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Harnessing Digital Health: Efficacy of Virtual Reality and Interactive Tools in Reducing Pediatric Perioperative Anxiety and Pain

By MedXY 10/27/2025

This network meta-analysis of 49 RCTs demonstrates that digital health interventions, notably virtual reality, 2D videos, and 2D games, significantly reduce perioperative anxiety and pain and improve induction compliance in pediatric surgical patients.

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Harnessing Combined Immersive and Nonimmersive Virtual Reality with Mirror Therapy in Stroke Rehabilitation: Evidence from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

By MedXY 10/12/2025

Moderate-quality evidence from 14 RCTs supports combined immersive and nonimmersive VR with mirror therapy to enhance upper extremity function and hand dexterity in stroke survivors, though clinical significance needs cautious interpretation.

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Virtual Reality for Reducing Preoperative Anxiety: Insights from Cardiac Surgery Trials and Meta-Analyses of Elective Surgical Procedures

By MedXY 08/21/2025

Virtual reality (VR) interventions show promise in mitigating preoperative anxiety, with clinical trials and meta-analyses indicating moderate but significant anxiolytic effects across surgical populations, especially in cardiac surgery and pediatric patients.

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Can Merely Seeing Infection Activate Real Immunity? The Neuroscience of Virtual Pathogens and Immunological Anticipation

By MedXY 08/05/2025

A pioneering study demonstrates that visual cues of infection in virtual reality can trigger real immune activation, revealing a rapid neural-immune interface with potential implications for medicine, psychology, and vaccine development.