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02/16/2019 / By Rita Winters

Mental AND physical exercise found to be beneficial for neurodegenerative disease sufferers, even in late stages of illness

Almost everyone knows what it feels like to trip and fall. Falling is painful and damaging, especially to individuals living with Parkinson’s disease. Medical experts suggest motor rehabilitation, but this has been seen to be ineffective. Fortunately, a new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) sheds light on how physical therapy, combined with virtual reality, lowers the incidence of falling […]

11/19/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Mental health experts are turning to VR technology to improve outcomes of patients suffering from anxiety disorders

An article in Psychology Today brought up the increasing use of virtual reality (VR) technology to treat anxiety disorders. It devoted a considerable amount of attention to Virtual Reality Graded Exposure Therapy (VRGET). VRGET is a new treatment method for anxiety. It takes advantage of increasingly cheap technology and the growing availability of broadband internet […]

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