Uncategorized - February 2, 2021
Orion invests in the development of digital therapies
Orion’s digital therapies development projects play a role in the MASSE project with the purpose to create global exports of digital health innovations. Aalto University’s MASSE project, led by Professor Paul Lillrank, brings together academic research and business-driven innovation. The project focuses on the care pathways in long-term illnesses and how they could be improved and scaled […]
Uncategorized - May 29, 2015
Obesity, Opioid Link Discovered
Researchers at Aalto University and University of Turku have discovered how altered opioid neurotransmission in the brain is connected to obesity. Scientists found that obesity was associated with a significantly lowered number of opioid receptors in the brain. No changes, though, were observed in the dopamine neurotransmitter system, which regulates motivational aspects of eating. It […]