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...

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...

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...

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...

The MiddleSex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is a Canada-based teaching organization designed to promote wellness, prevent disease and injury, and protect the public through the delivery of public health programs, services, and research.  They cover topics from health education on abuse to cancer prevention...

For those of you unfamiliar with Microsoft’s push to enter the healthcare field, take a look at HealthVault, a set of patient-friendly applications which allow families to organize and store their personal health information online.  The goal is to make health information easy to collect, easy...

November started off with a great example of raising awareness on a health issue that is affecting people around the globe. On Monday, November 2nd, the very first World Pneumonia Day got underway with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. “It surprises most people to learn...

You didn’t really think that this game would be the last of its kind right? Well of course not – because people are still buzzing about H1N1, especially because flu season is coming up soon. Recently, we came across another game that focuses on influenza – this time giving you the ability...

Recently news surfaced about Nintendo delving into the world of diabetes management. Naturally, Nintendo is aimed at youth and so it is for their new initiative using their popular Nintendo DS gaming platform. Bayer Healthcare is the company behind the new DIDGET blood glucose meter. The game/device...

The novel Nanoswarm: Invasion From Inner Space was published today, a work based on the NIH-funded multi-million dollar health game of the same name.  Nanoswarm is a first person, role-playing videogame adventure in healthy eating and exercise.  The game is designed to change nutrition and physical...