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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. Anyone remember 'Life & Death'? by pdjohe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Back in 1988, there was a game called 'Life & Death' where you got to do general surgeries like removing an appendix.

    Then in 1990, it was brain surgery in 'Life & Death 2: The Brain'.

    Notice, you can download both games from the sites above. I must say, they got pretty high scores back in the day.