Virtual Reality

A virtual reality exercise session might be as effective as telehealth-delivered exercise sessions in providing immediate, short-term pain relief for people with endometriosis, according to study results.

A new virtual reality program is providing first responders, law enforcement and physicians with training and experience in mass casualty disasters, occurrences that have grown significantly over the last several years.

Fresenius Kidney Care received a grant greater than $130,000 from the Mississippi Department of Health's Office of Rural Health and Primary Care to further kidney education through virtual reality, according to a press release.

Much news has been made of Facebook’s new name, Meta, and accompanying initiative to create immersive social spaces.

The 2022 Digital Ophthalmic Society meeting was the first ever eye care conference to be held in a space station, or at least that is what it looked like.

Like many of my senior colleagues, I am not well acquainted with the metaverse and cyberspace, much like I was unfamiliar with the power of computers and the internet 5 decades ago when I entered medical training.

When I first heard about people in medicine using the metaverse, I was the biggest skeptic.

CHICAGO — In this video, Justin Barad, MD, pediatric orthopedic surgeon and co-founder and CEO of Osso VR, discusses the current and future use of virtual reality in orthopedic and spine surgery.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Virtual reality significantly improved symptoms and quality of life in a small subset of patients with functional dyspepsia, a presenter said at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.

LAS VEGAS — Patients with chronic low back pain who used the home-based RelieVRx program experienced reduction in pain intensity and interference with activity, sleep, mood and stress, according to a poster presented at PAINWeek 2022.