ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. — The world of virtual reality is giving doctors a new pathway to cure patients. In the past, some of these patients had no hope for a safe treatment with traditional surgery.

Recent research shows patients using virtual reality technology during elective hand surgery required less anesthesia for anxiety during surgery. As an anesthesiologist, Adeel Faruki, MD, MBA, works ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Surgery is no fun for patients of any age but for children, it can be especially frightening. In the South Bay, virtual reality headsets are being used to help kids calm down ...

A recent systematic review published in the Journal of Minimal Access Surgery in April 2026 reveals that virtual reality ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Virtual reality helped calm patients’ nerves before cardiac surgery. Holistic anxiety reduction may be ...

MIAMI — A South Florida boy is back on the baseball field after doctors used virtual reality technology to treat a complex heart defect without open-heart surgery. Matthew, 12, was born with a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WAILEA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2024, Michael Greenwood, MD, explains the ...

Firefighters responded to a devastating fire in Taunton on Tuesday morning.First Responders dealt with visible flames as they arrived at 6 Grant Street.ALSO REA Additional investigation underway at ...

DANVERS - The future of education is here at North Shore Community College where surgical technology students are using virtual reality to learn procedures in simulated operating rooms. "It's game ...

Operation to be performed on 14 April 2016 at 1pm GMT at Barts Health NHS Trust, and live-streamed through virtual reality using Mativision technology An operation on a patient with colon cancer at ...

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