Using video games to cope with chronic pain
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Video games are helping patients cope with chronic pain.
A growing body of research highlights the numerous cognitive benefits of playing video games. Now, researchers at the American Pain Society are saying that video games can even help alleviate pain. As a result an increasing number of organizations are getting video games in to the hands of patients undergoing medical treatments.
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Using video games to cope with chronic pain
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A growing body of research highlights the numerous cognitive benefits of playing video games. Now, researchers at the American Pain Society are saying that video games can even help alleviate pain. As a result an increasing number of organizations are getting video games in to the hands of patients undergoing medical treatments.
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