Today, virtual reality has firmly entered our daily lives. Initially, this technology found the widest distribution in the entertainment industry. What is the future of virtual reality in medicine?

A French startup is exploring the use of (VR) virtual reality in hospitals as an alternative to anesthetics for minor operations, reporting “positive” feedback from early trials. Healthy Mind, the brainchild of three graduates in collaboration with psychiatrists and doctors, uses virtual environments to help ease the pain of smaller operations without the use of drugs while reducing the anxiety commonly felt in hospital environments.

Virtual reality or virtual realities (VR) replicates an environment that simulates a physical presence in places in the real world or an imagined world, allowing the user to interact in that world. There are a number of areas in healthcare where virtual reality has promise: training doctors and surgeons, immersive telemedicine visits, or new kinds of indoor fitness programs, to name a...

Anesthesia-assisted opioid detoxification, is a controversial method used within some treatment centers to facilitate a quicker detoxification process.

Unsedated transnasal esophagoscopy with virtual reality distraction may more quickly establish eosinophilic esophagitis treatment, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.Eosinophilic esophagitis, a chronic, inflammatory disease of the esophagus, can be improved by medical treatments and dietary restrictions. Standard of care involves sedated

To the Editor: The recent editorial by Oreskovich and Caldeiro1 points out the dangers posed to anesthesiologists who attempt to return to the workplace after treatment for drug addiction. As a member of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Peer Assistance Advisors Committee, I am well aware that the dangers of addiction and relapse extend not only to anesthesiologists but also to all anesthesia care professionals (ACPs) who have access to potent sedative, analgesic, and anesthetic drugs used daily in their clinical practices.

The Journal of Anesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine (JAICM) is a globally accepted journal that aims to publish innovative scientific developments and high quality information on anesthesia and intensive care medicine.

Harvard MedTech announced that its Vx Therapy reduces cost and duration of treatment, risk of long-term disability, and avoids opiods.

More cancer centers are introducing virtual reality headsets, which can help relieve anxiety and pain and educate patients about their treatments.

Virtual reality improves tolerance of anaesthesia procedures and reduces need for intravenous sedation by at least 50%.

What if virtual reality could reduce medicinal sedation, generally associated with locoregional anesthesia?

TRIPP® works with neuroscience and psychiatric advisors to inform its product development and design choices as well as approaches on how to work effectively with researchers and clinicians focused on the category of digital therapeutics.

MetaVision implementation completed in 39 operating rooms NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- iMDsoft® today announced that The Johns Hopkins Hospital has gone live with the MetaVision® Anesthesia | MetaVision implementation completed in 39 operating rooms NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- iMDsoft® today announced that The Johns Hopkins Hospital has gone live with the MetaVision® Anesthesia

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