investment from seed fund Rock Health. According to MedCity News, Rock Health has contributed $100,000. This brings the company’s total funding to about $32.1 million. Chrono disclosed its most recent round in June 2014. It included […]
Source: mobihealthnews - March 3, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Aditi Pai Tags: Uncategorized 5 am Ventures ADHD asthma Canaan Partners Chrono Therapeutics Fountain Healthcare Partners GE Ventures Mayo Clinic Parkinson's Rock Health SmartStop smoking cessation wearable Source Type: news

Video game maker partners with Pfizer for Alzheimer’s clinical trial
Boston-based Akili Interactive Labs partnered with Pfizer to conduct a study of Akili’s iOS-based game, Project Evo, in the hopes of using the game to detect indications of Alzheimer’s in healthy individuals. The month-long study of 100 participants includes a mix of some who have risk markers of potentially developing Alzheimer’s and some who do [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 9, 2014 Category: Information Technology Authors: Aditi Pai Tags: Uncategorized ADHD Akili Alzheimer's depression Duke University Pfizer Project Evo PureTech Ventures UCSF University of California San Francisco Source Type: news

Study: Racing game can improve brain functions
A new study from the University of California, San Francisco shows that a specially designed mobile video game could improve neural plasticity in older adults, improving their ability to multitask and to filter out distractions. A spin-off company is currently testing a version of the game for the possible treatment of ADHD, depression, or autism [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - September 4, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized Akili Interactive Labs Games for Health health gaming mobile games for health Nature Neuroracer Project Evo PureTech Ventures UCSF University of California San Francisco video games Source Type: news

Q&A: Privacy maven Deborah Peel, MD
Deborah Peel, MD, was trained as a Freudian psychoanalyst and worked as a psychiatrist in Austin, Texas, for nearly three decades before becoming a privacy activist, founding the group Patient Privacy Rights in 2006 after being appalled by HIPAA’s evolution into what she sees as a weak baseline for privacy and security. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 3, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Anthony Brino Tags: Online Only ADHD Austin computing Deborah Peel Department of Health and Human Services Texas Electronic Health Records Policy and Legislation Privacy and Security Source Type: news