Welltok Gamifies Employee’s Journey to Wellness
Welltok’s Gamified Wellness Platform Offers Customizable Health Programs It’s not an easy road towards achieving wellness for working adults. With day-to-day obligations and distractions, health is an...
View ArticleA Brief Overview of Gamification in Healthcare
Use of games in healthcare has become a focus among startup companies, largely concentrating on combining self-monitoring with games. The question remains if these new gamification products can lead to...
View ArticleBoosting Children’s Physical Wellbeing with Zamzee
Zamzee Gamification Software Turns Kids on to Physical Activity Health care experts warn that child obesity rates are rising to alarming levels. With the increase in obesity-related medical conditions,...
View ArticleImproving Surgical Skills with Medical Simulations
Studies Reveal New Ways Simulators Can Improve Surgical Skills Two studies are taking a fresh look at an old standby of medical education and game based learning: simulators. With growing focus on...
View ArticleDetecting ADHD Early with CogCubed’s Groundskeeper
Groundskeeper: An Innovative Game That Spots ADHD Early ADHD is one of those medical issues that come into the limelight more often than not for those diagnosed with the condition being over medicated,...
View ArticleVideo Games Research Turns Into Physical Therapy for Stroke Patients
Video Game Research Reveal Opportunities for Application in Stroke Therapy There are two schools of thought on the best way to help regain the muscle movement and dexterity lost by those who suffer a...
View ArticleAssessMs: Diagnosing Multiple Sclerosis with Microsoft’s Kinect
AssessMs Taps Microsoft’s Kinect Technology To Diagnose Multiple Sclerosis When Microsoft introduced its Kinect motion-sensing camera, the technology brought a new element to console gaming. Kinect...
View ArticleVirZoom: New Gamification Startup Gets Physical!
VirZoom Combines Virtual Reality and Fitness Technology Gamification is about to get… “Physical, physical!” Ok, it may not be getting Olivia Newton-John physical, but one gamification startup will...
View ArticleAmyloids: Enlightening The Public On Alzheimer’s
Game Based Learning Platform, Amyloids Teaches About the Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s is an incredibly terrifying disease that has a detrimental impact on both the patient and his or her...
View ArticleEteRNA: Unraveling The Mysteries of RNA Molecules
EteRNA Leads Crowdsourcing Efforts To Help Scientist Better Understand RNA Molecules A game called EteRNA is being used to further research into how RNA folds itself into particular shapes. The game is...
View ArticleMy Health, My Choice: Enlightening The Impact of Healthcare Cost
Pharmaceutical Company Turns Healthcare Cost Management Into a Simulation Game It’s hard to go a day without hearing news about the rising cost of healthcare. Prescription drugs are getting more...
View ArticleStudy Reveals Game Based Training Impact on Weight Loss
Promising Research Shows Potential Weight Loss Influenced by Game Based Training Anyone with a sweet tooth knows exactly how difficult it is to resist unhealthy foods that taste great. Countless diet...
View ArticleGamifying Asthma Inhalers For Kids with Gecko Health
Gecko Health Delivers Asthma Medication for Kids with Double Dose of Smart and Fun As the delivery of health care becomes more digitized, it’s no surprise that medical devices that historically had no...
View ArticleThe 13th Annual Games for Change Festival Is Back
Discover How Serious Games Can Have An Impact on Society at the Games For Change Festival If you are interested in how serious games can solve problems around the world, you will want to check out a...
View ArticleA Systematic Review of Virtual Reality Stroke Therapy
In the past couple of years, there has been an increase of game device use for areas other than actual gaming. The newest area of use is for physical health. Medical researchers and physical therapists...
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