Hospitals are using VR to try to help reduce patients' pain

Can VR help reduce hospital patients' pain? (The 3:59, Ep. 368)

On today's podcast, we chat about hospitals' use of VR, Trump's involvement in Broadcom and Qualcomm, and AMD security flaws.

Ben Fox Rubin

March 13, 2018 11:13 a.m. PT

On this podcast, we talk about:

Hospitals' efforts to use virtual reality to distract patients from painful experiences, like IV placements or dressing changes..
President Donald Trump blocking Broadcom's bid to buy Qualcomm, which could've been the biggest tech merger ever.
Researchers uncovering new AMD security flaws.

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Can VR help reduce hospital patients' pain? (The 3:59, Ep. 368)