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Assessing the effects of cell phone radiation on brain tissue

Researchers have found a novel, non-invasive technique for measuring brain hot spots caused by electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones, according to a study published today.

Medical research created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (10) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Brain makes call on which ear is used for cell phone

If you're a left-brain thinker, chances are you use your right hand to hold your cell phone up to your right ear, according to a newly published study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

Neuroscience created May 16, 2013 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists used iPhone to diagnose intestinal worms

Scientists used an iPhone and a camera lens to diagnose intestinal worms in rural Tanzania, a breakthrough that could help doctors treat patients infected with the parasites, a study said on Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Frequent multitaskers are bad at it: Motorists overrate ability to talk on cell phones when driving

Most people believe they can multitask effectively, but a University of Utah study indicates that people who multitask the most – including talking on a cell phone while driving – are least capable of ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Cell phone addiction similar to compulsive buying and credit card misuse, study finds

Cell phone and instant messaging addictions are driven by materialism and impulsiveness and can be compared to consumption pathologies like compulsive buying and credit card misuse, according to a Baylor ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Smartphones linked to sexual activity in teens: study

(HealthDay)—Teens with smartphones are more likely to have sex and meet others online for sex than teens without Internet access on their phones, according to a new study.

Health created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Friendship 2.0: Teens' technology use promotes sense of belonging, identity

(Medical Xpress)—With adolescents seemingly glued to cell phones and social networking websites, experts are investigating whether the near-constant digital activity changes youths' development.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cell phone data of people movement found effective way to control malaria spread

New research that combines cell phone data from 15 million people in Kenya with detailed information on the regional incidence of malaria has revealed, on the largest scale so far, how human travel patterns contribute to ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Weighing your options? Thinking of less supportive relationships leads to wanting more choice

(Phys.org)—People who view their relationships as secure have less need to consider many options when making choices about purchases, a new University of Michigan study shows.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Innovative, automated strategies to engage patients at home are key to improving health outcomes

In a Perspective piece published Online First this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, a group of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania propose a multi-pronged approa ...

Health created Jun 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Psychologists reveals how brain performs 'motor chunking' tasks

You pick up your cell phone and dial the new number of a friend. Ten numbers. One. Number. At. A. Time. Because you haven't actually typed the number before, your brain handles each button press separately, ...

Neuroscience created Jun 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cell phone use in pregnancy may cause behavioral disorders in offspring: new study

Exposure to radiation from cell phones during pregnancy affects the brain development of offspring, potentially leading to hyperactivity, Yale School of Medicine researchers have determined.

Health created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (13) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

Study: Brain makes call on which ear is used for cell phone

If you're a left brain thinker, chances are you use your right hand to hold your cell phone up to your right ear, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

Neuroscience created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Study finds dangerous bacteria on cell phones of hospital patients

Cell phones used by patients and their visitors were twice as likely to contain potentially dangerous bacteria as those of healthcare workers (HCW), according to a study published in the June issue of the American Journal of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Non-invasive wireless near-infrared device provides reliable diagnosis of bladder dysfunction

(Medical Xpress) -- A cell phone-sized, wireless near-infrared device is as reliable as the current "gold standard" invasive tests in determining bladder disease, according to a study by researchers at the ...

Medical research created May 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mobile phone

A mobile phone or mobile (also called cellphone and handphone, as well as cell phone, wireless phone, cellular phone, cell, cellular telephone, mobile telephone or cell telephone) is a long-range, electronic device used for mobile voice or data communication over a network of specialized base stations known as cell sites. In addition to the standard voice function of a mobile phone, telephone, current mobile phones may support many additional services, and accessories, such as SMS for text messaging, email, packet switching for access to the Internet, gaming, Bluetooth, infrared, camera with video recorder and MMS for sending and receiving photos and video, MP3 player, radio and GPS. Most current mobile phones connect to a cellular network consisting of switching points and base stations (cell sites) owned by a mobile network operator (the exception is satellite phones, which are mobile but not cellular).

As opposed to a radio telephone, a mobile phone offers full duplex communication, automatised calling to and paging from a public switched telephone network (PSTN), handoff (am. English) or handover (European term) during a phone call when the user moves from one cell (base station coverage area) to another. A mobile phone offers wide area service, and should not be confused with a cordless telephone, which also is a wireless phone, but only offer telephony service within a limited range, e.g. within a home or an office, through a fixed line and a base station owned by the subscriber.

The International Telecommunication Union estimated that mobile cellular subscriptions worldwide would reach approximately 4.1 billion by the end of 2008. Mobile phones have gained increased importance in the sector of Information and communication technologies for development in the 2000s and have effectively started to reach the bottom of the economic pyramid.

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