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How Microsoft’s Xbox is Transforming Gamification in Healthcare
Is Microsoft’s XBox fueling the growth of gamification in healthcare? An exploration into the possibilities of XBox becoming healthcare’s gamification platform of choice.
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- Health Care
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Richard Branson on Social Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship isn't about selling things -- it's about finding innovative ways to improve people's lives. Until recently, most people in business focused on products and services that would appeal to consumers, and this resulted in the creation of many great companies and a lot of jobs. But attitudes are changing. A new generation of entrepreneurs is using approaches from the commercial world and employing technology to tackle social and environmental problems -- these areas used to be the exclusive territory of government agencies and charitable organizations.
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- Health Care
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Veganism Catches Fancy Of Health-Conscious Indians
New Delhi: Meenu Nageshwaran, 53, felt she had been handed a life sentence when she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2012. What followed was never-ending appointments with doctors and a long list of prohibited foods. The grave malady left her anguished - and that is when she discovered the power of veganism.
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- Health Care
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Cathy Pharoah: Hail to the Social Stock Exchange
It's a rallying cry to the business world, but will sharpen the challenges that charities face, writes our columnist
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- Health Care
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Q&A: Jeffrey Sachs on the world’s post-MDG future
The UN special advisor and director of a key science network tells SciDev.Net what the road to 2015 will look like.
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Literacy, Not Income, Key To Improving Public Health In India
New research suggests public health in developing countries may be better improved by reducing illiteracy rather than raising average income.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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Lifestyle changes contributing to ill health in China
Pollution, poor diet and stress are causing health problems in world's most populous country despite health reforms and affordable healthcare
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- Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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Fake & sub-standard drugs: India, China may be worst offenders
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has a humble disclosure to make: there is still no accurate estimate of the global scale of counterfeit medicines.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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