As the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that global cataract surgery coverage is unlikely to meet 2030 targets without ...

Theodore Evans was born on a Thursday. Three days later, on Dec. 8, 2024, as the family prepared to go home from Lakeview Hospital in Covington, Veronica Evans handed her son off to a nurse for his ...

Orthopedic surgery has always evolved alongside technology, from advances in biomaterials to minimally invasive techniques.Today, however, the pace of innovation is accelerating. AI, robotic ...

Health is standing on the cusp of a revolution, and augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies are at the forefront, transforming everything from surgical training to patient mental ...

Putting aside sci-fi projections of the ‘rise of the machines’ and romantic visions of near-humanised droids, here we look at the current and future applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and ...

As a psychologist and researcher, Erick Gallun of Portland, Ore., wanted to learn more about how he could use virtual reality in his work. That interest led him down a path that may have saved his ...

Passive distraction through three-dimensional (3D) virtual reality (VR) and two-dimensional (2D) video is equally effective in reducing anxiety in children during the induction of anesthesia before ...

Heart surgery is a serious and invasive medical procedure, and that can be intimidating for a patient. A new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests that virtual reality (VR) can be an ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Heart surgery is a serious and invasive medical procedure, and that can be intimidating for a patient. A new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests that virtual reality ...