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It’s a Skin Cell’s Life

"Play "It's a Skin Cell's Life®" with your child to see how the interactive game lets kids learn how to practice good skin care virtually, or risk the consequences of pimples, greasy hair, a poison ivy rash and sunburn."

Genre:
Educational

Topics:
Skin Care

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online

Target Population:
Children
Young Children

Type of Platform:
Internet

Tags for: It’s a Skin Cell’s Life

Educational, Skin Care, Free, Online, Children, Young Children, Internet

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Blood Type Game

"The object of the game is to score as many points as possible by matching the appropriate blood type of a donor to the blood type of a recipient. During each round, a total of 10 recipients will walk onto the screen. You then click on the donor you think is a match."

Genre:
Educational

Topics:
Health Care and Medicine

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online

Target Population:
Adults
Teens
Young Adults

Type of Platform:
Internet


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Electrocardiogram

"This game lets you explore the key elements of the electrocardiogram from how to place the electrodes on the body for measuring the heart beats to how to analyze the mountains and valleys in the ECG curve. You are to diagnose four patients – which one has got a normal heart condition, which one is suffering from arrythmia, bundle branch block or a cardiac infarction?"

Genre:
Educational

Topics:
Cardiovascular Health

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online

Target Population:
Adults
Pre-Teens
Teens
Young Adults

Type of Platform:
Internet


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The Split Brain Experiments

"In this game you perform the classic split brain experiment used by Nobel Laureate Roger Sperry when he discovered differences between the right and left hemispheres of the brain."

Genre:
Educational

Topics:
Brain

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online

Target Population:
Adults
Pre-Teens
Teens
Young Adults

Type of Platform:
Internet

Tags for: The Split Brain Experiments

Educational, Brain, Free, Online, Adults, Pre-Teens, Teens, Young Adults, Internet

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Blood Typing

"In this game you have to blood type three patients and give them blood transfusions. Are you able to do that? If not, maybe you should read the introduction to blood typing "Blood Groups, Blood Typing and Blood Transfusions" before you start, otherwise you will put the patients' lives in danger!"

Genre:
Educational

Topics:
Health Care and Medicine

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online

Target Population:
Adults
Pre-Teens
Teens
Young Adults

Type of Platform:
Internet


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The Diabetic Dog

"In this game your dog has type-1 diabetes. This is a very serious disease. With proper treatment, however, your dog can live a happy life for many years. Your mission is to take care of your dog and try to avoid letting him/her reach too high or too low levels of blood sugar - the more successful you are the more money you will get for which you can buy food and upgrade your dog's foodbowl or doghouse!"

Genre:
Educational

Topics:
Diabetes

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online

Target Population:
Adults
Pre-Teens
Teens
Young Adults

Type of Platform:
Internet


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Immune Responses

"Go through ten interactive stops and find out how our immune system protects us and sometimes could harm us."

Genre:
Educational

Topics:
Anatomy
Infectious Disease

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online

Target Population:
Adults
Pre-Teens
Teens
Young Adults

Type of Platform:
Internet


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Immune System Defender

"In this game, you are a trainee soldier of the Immune System Defense Forces, defending a human against bacterial infection. You have two missions to complete. In the first, you must command a team of white blood cells called granulocytes to fight against bacteria invading the blood system through a finger wound. In the second mission, you must command an army of macrophages and dendritic cells to fight the invading bacteria."

Genre:
Educational

Topics:
Anatomy
Infectious Disease

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online

Target Population:
Adults
Pre-Teens
Teens
Young Adults

Type of Platform:
Internet


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Chicken Farm

"This fast-paced game relies on a keen knowledge of food containing vitamin B1 and good keyboard skills to save lives. You have one minute to feed chickens suffering from beriberi with the correct food to stop them from dying. If you are too slow, or provide the wrong food, the chickens will collapse and die. Cure them quickly, and you could end up on the list as "the fastest feeder this month"!"

Genre:
Educational

Topics:
Food and Nutrition

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online

Target Population:
Adults
Pre-Teens
Teens
Young Adults

Type of Platform:
Internet


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US PharmD

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Description: 

"Pharmacy related resources for the consumers, students, pharmacists, and health care professionals. Includes drug information, reliable links, and pharmacy school data."

Topics:
Health Care and Medicine

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online

Type of Resource:
Educational Resource

Target Population:
General Audience

Type of Platform:
Internet


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