Tag: Startups in Health Tech
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Dementia Care Beyond Memory: Connection, Regulation, and Sensory Experience
If you have ever watched the film Coco (2017, Disney•Pixar), you may remember the moment when music brings a grandmother back into connection, as she begins to sing along to “Remember Me”. In the summer of 2025, grandmother, who had been mostly non-verbal while living with Alzheimer’s disease for over a decade, had a visit…
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Journaling, Reflection and the Inner Space
One of the things I appreciated most growing up was a simple reassurance from parents: they would never read my diary. That promise created something important as a little child and growing up. It made journaling a safe zone. A space that existed only between me and myself. A place to reflect.To observe.To think without…
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Listening to Milly: How LYEONS Heart Became Part of Everyday Life
“It’s been wonderful to control some elements of my nervous system without really having to think about it. That’s been really freeing.” When we spoke with Milly, what stayed with us was how openly she described the experience of being physically aware of her nervous system much of the time, and how meaningful it can…
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Listening to Georgie: What Nervous System Support Can Feel Like in Real Life
About LYEONS Heart user Georgie Georgie studied Biological Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, where she explored how complex health conditions can be identified in the archaeological record, specialising in palaeopathology and osteology. She lives with several rare diseases, including one affecting the nervous system, giving her both scientific and lived insight into complex health…
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How Your Body Creates Anxiety: The Domain Loop Model
A Different Way to Understand Chronic Anxiety Imagine if the way we feel anxious did not begin in our thoughts but in our body. When you haven’t eaten all day, it becomes difficult to focus. When you are in pain, even small decisions can feel harder. These everyday experiences remind us how closely our body…
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A Conversation with Hannah Claridge: From Brain Scans to Breakthroughs in Neurotechnology
Recently, the LYEONS team had the pleasure of sitting down with Hannah Claridge, a remarkable expert whose journey through medical physics and neurotechnology is as inspiring as it is insightful. We’re excited to share her story, a perfect example of how scientific curiosity, combined with a passion for patient impact, is driving innovation in brain…
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Making, Making, and Making
Someone would ask, how do inventors come up with an idea. Just like Dyson made 5,126 prototypes before he had his very first successful vacuum cleaner, it is always a journey. A journey of making, user testing, getting feedback, qualitative and quantitative assessment, iterating, testing again, and looping back. Work Alike Prototypes The initial prototype…
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From Post-its to People: The Making of LYEONS Heart
Understanding Anxiety Behind the scenes, LYEONS team has been diving into research and ongoing discussions—exploring how we can better support people with anxiety. At the Cambridge Neuroscience event, experts came together to talk about the urgent need for better mental health support. It reaffirmed our belief in the importance of research, innovation, and patient-centred care.…