The FDA clears AppliedVR headset to help treat fibromyalgia and chronic pain

By SharpBrains | October 22, 2020

FDA Des­ig­nates First Vir­tu­al Real­i­ty Device for Chron­ic Pain (Pain News Net­work): Applied­VR, a Los Ange­les-based vir­tu­al real­i­ty com­pa­ny, has announced that its EaseVRx head­set has received Break­through Device Des­ig­na­tion from the Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion for treat­ing fibromyal­gia and chron­ic intractable low back pain.

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Scientia Pro Publica: Answers to 28 popular and not-so-popular questions

By Alvaro Fernandez | September 27, 2010 |

Wel­come to the XL edi­tion of Sci­en­tia Pro Pub­lica (or, since we are try­ing to speak Eng­lish, the 40th edi­tion of “Sci­ence for the Peo­ple”), the rotat­ing blog car­ni­val that show­cases the finest sci­ence, med­ical and envi­ron­ment writ­ing pub­lished in the blo­gos­phere. Quick now — ask a ques­tion, any ques­tion, that comes to mind. Chances…

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