Access to healthcare has always been a global problem, with those in more rural areas suffering the most. The world simply does not have enough clinically trained and specialized physicians ...

Scientists from the UK and other European countries have developed a 'virtual liver' in a bid to help doctors evaluate patients for cancer surgery. The work was done in a project called ...

FundamentalVR has unveiled more details for its virtual reality surgery training platform, which uses advanced technologies such as haptic (touch) feedback to show doctors how to do surgeries. The ...

A surgeon accidently kills a patient, undoes the error and starts over again. Can mathematics make such science fiction a reality? The day is rapidly approaching when ...

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.

SAN DIEGO — Instead of sedating patients during minor surgeries, doctors at Kaiser Permanente are offering a relaxing 'Virtual Reality' vacation. In this Zevely Zone, I visited Kaiser Permanente's ...

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 ...

The technology startup Level EX has launched a virtual surgery mobile app, called Airway EX, which the company hopes physicians will use to practice their surgical skills. 1. The company says Airway ...

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) spun out a new startup on Tuesday that will offer patients virtual triage services and nonsurgical physical therapy. The company, named RightMove ...

(WJAR) — We hear a lot about virtual reality -- computer-generated surroundings that make what you see right in front of you seem real. In the operating room, it's adding a new dimension for doctors ...

No one likes to make mistakes, particularly surgeons whose trained minds and hands can save lives but who, through the slightest of errors, can permanently impair or, even worse, end lives altogether.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2024, Michael Greenwood, MD, explains the benefits of using virtual reality education for patients undergoing cataract surgery. “We ...