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Wii Boosts Parkinson's Treatments

mmmscience writes "Scientists are investigating the use of Wii Sports as a form of treatment for Parkinson's sufferers. After a four-week study, researchers found that rounds of tennis, bowling, and boxing improved rigidity, movement, fine motor skills, and energy levels as well as decreasing the occurrence of depression. It is thought that combining exercise with video games helps to increase levels of dopamine, a chemical that is deficient in Parkinson's. The therapy is gaining notoriety under the name Wii-hab."

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  1. Re:...lol by smooth+wombat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Exercise is like sex, when you're doing it your body is spewing dopamine, endorphins, and bodily fluids in all directions.

    You mean I need to be vomiting, cumming and having explosive diarrhea to have sex? No thanks.

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  2. Re:...lol by krakelohm · · Score: 3, Funny

    To quote the horrible, horrible, Meatloaf.... "cause two out of three aint bad".

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  3. Re:...lol by oldspewey · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean I need to be vomiting, cumming and having explosive diarrhea to have sex? No thanks.

    I'm sure there's a Japanese word for what you describe, but I'm not about to go look it up.

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  4. Watered down experience by V50 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So what this article is saying, is that the Wii provides a "watered down" Parkinson's experience.

  5. Re:Wii Games to soon cure Death & Taxes by MadKeithV · · Score: 5, Funny

    Change you can bewiive in.

  6. Re:...lol by Millennium · · Score: 4, Funny

    No need to make exercise fun. Exercise is like sex, when you're doing it your body is spewing dopamine, endorphins, and bodily fluids in all directions.

    I call it: "The Aristocrats!"

  7. Re:...lol by xenolion · · Score: 3, Funny

    been there done that, just mute them in your head it makes life better.