On Friday, October 20, Dr. Brenda K. Wiederhold was an invited speaker at the Academy of Integrative Pain Management’s 28th Annual Meeting at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. As the “largest network of pain care professionals”, this conference exhibited the best practices and latest advancements in integrative pain management. Recent attention on the opioid crisis […]
Read MoreResearchers from Brussels, Belgium, Palermo, Italy, Mexico City, Mexico, and California recently published a report comparing gender differences in virtual reality pain distraction following cardiac surgery. This international team collected data from previous virtual reality pain distraction studies and compared patients’ physiological and subjective responses based on gender. Very few studies have examined gender differences […]
Read MoreOn July 31, 2017 The Open Family Studies Journal published “Virtual Reality Smoking Cessation—Designed for Teens, by Teens. This report, conducted by the Virtual Reality Medical Center (VRMC) and Interactive Media Institute (IMI), sought to teach high school students how to recognize and resist triggers or “cues” that make them want to smoke. With input […]
Read MorePartnering with researchers Jose Luis Mosso Vasquez from Panamerican University School of Medicine and Veronica Lara Vaca of Hospital de Ginecología y Obstetricia Número 4 in Mexico City, Mexico, Interactive Media Institute and Virtual Reality Medical Center studied virtual reality (VR) pain distraction during gynecological surgery. Gynecological surgeries are often sources of stress for women, […]
Read MoreSurgical Research Updates journal recently published “Virtual Reality Assisted Anesthesia (VRAA) during Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Report of 115 Cases— Analysis of Physiological Responses.” The second report of this study focused on patients’ physiological responses to stress and pain during gastrointestinal surgery. Researchers from Interactive Media Institute, Virtual Reality Medical Center in San Diego, and the Alberto […]
Read MoreInteractive Media Institute, Virtual Reality Medical Center, and the Panamerican University School of Medicine in Mexico City recently published findings on the use of virtual reality (VR) surgical pain distraction in the January 2017 issue of the European Medical Journal – Innovations. In a study of 115 participants, researchers found people who viewed immersive VR […]
Read MoreDr. Mark Wiederhold, in partnership with researchers from IVIR Inc. was awarded Best Paper for “The Application of Modeling and Simulation to the Behavioral Deficit of Autism” at the MODSIM World Conference and Expo in Virginia Beach, VA. This paper discussed the application of VR and other simulation technologies in the treatment of autism spectrum […]
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