ATLAS Meditech, a leader in intelligent care augmentation, creator of AtlasGPT, proven as the most reliable decision support platform for 35 specialties of medicine, today highlights the powerful ...

Thanks to technological advances, you can now schedule a virtual consultation for weight-loss surgery. What was once a ...

Scientists from the UK and other European countries have developed a 'virtual liver' in a bid to help doctors evaluate patients for cancer surgery. The work was done in a project called ...

In a giant leap for medtech-kind, a robotic surgery system is now en route to the International Space Station (ISS). The system in question is a version of Virtual Incision’s MIRA robot, modified for ...

A recent study published in PLOS One and conducted by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers in Boston reveals virtual reality use during hand surgery led to significant reductions in ...

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.

Minimizing the use of sedatives during operations could shorten hospital stays and reduce the risk of complications. Immersing patients in virtual reality could help reduce the amount of local ...

A robot performed Sheila Nelson's hysterectomy this February. Well, a robot guided by her doctor. "Virtual surgery is basically what I called it," Nelson says. Nelson's doctor, Dr. Jon Dangerfield, an ...

(WJAR) — We hear a lot about virtual reality -- computer-generated surroundings that make what you see right in front of you seem real. In the operating room, it's adding a new dimension for doctors ...

Is surgery the best option or not, in the case of cancer in the head and neck? As the consequences for speaking and swallowing may be severe, some way of predicting these consequences would help in ...

Recent research shows patients using virtual reality technology during elective hand surgery required less anesthesia for anxiety during surgery. As an anesthesiologist, Adeel Faruki, MD, MBA, works ...

With conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome and osteoarthritis on the rise, U.S. hand surgeons perform more than half a million procedures each year. Patients undergoing hand surgery commonly ...