Why your child's next painkiller may be a VR headset

When Blaine Baxter suffered a major accident during one of his go-karting races, the long road to recovery involved multiple skin grafts and a lengthy hospital stay at Lucille Packard Stanford Children's Hospital. The painful daily dressing changes required as part of the healing process made him so anxious that doctors were forced to prescribe high-dose narcotics and anti-anxiety medication to calm him down. In looking for other options, Baxter’s pain management team tested out virtual reality…
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