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By Dave Muoio | 10:02 am | June 29, 2018
Healthcare is improving with each passing year, allowing more aging patients to enjoy longer and healthier lives.
By Dave Muoio | 05:18 pm | May 18, 2018
Although it hasn’t yet established its place as a mainstream treatment modality, virtual reality has grown from an interesting diversion into a frequent topic of conversation within digital health.
By Laura Lovett | 03:24 pm | April 19, 2018
Vicarious Surgical, a startup that combines virtual reality with surgical robotics, just landed $16.
By Dave Muoio | 04:35 pm | March 19, 2018
A team of researchers from Stanford University are the latest to demonstrate how virtual reality can give specialists a better look into the bodies of their patients.
By Dave Muoio | 04:24 pm | March 07, 2018
As virtual and augmented reality technologies continue to improve, researchers and entrepreneurs continue to investigate the role these tools may play in healthcare.
By Laura Lovett | 02:35 pm | February 20, 2018
Researchers from Microsoft are aiming to transform the world of virtual reality from a primarily visual experience to a tactile and auditory one for people with visual impairments.
By Dave Muoio | 04:16 pm | February 19, 2018
Virtual reality and mobile app-enabled caregiver screening were among the winners of the Caregiving for Dementia Innovation Challenge, a recently concluded contest run by AARP Services, Inc.
By Jonah Comstock | 02:53 pm | February 12, 2018
Correction: A previous version of this article misstated Provata's 2016 revenue.
By Heather Mack | 05:05 pm | January 25, 2017
Pediatricians administering vaccines may try direct their young patients’ attention to colorful posters or don a puppet to get them focused on something – anything – other than the shot they were being given.