Pet therapy for heathcare workers
CBS Los Angeles, Oct. 9, 2020 (Video)
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Pet therapy without the pet
Oncologists at UC Irvine Medical Center study whether an interactive therapy robot can benefit women receiving chemotherapy.
UC Irvine-led study links biomarkers and chemotherapy-related gastrointestinal symptoms
Predictors may offer new targets for pre-treatment therapeutic approaches
UCI student entrepreneurs do battle in business plan competition
12 winning teams share $100,000 in cash, prizes at annual event
UC Irvine studies therapy robot’s effect on chemo patients
Oncologists at UC Irvine use Paro therapy robot to learn whether the cuddly mechanical creature lowers stress and improves outcome for cancer patients.
New stroke therapy successful in rats
People with impaired mobility after a stroke soon may have a therapy that restores limb function long after the injury, if a supplemental protein works as well in humans as it does in paralyzed rats.
UCI goes to the dogs
Therapy animals visit campus to ease student stress before finals
Different breed of therapist
Cinder, a golden retriever with a sweet face and slow gait, reclines on a dog bed at the UC Irvine Child Development Center as, one by one, half a dozen 8- and 9-year-olds deliver pats and hugs. One boy puts his arms around her in a warm embrace; another gently curls up at her side. From behind […]
A tail-waggin’ way to beat finals stress
UCI Disability Services Center offered the services of therapy pets to students with disabilities to make their final exams less stressful.
Healing paws
Kahuna, a 2-year-old basset hound, parks his body next to the wheelchair of an elderly Latino woman, who takes hold of his neck. Her family talks excitedly in Spanish. It’s the first time she’s used her right hand since suffering a stroke. For Marianne Lovejoy, it’s another example of the healing power of dogs. Lovejoy, […]