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via vrforhealth / September 7, 2025

🧭 #SundayResearchDive – Virtual Reality Navigation for Early Alzheimer’s Detection

Most conditions with long silent phases, like Alzheimer’s disease (AD), are only detected late because we rely on subjective cognitive tests or biomarkers that …

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via vrforhealth / June 8, 2025

#SundayResearchDive – Can XR Train the Brain in Chronic Pain?

Chronic pain is more than a sensory issue. It affects cognition in profound ways. This week’s review examines a newly published synthesis by Guerra-Armas et al. …

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via vrforhealth / May 20, 2025

What Is the Future of Therapeutic VR and Why Does It Matter?

 A Personal Perspective In 2015, at the Serious Games for Health conference in Utrecht, I experienced therapeutic virtual reality for the first time, thanks …

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via vrforhealth / May 4, 2025

#SundayResearchDive: How Safe is XR for Children? A Practical Look at AMXRA’s 2025 Guidelines

👩‍⚕️ Virtual Reality (VR) is already being used in both clinical and educational contexts with young children, particularly for therapeutic distraction, …

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via vrforhealth / April 9, 2025

Transforming Mental Health Care: The Role of VR in a New Era of Mental Health Treatment by Dr Farah Shiraz

Photo: Therapist and patient using HEKA VR software in Clinical practice. We are honored to welcome Dr. Farah Shiraz as a guest contributor to VRforHealth. …

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