Actually, They have been around for awhile, go look at http://www.healthhero.com/ for some interesting pt care resources for children.
Bob Pyke Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The best journeys are the ones that answer questions that at the outset you never even thought to ask." Rick Ridgeway "There are certain spots in the world where you can stand that will change the way that you look at things forever." Pete Whitaker Co administrator Telehealth List Serve and roving editor at large. http://www.telehealth.net/interviews/pykebio.html Editor, Johns Hopkins Pediatric Point of Interest http://derm.med.jhmi.edu/poi/ Co moderator EurasiaHealth Medical Informatics Knowledge Network http://www.eurasiahealth.org > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <undisclosed-recipients:> > Date: 2/2/2005 5:47:02 PM > Subject: [DDN] Video Game Prescriptions > > > > Video Game Prescriptions > How did a Nintendo Gameboy become a diabetic child's ally in the daily > struggle to keep blood sugar levels under control? Robert Capriccioso reports on > this and other developments in the emerging field of using video game technology > to fight childhood disease and promote healthy behavior. > > > January 10, 2005 > by Robert Capriccioso > > Ben Duskin, 10, and LucasArts engineer Eric Johnston created “Ben’s Game” to > help young cancer patients visualize their bodies healing. > Like many 10-year-old boys, Ben Duskin likes sports and video games. The L.A. > Lakers top his team list, and thanks to some encouragement from his > arcade-loving mom, Pac-Man really gets his gamer’s thumb going. > > For half his young life, though, he’s been quite different than most of his > peers. At age five, Ben was diagnosed with lymphocytic leukemia, a rare, > life-threatening condition that he continues to battle to this day. He and his > family have had to get used to his hair loss and persistent nausea as a result of > numerous strong treatments to try to kill the disease. He is currently > recovering from a risky bone marrow transplant he received in December 2004. ( rest > of article) > > http://www.connectforkids.org/resources3139/resources_show.htm?doc_id=255417 > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
