Computer Games To Help Cystic Fibrosis Kids

Computer games which help young people with cystic fibrosis cope better with treatment, and improve monitoring of their condition, are being developed by the University of Derby.
The life-threatening, inherited disease affects more than 9,000 people in the UK. Internal organs, especially lungs and the digestive system, clog with a thick mucus making it hard to breathe and digest food. Half those with cystic fibrosis don't live past their late thirties.
University Lecturer Dr David Day -- whose four-year-old daughter, Alicia, has cystic fibrosis -- and colleague and Computer Games specialist Dr Andreas Oikonomou, developed four prototype computer games to help young people cope better with the difficult daily breathing exercises to expel mucus from their lungs. The games will also aid monitoring of lung efficiency.
It's planned to develop the system into a commercial product.

To find out more about the project contact:
Dr Andreas Oikonomou - Lecturer in Computing at the University of Derby
Dr David Day - Senior computing lecturer at Sheffield Hallam

http://www.derby.ac.uk/computing

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