Mobile Gaming
Adults use smoking cessation smartphone app more with access to digital pet game
Current adult smokers with access to a digital pet game within a smoking cessation app had better app engagement and program adherence vs. those without game access, according to results published in Journal of Medical Internet Research.
Top in hem/onc: Healio’s Wordle-like game, CAR T-cell therapy trial
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, some light-hearted fun is long overdue for health care providers. Therefore, Healio launched its own Wordle-like game for clinicians. The announcement was the top story in hematology/oncology last week.
Healio launches Wordle-like game with medical T-W-I-S-T
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Preventive intervention may improve adolescent gaming disorder
Over the course of 1 year, a preventive group intervention program showed effectiveness in reducing symptoms of gaming disorder and unspecified internet use disorder in adolescents, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.