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Touch Surgery and Episurf Medical jointly launch new Episealer surgical knee simulations

Today, Episurf Medical announced the public release of the Episealer surgical training simulation on the Touch Surgery app.

13 Oct 2016

New virtual reality games create better patient-experience for kids during infusions

As a nurse clinician in the comprehensive hemophilia treatment center at Nationwide Children's Hospital for nearly 30 years, Charmaine Biega, RN, has watched her patients endure hundreds of needle sticks for infusions and other procedures which can mean tears, frustration, wiggling and - in some cases - lifelong anxiety about the medical system and treatments that patients with hemophilia need to survive.

5 Oct 2016

Virtual Reality Initiative aims to provide emotional benefit to young cancer patients

The University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center has partnered with Springbok Cares to provide a unique Virtual Reality (VR) initiative for patients in the Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer program at USC.

3 Oct 2016

Nanoparticles shaped like rods and worms could effectively deliver drugs, research suggests

When it comes to delivering drugs, nanoparticles shaped like rods and worms are the best bet for making the daunting journey to the centre of a cell, new Australian research suggests.

13 Sep 2016

Scientists developing virtual reality-based early diagnosis system for neurodegenerative disorders

Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University and Siberian State Medical University are developing an early diagnosis system for neurodegenerative disorders.

2 Sep 2016

Ethicon partners with Touch Surgery to improve global surgical training

Ethicon, Inc., part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, announces a strategic collaboration with Touch Surgery to help improve patient outcomes by delivering simulated surgical training based on the safe and efficacious use of Ethicon products in a free mobile app that can reach medical professionals in even remote regions of the world.

29 Aug 2016

New vision simulator allows cataract patients to test artificial lens designs before implantation

Today, patients with cataracts can choose from several types of artificial lenses, which are surgically implanted in the eye to replace cloudy lenses that obstruct vision.

18 Aug 2016

Study evaluates psychosocial outcomes of presenting true self on Facebook

People may express their true self more easily on Facebook than in person, and the more one's "Facebook self" differs from their true self, the greater their stress level and the less socially connected they tend to be, according to a new study published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

18 Aug 2016

Multi-user virtual reality world can improve communication in stroke survivors with aphasia

A virtual reality world called EVA Park can improve the communication of those who have impaired speech and language following a stroke, according to research by academics at City University London.

12 Aug 2016

Virtual reality training helps paralyzed patients regain movement

Eight people with long-term paralysis from spinal cord injuries have regained some motor control after learning to control their own brain activity.

12 Aug 2016

Long-term brain-machine interface use could lead to recovery in paraplegic patients

During the 2014 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony, a young Brazilian man, paralyzed from the chest down, delivered the opening kickoff. He used a brain-machine interface, allowing him to control the movements of a lower-limb robotic exoskeleton.

12 Aug 2016

Combining virtual reality and treadmill training could help reduce risk of falls in older adults

Combining virtual reality and treadmill training helps prevent falls in older adults better than treadmill training alone, according to a new randomised controlled trial published in The Lancet.

11 Aug 2016

Mount Sinai neurosurgeon first to use CaptiView image injection system during microscopic surgery

Joshua Bederson, MD, Professor and System Chair for the Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Health System, is the first neurosurgeon to use CaptiView - a microscope image injection system from Leica Microsystems that overlays critical virtual reality imaging directly onto the brain when viewed through the eyepiece, known as the ocular, during surgery.

4 Aug 2016

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics to showcase seven posters of vital tests, six products at AACC meeting

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics today announced it will present seven scientific posters on its assays and display six products at its booth at the 2016 American Association for Clinical Chemistry annual meeting.

30 Jul 2016

Second annual USC VR Hackathon for international coders, designers focuses on Medical Empathy Machine

Kicking off its second annual virtual reality (VR) Hackathon, the University of Southern California Center for Body Computing announced this year's focus of the competition is "Medical Empathy Machine," showcasing the potential of VR to change medicine and patient experience through emotion, compassion and empathy.

30 Jul 2016

Virtual Reality News and Research

Touch Surgery and Episurf Medical jointly launch new Episealer surgical knee simulations

New virtual reality games create better patient-experience for kids during infusions

Virtual Reality Initiative aims to provide emotional benefit to young cancer patients

Nanoparticles shaped like rods and worms could effectively deliver drugs, research suggests

Scientists developing virtual reality-based early diagnosis system for neurodegenerative disorders

Ethicon partners with Touch Surgery to improve global surgical training

New vision simulator allows cataract patients to test artificial lens designs before implantation

Study evaluates psychosocial outcomes of presenting true self on Facebook

Multi-user virtual reality world can improve communication in stroke survivors with aphasia

Virtual reality training helps paralyzed patients regain movement

Long-term brain-machine interface use could lead to recovery in paraplegic patients

Combining virtual reality and treadmill training could help reduce risk of falls in older adults

Mount Sinai neurosurgeon first to use CaptiView image injection system during microscopic surgery

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics to showcase seven posters of vital tests, six products at AACC meeting

Second annual USC VR Hackathon for international coders, designers focuses on Medical Empathy Machine

Vanderbilt engineers develop virtual-reality driving environment to help teenagers with ASD

Smartphone app Pokémon Go could be new solution to rising obesity levels and Type 2 diabetes

Touch Surgery announces release of 3D Trabeculectomy simulation

Biologists develop new method for analyzing brain regions

Novel robotic rectum may help clinicians detect prostate cancer

Achieving and maintaining ISO 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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