How will the digitisation of services transform health and social care? Apply for your free place at the Guardian Healthcare Professionals Network’s data seminar in London on 10 September 2014 SOURCE: Guardian Healthcare Professionals Network

The seminar will focus on:

• Patient safety: How local NHS leaders can best use data
• The data security threat is holding back digital progress

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Findings of Recent study by University of Toronoto indicate connection between dyslexia and childhood physical abuse

Recent study published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence recommends dyslexic children be screened for physical abuse
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Source: Metro Canada July 2014

Children with autism overcome real-life fears in virtual world

Immersive reality can help children with autism spectrum disorder overcome their fears and phobias, new research has shown. 

In a study published today in PLOS ONE, experts at Newcastle University describe how, following treatment in an immersive virtual reality room, eight out of nine children were able to tackle the situation they feared. Four children were found to have completely overcome their phobias. The effect of the treatment was still in place one year later. A video shows the  treatment for phobia in action.

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