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Using Games to Improve Medicine

Posted by samzenpus on from the gotta-cure-them-all dept.

miller60 writes "At GameJournalism.com we look at Games for Health 2004, a conference which will explore the use of interactive games in treating patients and training doctors. One presentation discusses "Glucoboy," a Gameboy based diabetes monitoring solution, while another looks at the use of video games in improving surgical outcomes. The event is organized by the Serious Games Initiative, among others."

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  1. One of the other games... by z3021017 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is Doom III, which will aid the recovery of stool samples from patients.

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  2. Been there, done that by Lost+Dragon · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Operation" taught me how to remove a funny-bone years ago.

    Now I help moderate Slashdot.