How VR could break America’s opioid addiction
“It’s like a crawly feeling inside,” says Judy*. “You get hot, then chilled, and you feel like you want to run away.” The 57-year-old has short dark-grey hair and a haunted expression. She’s breathless...
View ArticleStudy: VR twice as effective as morphine at treating pain
Over 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. Since the 1990s, opioid prescriptions have tripled in the US, a country with five-percent of the world’s population that’s now responsible for...
View ArticleStudy: Orthopedic Surgery Patients Given Too Many Opioids
Most patients going home with opioid painkillers after orthopedic surgery at Johns Hopkins University didn’t use all the pills they were given, suggesting that these medications are routinely...
View ArticleVirtual Reality Can Conquer Real Pain
Despite all efforts to combat the opioid epidemic, the crisis continues to destroy lives and contribute to the growing gap in life expectancy by income and education in the U.S. But it appears that...
View ArticleSurgeons Are Ditching Opioids for Ibuprofen and Novocain in the OR
Amber McCanna’s hip replacement in 2016 was her sixth surgery in 10 years. It was also the start of a life without opioids. McCanna, 37, spent years hooked on powerful daily doses of opioids prescribed...
View ArticleThese New Medical Devices Promise to Fight Pain without Opioids
Terri Bryant was working at a cheese factory in 2000 when she injured the delicate, rubbery discs between her spinal bones. That was the start of her chronic pain. Two years later, she had back surgery...
View ArticleVR Promises a Surprising Tech Alternative to Painkillers in Deadly Opioid Crisis
As the United States teeters on the brink of a national state of emergency, more than 100 Americans now die every day due to opioid overdose. Ted Jones, a clinical psychologist with Pain Consultants of...
View ArticleDistraction isn’t only way virtual reality might ease pain
(Reuters Health) – Virtual reality games might help ease pain not just by distracting players from what ails them, but also by triggering changes in the brain, a recent research review suggests....
View ArticleHow medtech could stop the drug overdose crisis in the U.S.
The opioid epidemic is one of the deadliest problems facing the U.S. today. Through the development of new pain management devices, medtech could be a leader in solving the crisis. The prescription...
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