Video Games Improving Health
A recent study published in Pediatrics found that there may be some very beneficial uses of video games. Compliance with treatment protocols in some cancer patients has been positively influenced by the use of video games.
The game is called Re-Mission and is a product of HopeLab, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating innovative interventions for young people with chronic diseases.
Re-Mission is rated for teen use and can be obtained free from their website.
This game, Re-Mission, has been out for a couple of years, and the next product in the pipeline is Ruckus Nation, a program intended to target obesity.
How being a video slug can help someone lose weight seems counter intuitive until you understand the concept (Dancing Craze).
This interactive game has wearable motion sensors that make your virtual character come alive as you dance yourself.
Other articles related to video games and health can be seen at the following sites:
Battling Illness One Joystick at a Time.
2008 Games for Health Conference.
The game is called Re-Mission and is a product of HopeLab, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating innovative interventions for young people with chronic diseases.
Re-Mission is rated for teen use and can be obtained free from their website.
This game, Re-Mission, has been out for a couple of years, and the next product in the pipeline is Ruckus Nation, a program intended to target obesity.
How being a video slug can help someone lose weight seems counter intuitive until you understand the concept (Dancing Craze).
This interactive game has wearable motion sensors that make your virtual character come alive as you dance yourself.
Other articles related to video games and health can be seen at the following sites:
Battling Illness One Joystick at a Time.
2008 Games for Health Conference.
Labels: health, video games
posted by Anonymous at 5:58 AM
2 Comments:
Thank you for returning to informative health realted issues.
He is a physician and a citizen and we are about 2 weeks out from an election. Health is much broader than physiological processes.
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