VIDEO From Medialink and CIGNA HealthCare: Breakthrough Video Game for Teens Helps Save Lives
Posted on: Friday, 1 June 2007, 18:00 CDT
NEW YORK, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A new video game called "Re-mission" is designed to give young cancer patients a sense of power and control over their disease. Rated T for teen, the 3D game is a 20 level journey through the bodies of fictional patients with different types of cancer. Players control a nanobot named Roxxi. The task? Blast cancer cells, battle bacterial infections, and manage realistic, life-threatening side effects.
(See video from CIGNA HealthCare at: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid933767353)
Studies show that young cancer patients who play the game are more likely to take their medicine, undergo needed therapy and understand their illness. That's because the game is geared to help teenagers better adhere to their cancer treatment and embrace vital behaviors to improve their health.
For more information on Re-Mission or to order a free copy of the game for a teen with cancer, log onto http://www.cigna.com/Re-mission.
Registered journalists can access video, audio, text, graphics and photos for free and unrestricted use at http://media.medialink.com/.
05NY07-0062
Medialink and CIGNA HealthCare
CONTACT: Medialink, New York, +1-888-560-5578,mediadesk@medialink.com
Web site: http://www.cigna.com/Re-missionhttp://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid933767353http://media.medialink.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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