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The History of Exergames
The History of Exergames
I stumbled upon an amazing throwback article on Kotaku by Brian Ashcraft yesterday called “Have We Reached Exercise Game Saturation?“  Ok maybe not throwback–it was written last summer. Anyway, in it, a summary of the exergame movement along with a most memorable quote from Ben Sawyer. “When I was in Best Buy the other day and...
HG Interview: Greg Kendall of Allergies Attack iPhone Game
HG Interview: Greg Kendall of Allergies Attack iPhone Game
Family health inspires mobile health game design. HealthGAMERS is pleased to introduce you to Greg Kendall, President and CEO of Kendall & Son Solutions LLC. Greg has begun a family game development business which has plunged straight into mobile gaming for health. His company’s first game is called Allergies Attack and it gives players a...
Another Look at HIV/AIDS in Health Games
Another Look at HIV/AIDS in Health Games
Recently one of the foremost resources on HIV/AIDS, AIDS.gov, published an interview with a Yale School of Medicine researcher on the usefulness of health games. After giving a brief overview of the Games for Health conference, the post delves into the interview with Dr. Lynn Fiellin – Principal Investigator for an NIH-funded project to develop...
Elsevier Releases iPhone Medical Quiz Health Game Top Doc
Elsevier Releases iPhone Medical Quiz Health Game Top Doc
The ability to experience and react to realistic patient encounters that require quick clinical responses is crucial for doctors in training. This experience is now available with Top Doc, a new iPhone medical quiz application developed by Elsevier and video game designer Legacy Interactive. Top Doc combines high-quality medical images of conditions...
HealthSeeker: Lifestyle Change via Facebook
HealthSeeker: Lifestyle Change via Facebook
While perusing Twitter the other day, I checked out a tweet from the well respected Manny Hernandez (@askmanny) who heads up the Diabetes Hands Foundation (DHF). The Foundation aims to improve awareness of diabetes as well as connect those at risk or already living with diabetes. Manny and the Foundation folks have worked tirelessly to create some of...
Please Downsize My Plate !
Please Downsize My Plate !
One of the first things that stuck my mind when I left France in 1998 for United States to start an 18 months post-doctoral internship at Hershey College of Medicine (Penn State University, PA), was the size of the plate that my first diner was on.  And I’m not talking about the amount of food it contained. Of course, it was delicious but I felt...