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The Serious Games Initiative founded Games for Health to develop a community and best practices platform for the numerous games being built for health care applications. To date the project has brought together researchers, medical professionals, and game developers to share information about the impact games and game technologies can have on health care and policy.


How Mario Deals with Diabetes

Posted by Peter Smith on 06-03-16

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The Seattle Times reports that the University of Washington and Nintendo are working together to combat Diabetes. They are using a management system based on Game Cube technology to help patients manage their own diabetic needs. This is not the first time that a Nintendo product was used to combat diabetes. The GlucoBoy has been making the rounds for some time now and is another promising use for games to help manage healthcare.