Video games that aim to improve children's health are still in their infancy, but already a few are showing demonstrable results... The game takes aim not at the disease but at the obstinacy of adolescence: Studies show that teenagers are more likely than young children or adults to stray from their treatment regimens. In playing the game, young people learn, for instance, that failing to eradicate every cancer cell can lead to a recurrence -- bad for their score and their health... Rashida Wilkins, 16, who took part in the study, began playing the game last year while undergoing treatment for a brain tumor... Now in remission, she still plays every day. "It showed me how the chemo goes through my body and kills the cancer cells . . . and it was fun to play," she said. "I even let my little brother play it with me. He liked it. He said he learned about what I was going through." (Full article here)