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When Case Western Reserve University launches a new health education campus with the Cleveland Clinic next year, one feature will be conspicuousl
Virtual Reality is being used to train and prepare the next generation of paramedics to respond to mass casualty events such as terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
Doctors turn to VR to treat anorexia and bulimia.
At a time when nursing enrolments are at an all-time low, advanced technology is providing flexibility to study online, attracting a wider range of people.
Joshua suddenly became paralysed last year. He's undergoing rehab, and in the meantime, VR has allowed him to trek Spain's beautiful El Camino trail.
Virtual reality has been used to help treat anxiety, control pain, support physical rehabilitation and distract patients during wound care
Fran gracefully glides around the grand ballroom, sparkling pink ball gown flowing at her heals and the firm grip of her son’s arm around her waist. They are surrounded by friends and family as they elegantly move around the room in perfect harmony, looking as though they must have practiced for hours. Fran is celebrating her 90th birthday in style, and although Parkinson’s disease has limited her mobility over the last decade, today technology is enabling the joy of movement she knew when she was 20.
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A new virtual reality experience, designed to immerse users in a playground and classroom as a child with hearing loss, is helping to foster empathy in parents, teachers and other students.
From my office next door to the scanner, I heard how traumatic the procedure was. I found a solution in the latest technology
International collaboration between NeuRA and University of Alabama, USA A person with a complete spinal cord injury cannot feel touch. Recent research findings from NeuRA’s Dr Sylvia Gustin have shown evidence for a new category where touch information is being forwarded from th
Ambulance Victoria paramedics Virtual Reality training program. All paramedics will take part in virtual reality training to better protect them fro
Music therapy and technology researchers are using virtual reality to allow quadriplegics to sing together to boost their breathing and connectedness.
The CAREN system, a biomechanical technology that uses virtual reality, is helping University of Melbourne researchers to treat, and even prevent, injuries.
A new immersive virtual reality (VR) experience now offers a unique way to visualize and interact with large volumes of 3D anatomical brain data. The system, developed by researchers from the Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering and the University of Geneva, has applications in neurotechnology development, research and surgeon training. A poster describing the system will be presented on Wednesday 15 November at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience 2017, in Washington DC.
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Putting on VR goggles and virtually swimming with dolphins can ease some patients’ pain, new research shows. Hospitals across the country are giving VR a try.
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