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Medical Illustrator Explores Truth and Beauty Inside a Cell.

Liz Lewis — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:04:03 +0000

Think that beauty is only skin deep? Then you really need to check out this amazing talk by leading medical illustrator David Bolinsky and watch his stunning animations that show the bustling life inside a cell.

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Healthbolt Funtime: Damaged Care…

Liz Lewis — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:46:43 +0000

Have you heard about Damaged Care: The Musical Comedy about Health Care in America?

This medical musical comedy, written and performed by physicians Greg LaGana, M.D. and Barry Levy, M.D. has been performed in 27 states over the past 13 years.

Here’s just one of the many songs performed by this duo…

If you like these guys and want to see more, check out their other videos here…

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The Sunday Sidebar…Looking inside the Brain.

Liz Lewis — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:12:27 +0000

Ain’t technology amazing?

Check out this video where neuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms talks about and demonstrates a new way to use fMRI to show brain activity — thoughts, emotions, pain — in real time….

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Re-Mission: A Video Game That Helps Kids Fight Cancer.

Liz Lewis — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:27:25 +0000

Fighting cancer is no game. But thanks to HopeLab, there is a video game designed to help empower kids with cancer.

The video game is Re-Mission and it features an intrepid nanobot called Roxxi who journeys through cancer patients bodies, destroying the cancer cells, fighting the infections, and dealing with the side effects usually associated with different cancers and cancer treatments.

If you think it’s just another video game, think again. To ensure that Re-Mission was on track to help cancer suffers, a controlled research study was undertaken prior to the game’s release. 375 cancer patients between the ages of 13 and 29 from the United States, Australia, and Canada were recruited to test the games effectiveness.

Here are the results…

“Re-Mission significantly enhanced self-efficacy, cancer-related knowledge, and treatment adherence in adolescents and young adults with cancer. Young people who played Re-Mission maintained higher blood levels of chemotherapy and showed higher rates of antibiotic utilization than those in the control group.”

Re-Mission is available free of charge to young people with cancer. View the tralier and download it here.

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