Parkinson’s disease patients often experience difficulties with their voices: modulations in the speech change and the voice can get a bit breathy. On the occasion of the 4th i-PROGNOSIS consortium […]
i-PROGNOSIS innovates participatory design with co-creation
The first project year ended up with major developments achieved thanks to living lab methodologies. As a matter of fact, development teams engaged patients as co-designers for the intervention games. […]
i-PROGNOSIS starts a new collaboration with FrailSafe & ICT4Life
This January, the three EU-funded projects FrailSafe, ICT4Life and i-PROGNOSIS join forces. Given the similar activities the three projects will carry out over the next three years in the field of Digital […]
#UniteForParkinsons: the new EPDA campaign
It has been 200 years since Parkinson’s was identified – and 200 years of Parkinson’s is too long. Thus, the European Parkinson’s Disease Association (EPDA), along with Parkinson’s UK, is using […]
TUD: “Apps offer incredible possibilities for us to optimize treatment”
Dr. med. Lisa Klingelhöfer and Prof. Heinz Reichmann are medical partners of the i-PROGNOSIS project working at the Technische Universitat Dresden (TUD). They share with us their perspective on the project. What is […]
Together for early detection: call for ambassadors!
You have always wanted… to get involved in a social initiative? to accelerate the advancement of science? to participate in a large-scale research project? Become an ambassador of i-PROGNOSIS […]
A smartphone sensor to detect disease
An EU-funded project is working on smartphones’ health cred by developing ‘Sniffphone’ – a module capable of analysing the user’s breath to detect as many as 17 diseases including early […]
The Value of Treatment for Brain Disorders
The European Brain Council (EBC) is currently running a two-year research project aiming to demonstrate that there is a considerable treatment gap in Europe, with only about a third of cases […]
How the integration of care can benefit from ICTs?
Last week, i-PROGNOSIS attended the event “ICT4Life approach and contribution to the challenges of integrated care” organised by the European Hospital and Healthcare Federation (HOPE). On this occasion, we got acquainted with the […]
Experimental Treatment for Parkinson’s Symptoms Shows Early Promise
Craig van Horne and his team are testing Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Plus, a treatment that shows promise in reducing the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. DBS is a surgical procedure used […]