This article is also available as a pdf version. A young man walks toward the entrance to an underground subway. As he starts down the escalator, his heart rate increases, but he continues. He ...

Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies are redefining various fields, including medicine. These advanced technologies are rapidly being adopted in medical training and therapy, ...

VR can enhance physical therapy by providing dynamic activities tailored to a patient. The VR-rehabilitation market is projected to grow over the next several years. This article is part of "Trends in ...

Virtual reality exposure therapy works by creating controlled environments where patients can gradually confront their fears without real-world risks. By removing real-world risks, VR can make ...

A short virtual reality session significantly lessened pain in patients with cancer, a new study has found. Most people with cancer experience pain and treatment usually involves pain-relieving ...

Treatment with Virtual Reality appears to work very well for people with psychosis. It works faster than the current treatment with cognitive behavioural therapy and is at least as effective. This is ...

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Virtual Reality Graded Exposure Therapy (VRGET): What it is and how it works VRGET is a technology-based exposure therapy with important implications for the management of post-traumatic stress ...

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Look up images of “virtual reality therapy,” and you will find pictures of people staring into the 3-D headsets you thought were just for gamers. But these users are not playing the latest iteration ...