Do you spend more than seven hours a day parked in front of a computer monitor? Results from a newly published study suggest you could be stripping your "tear film" of a component that helps keep your eyes clean, lubricated and healthy. » 6/21/14 4:00pm 6/21/14 4:00pm

Here for spreading far and wide is (another) graphical reminder of the important distinction between correlation and causation. » 5/10/14 2:00pm 5/10/14 2:00pm

Everything's better with Kinect. Including, apparently, your insides. Okay it's not actual X-Rays, but rather a simulation using the Xbox camera to match a model in real time to your own movement. Apparently the effect's so good at least one woman "gasped and covered her breasts, trying to shield herself from view". » 4/21/14 4:00pm 4/21/14 4:00pm

"Octodad was a fun, fascinating example of humour tinged with tragedy—a tragedy many people won't see, of course, which is fair—but one that resonated with me greatly." Starbound writer Ashton Raze, in a Telegraph article on how playing Octodad: Dadliest Catch reminded him of his own medical condition. » 2/03/14 5:00am 2/03/14 5:00am

A team of Chinese researchers have deliberately created deadly new strains of influenza in a veterinary laboratory—and are now on the receiving end of severe criticism from across the wider scientific community. » 5/03/13 7:33am 5/03/13 7:33am

People fortunate to survive a stroke face a hard road to recovering their full mental and physical capabilities. Canoeist Sam Chick found himself facing that journey after a stroke rendered the left side of his body immobile 12 years ago. » 4/13/12 7:00pm 4/13/12 7:00pm

Once considered the enemy of the child's eye, recent medical research has shown that video games can have a beneficial effect on vision. Now a psychologist at McMaster University in Canada says the 40 hours of action-packed gaming could significantly improve the vision of people born with cataracts. » 2/17/12 9:30am 2/17/12 9:30am

Back in June in Birmingham, England, a rather large man died suddenly, a death the coroner has said was caused by an epileptic fit. Given the victim's love of video games, they were linked to the death during a hearing, although the deputy coroner investigating the matter stopped short of citing them as a cause. » 12/03/11 12:00pm 12/03/11 12:00pm

Because of the way its camera depicts what it sees, Kinect is being used by researchers to monitor elderly patients for their risk of a fall while still respecting their privacy. The device is helping the University of Missouri's independent living community predict health risks 10 to 14 days before their most serious… » 9/11/11 2:00pm 9/11/11 2:00pm

For decades the traditional therapy for adults and children afflicted with autism and cerebral palsy have remained the same: repetitive activities aimed at hammering home the social and physical skills these disorders make difficult for those afflicted. That's all changing, thanks to multi-touch tablet technology. » 7/26/11 5:00pm 7/26/11 5:00pm

Spring has returned, a time when children across the country turn off their video game consoles and venture out into the woods, building tree forts and rolling about in the underbrush. That is, until they play Tick Tackler. Then they're never going outside again. » 3/21/11 2:00pm 3/21/11 2:00pm

To achieve the effect of 3D, the Nintendo 3DS fools the brain into combining two images into a single one, thereby creating the appearance of 3D. One Japanese eye doctor is worried about this. » 2/07/11 6:30am 2/07/11 6:30am

Pectus excavatum, better known as sunken chest, was once believed to a purely cosmetic abnormality. Why would patients suffering from a cosmetic problem complain of shortness of breath? A little applied video game technology solves the mystery. » 10/13/10 9:00pm 10/13/10 9:00pm

A British youth overcame what is called "lazy eye syndrome" thanks to a doctor's prescription of Mario Kart DS, restoring his right eye from "near blindness" to a 250 percent improvement. » 6/25/10 7:20pm 6/25/10 7:20pm