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    Gaming helps ill children

    It turns out computer games don't just make us all violent after all. Kids with illnesses can recover quicker, or feel less discomfort, thanks to computer games.
    Mark Griffiths, professor of gambling studies at Nottingham Trent University, said: "Video gaming is safe for most players and can be useful in healthcare."

    He cites examples of video games being used to treat specific physical conditions, including an eight-year-old boy whose illness caused him to pick his lip, causing scarring.

    After repeated failed attempts to get him to stop, he was given a hand-held video game to keep his hands busy and two weeks later the affected area had healed.
    Nothing like a bit of deathmatch to get kids back on their feet! Sky News has the full story.
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    Mark Griffiths, official news website comment man whenever anything like this happens. He must be raking it in.

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