Playing An Online Game May Help People With Diabetes Get Better Control Of Their Blood Sugar.

reports that “playing an online game can help those with diabetes get better control of their blood sugar,” researchers found in a study involving “456 US Veterans Affairs diabetes patients with poor blood sugar control while on oral medications.” Participants were randomized either to “a specially designed, team-based online diabetes education game for six months” or “to a control group that played a civics education game” for the same period of time. The findings were published online in Diabetes Care. Endocrine Today (8/8, C https://consumer.healthday.com/diabetes-information-10/diabetes-management-news-180/online-game-helps-those-with-diabetes-control-blood-sugar-725343.html