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Have you ever had the kind of fun, light-hearted doctor that we see on TV? You know, the one that jokes about while also being caring, which always makes the visit pleasurable.<\/p>\nHave you ever had the kind of fun, light-hearted doctor that we see on TV? You know, the one that jokes about while also being caring, which always makes the visit pleasurable.<\/p>\n
I guess to be that kind of doctor, the job also has to be fun. And a new method developed to treat high blood pressure does just that. It’s fun for both the physician and patient. And much more efficient than traditional methods.<\/p>\n
Research from the Veteran\u2019s Affairs Boston Healthcare System and Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital shows that playing a computer game for a few minutes is more efficient for doctors than spending hours studying.<\/p>\n
In the study, 111 new physicians were either assigned to read traditional material or a fun phone application game to learn to treat high blood to see which was the most efficient for treating high blood pressure.<\/p>\n
Then they were sent out on a mission to help people manage their blood pressure. <\/p>\n
The traditional learning group took 148 days on the average to get their patient’s blood pressure under control. Whereas the computer game group did it in 142 days, on the average. <\/p>\n
Now the bad news is that both groups, of course, used dangerous blood pressure medications with serious side effects to manage their patients. I hope that soon there will be an educational game that teaches doctors to control blood pressure using natural methods. <\/p>\n