Lots of kids with ADHD love video games and other high-tech entertainment. And now gaming and virtual reality (VR) technology are actually being used as treatments for children diagnosed with ADHD.

Targeted video games could help reduce symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and depression in children and adolescents, results of a new review ...

It is considered to be common “knowledge” that smartphones, video games, and other digital media are reducing our attention spans. Some studies have suggested ...

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if playing video games could help kids with ADHD? New research suggests that playing a video game for 25 minutes a day may help with inattention. And that’s good news, because ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday for the first time gave a green light to a game-based therapeutic: a video game meant to be prescribed to kids with ADHD. The game, known as EndeavorRx and ...

Chamath Palihapitiya will join Akili Interactive's board of directors at the close of the merger. Akili Interactive, a digital therapeutics company with an FDA-cleared prescription video game to treat ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved a video game for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children. The FDA said Monday the game built by Boston-based ...

(CNN)The first video game-based treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The video game, called EndeavorRx and ...

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed marketing of a "prescription-only game-based" digital therapeutic device for children aged 8 to 12 years who ...