/ Stroke Content for 51�ԹϺ��� Davis en /news/medical-innovations-win-big-20th-annual-uc-davis-business-competition <p>A team of 51�ԹϺ��� Davis graduate students captured both the $20,000 first prize and the $10,000 Health Sector Award in the 20th annual Big Bang! Business Competition.</p> May 21, 2020 - 1:45pm Karen Michele Nikos /news/medical-innovations-win-big-20th-annual-uc-davis-business-competition /news/new-technology-measuring-brain-blood-flow-light <p>Biomedical engineers at the University of California, Davis, have developed a new technique for measuring blood flow in the human brain, which could be used in patients with stroke or traumatic brain injury, for example. The new technique, based on conventional digital camera technology, could be significantly cheaper and more robust than prior methods.&nbsp;</p> <p>The work is described in a paper published April 26 in the journal&nbsp;<em>Optica</em>.</p> April 27, 2018 - 9:45am Andy Fell /news/new-technology-measuring-brain-blood-flow-light /news/startup-cognivive-plans-games-digital-therapies <p>A startup company founded by a University of California, Davis, neuroscientist is developing video games that act as “digital medicine” to treat children with cognitive impairments, as well as people with cognitive limitations resulting from brain injury or aging. The company, Cognivive, is built on research by co-founder Tony Simon, professor of psychiatry and behavioral science at 51�ԹϺ��� Davis, and others showing that playing action video games can enhance players’ spatiotemporal cognitive abilities.</p> November 06, 2017 - 11:27am Andy Fell /news/startup-cognivive-plans-games-digital-therapies /news/whats-behind-heartbreaking-risk-anti-inflammatory-drugs <p>Scientists from 51�ԹϺ��� Davis&nbsp;have uncovered some of the reasons why pain relievers like ibuprofen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs,&nbsp;can harm heart tissue.</p> April 25, 2016 - 10:30am Katherine E Kerlin /news/whats-behind-heartbreaking-risk-anti-inflammatory-drugs