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Mobile phones and wireless networks: No evidence of health risk found in EU study
There is no scientific evidence that low-level electromagnetic field exposure from mobile phones and other transmitting devices causes adverse health effects, according to a report presented by a Norwegian /Swedish Expert ...
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Sep 13, 2012 |
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Mobile phones help bolster Uganda's fight against HIV
Stella Nayiga clutches her mobile phone as she describes the messages that she received punctually every morning and evening for over a year, reminding her to take her antiretroviral (ARV) drugs regularly.
HIV & AIDS
Jul 25, 2012 |
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Intensive mobile phone use affects young people's sleep
Young adults who make particularly heavy use of mobile phones and computers run a greater risk of sleep disturbances, stress and symptoms of mental health. "Public health advice should therefore include information on the ...
Pediatrics
Jun 11, 2012 |
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Majority of families in urban areas have access to Internet, show willingness to receive health info electronically
In a study of mostly minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged families, 99 percent of participants reported having access to the Internet. More than half of the families were interested in receiving health information ...
Health
Jun 05, 2012 |
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Radiology programs would benefit from incorporating tablet devices into education of residents
Radiology programs and their residents would benefit from incorporating tablet devices, like the iPad, into residency education, according to a study in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
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Jun 01, 2012 |
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Text messages help HIV patients stick to antiretroviral drug therapy
Mobile phones could play a valuable role in helping HIV patients to take their medication every day, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. The researchers found that patients were less likely to miss doses if they ...
HIV & AIDS
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Patient tracking to go with the flow
Patients admitted to hospitals in the future may find themselves equipped with a small ultrasound transmitter. With the help of their mobile phones, health care personnel will be able to keep track of where ...
Other
Mar 02, 2012 |
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How text messaging can help control malaria
In this week's PLoS Medicine, Dejan Zurovac and colleagues from the Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Program, Nairobi, Kenya discuss six areas where text messaging could improve the delivery of hea ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 21, 2012 |
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No increase in brain tumours in the Nordic countries
(Medical Xpress) -- The incidence of glioma - the most common form of brain tumour - is not increasing in the Nordic countries, contradicting the claim that mobile phone use is a cause of the disease. This according to a ...
Cancer
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Headphone-distracted pedestrians face death, serious injury: study
Listen up, pedestrians wearing headphones. Can you hear the trains or cars around you? Many probably can't, especially young adult males. Serious injuries to pedestrians listening to headphones have more than tripled in six ...
Health
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Biggest ever study shows no link between mobile phone use and tumors
There is no link between long-term use of mobile phones and tumours of the brain or central nervous system, finds new research published in the British Medical Journal today.
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Oct 21, 2011 |
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Swiss university creates cardiac issues detector
Swiss technological university EPFL said Tuesday it created an electronic system that detects cardiac problems instantly and passes on the data through a mobile phone to medical personnel.
Cardiology
Oct 18, 2011 |
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One in six mobile phones in UK is contaminated with fecal bacteria, researchers found
One in six mobile phones in Britain is contaminated with faecal matter, according to new research released ahead of Global Handwashing Day.
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Oct 14, 2011 |
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Mobile phones offer heart lifeline
Technology that turns low-cost mobile phones into sophisticated stethoscopes could save thousands of lives in poor countries.
Cardiology
Sep 16, 2011 |
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'Innovating for every woman, every child' report published
A report published Online by The Lancet today -- "Innovating for Every Woman, Every Child" -- attempts to capture how changes in global developments and connectivity will interact in order to improve the health and wellbeing ...
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Sep 11, 2011 |
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