Virtual reality-based mental health company XRHealth revealed plans to send a VR headset to space for mental health treatment during an upcoming space mission launching on November 7.
In collaboration with Nord-Space Aps and HTC Vive, XRHealth engineered the Vive Focus 3 headset to withstand the conditions of space by using a simulator mode and specialized tracking methodology through the...
NASA announced that four astronauts will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) by August 25 on a six-month science expedition to perform research to improve healthcare options on Earth.
Launched from the Kennedy Space Center, NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts will bring multiple research investigations sponsored by the ISS National Lab.
Among the various studies, researchers from the...
Phyxable, a virtual care platform that connects patients with physiotherapists and offers users tools to be proactive with their health, was selected by the Canadian Space Agency as one of five companies to contribute to its 2023 Health Beyond Initiative, which supports sustainable and innovative solutions that address health challenges faced by astronauts.
Dr. Jim Feng, CEO of Phyxable, sat down...
Brain.space, maker of an EEG helmet, emerged from stealth Monday with $8.5 million in funding and an upcoming mission on the International Space Station.
The startup said the seed round, led by Mangrove Capital Partners, will help it create a technology stack for products and apps making EEG data more accessible.
"It gives us great joy to participate in these unprecedented experiments and...
Sending humans on a mission to Mars is a monumental task. But the list of the main risks to health during these groundbreaking journeys is surprisingly small.
"You would think spaceflight is really complicated, but we boil it down into five," Julie Robinson, acting chief scientist and manager for science and technology utilization at NASA headquarters, said during a panel at HIMSS22.
"And we...
Apple update. iPhone users will have access to new health features in iOS 15, released today, MobiHealthNews has learned.
The update includes a sharing feature within the Health app that allows users to share their data with their loved ones, a walking-steadiness biomarker that provides insights into fall risk and a trends feature that can highlight any changes in their collected health data. In...
The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine has announced a medical research platform to study astronauts’ health and performance during commercial spaceflights.
The program, called EXPAND (Enhancing eXploration Platforms and Analog Definition), will collect data from multiple flights and keep it in a centralized database in order to improve the...
Inspiration4, an all-civilian commercial space mission that aims to launch in mid-September, will be conducting a variety of experiments to test the impact of spaceflight on the body.
SpaceX, the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine and researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine will collect environmental and biomedical data, as well as biological...
The UK Space Agency has joined the effort to support the NHS response to the coronavirus pandemic with the announcement of a £2.6 million fund for the development of hi-tech solutions to some of the most pressing challenges created by the crisis.
The fund is a joint initiative with the European Space Agency (ESA) and aims to fund projects that address some of the NHS’s most urgent needs including...
A new digital/pharma partnership. Amid a breakdown of its new strategic direction, Paris-based Voluntis announced a new partnership with Bristol-Myers Squibb that aims to support cancer patients with a new digital-therapeutic platform. Patients would use this app-based tool to track their symptoms and treatment, while also being provided with relevant self-management recommendations via an...
