Psychology & Psychiatry
Muting your phone may cause more stress, not less
Are you plagued by FOMO—"fear of missing out"? Then silencing your smartphone may not be the stress-buster you think it is.
Jun 27, 2022
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News tagged with mobile phone
Radiology & Imaging
AI may equal trained staff in spotting TB on chest X-rays
Artificial intelligence (AI) may help clinicians diagnose tuberculosis in parts of the world where radiologists are scarce, a new study suggests.
Apr 18, 2023
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Health
Children and adolescent mobile phone users at no greater risk of brain cancer than non-users
Children and adolescents who use mobile phones are not at a statistically significant increased risk of brain cancer compared to their peers who do not use mobile phones, according to a study published July 27 in the Journal ...
Jul 27, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
During epidemics, access to GPS data from smartphones can be crucial
A new EPFL and MIT study into the interplay between mobility and the 2013 and 2014 dengue outbreaks in Singapore has uncovered a legal void around access to mobile phone data—information that can prove vital in preventing ...
Nov 15, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds that mobile phone technology helps patients manage diabetes
An interactive computer software program appears to be effective in helping patients manage their Type 2 diabetes using their mobile phones, according to a new study by University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers. ...
Aug 1, 2011
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Medical research
Study finds association between frequent mobile phone use and semen quality
Does electromagnetic radiation emitted by mobile phones affect semen quality? While various environmental and lifestyle factors have been proposed to explain the decline in semen quality observed over the last fifty years, ...
Nov 1, 2023
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Health
Don't hang up yet: the latest study linking mobile phones to cancer has big problems
You may have seen the headlines over the weekend, reporting on a new study that's supposedly found a link between mobile phones and cancer. But all is not quite as it seems. And much of the alarm raised by the study is misplaced.
May 30, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Surprisingly low Shanghai COVID death count spurs questions
Lu Muying died on April 1 in a government quarantine facility in Shanghai, with her family on the phone as doctors tried to resuscitate her. She had tested positive for COVID-19 in late March and was moved there in line with ...
Apr 21, 2022
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Cardiology
Mobile phones offer heart lifeline
Technology that turns low-cost mobile phones into sophisticated stethoscopes could save thousands of lives in poor countries.
Sep 16, 2011
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Health
Internet, social media expose youth to tobacco
(Medical Xpress)—Tobacco companies are barred by law from advertising their products to children, but researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that many teens and pre-teens are getting ...
Apr 1, 2014
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