A fully immersive virtual entertainment experience can help calm patients in the pediatric intensive care unit, according to a study published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Researchers at ...

Using virtual reality (VR) to explain what to expect ahead of a medical procedure could help patients better understand their treatment and reduce anxiety, a new study suggests. The research is ...

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 ...

Patients with dementia are participating in a new study at St George Hospital in Kogarah that investigates how virtual reality (VR) headsets can help minimise distress during hospital visits. The ...

People in palliative care are dealing with serious, non-curable illness. Every day can be filled with severe physical, psychological and emotional pain. Palliative care staff work hard to help make ...

Stanley Johnson is not a fan of needles. The 67-year-old Air Force veteran has endured his fair share of pokes over the years, but when it was decided that IV infusions would be the best course of ...

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 ...