You might not expect it, but virtual reality is becoming a new way to take the edge off during surgery. One recent study tested virtual reality headsets and goggles on patients during hand surgery.

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.

In a world first, Apple’s commercially lackluster Vision Pro virtual reality headset was successfully used to help perform a ...

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 ...

From childbirth to wound care, virtual reality is being used to distract patients from their surgical pain — cutting down the need for painkillers and sedatives, according to a Mosaic Science analysis ...

Virtual and augmented reality are transforming how patients and clinicians experience MRI and other imaging procedures. From reducing anxiety before scans to enabling 3D, glasses-free anatomical ...

The virtual reality also has the ability to model shunts and skin flaps used in surgery. This can help doctors understand the amount of graft, or muscle, needed to cover the size of the hole (and ...

MIAMI — A South Florida boy is back on the baseball field after doctors used virtual reality technology to treat a complex heart defect without open-heart surgery. Matthew, 12, was born with a ...

Conventional wisdom holds that technology makes medical care less human, less personal. But watching patient Wanda Touard with virtual reality goggles on her head and controllers in her hands, ...