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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Medical Treatment
Non-drug therapies show real promise in calming agitation in Alzheimer’s
Music, light, and digital therapies show promise as safer alternatives to risky medications in easing dementia-related agitation, offering a potential path for …
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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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VR-guided meditation helps hospital parents manage stress
Parenting in the hospital is stressful. Moms and dads naturally focus on their ill child, sometimes to the neglect of their own mental health. A Stanford …
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Temporary anxiety disrupts spatial learning and threat recognition
A brief episode of anxiety may have a bigger influence on a person's ability to learn what is safe and what is not. The research recently published in NPJ …
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