Interestingly, the VR patients ultimately used more local anesthetic in their procedures but were discharged from post-surgical care an average of 22 minutes earlier than patients in the control. This ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Freezing of gait is a major problem for [Parkinson’s disease] patients and it is poorly treated. One of the ...

Virtual reality therapy has been shown to help primary brain tumor patients overcome “scanxiety” before brain scans, according to a new study published in the Journal for Neuro-Oncology. For cancer ...

Patients often have a long and difficult road to recovery following a stroke, but now developers are turning to virtual reality to assist in their therapy. Rehabilitation research group the Kessler ...

There's a growing number of healthcare companies trying to tackle chronic pain with digital solutions, and the use of virtual reality, in particular, is gaining momentum. Studies have shown that VR ...

Virtual reality (VR) combined with pulmonary rehabilitation was more effective than pulmonary rehabilitation alone in improving the pulmonary function, exercise capacity, and mental health of patients ...

Is there nothing porn cannot do? Boffins at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers in Boston have published a study indicating that patients wearing VR headsets required less anesthetic ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pediatric cardiologists at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford are taking inspiration from the video-game and consumer technology industries to leverage ...

The hospital is launching a pilot program in which 80 patients being treated for blood cancer will use a VR platform to address behavioral health and care management issues. Massachusetts General ...

Researchers at Semmelweis University in Budapest have tapped into VR to help the rehabilitation process of schizophrenia patients. According to WHO, the disease affects approximately 24 million people ...

(SOUNDBITE) (English) VIRTUAL REALITY ANIMATION OF NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH VOICEOVER SAYING: "You're at the place of your pain. Take a look around." Pain relief, but not as you know it. The designers of ...

Virtual reality telehealth startup XRHealth today announced that it’s working with Israel’s Sheba Medical Center to offer VR services to patients exposed to the coronavirus who have been quarantined ...