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Why You Shouldn't Cut Corner When It Comes To Health And Safety
- By Shaun Parker
- Published October 2, 2008
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It's That Pink Time Of Year Again
- By Cattie Coyle
- Published September 26, 2008
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Yellow Fever and Travel Clinics
- By Rob Curtis
- Published August 30, 2008
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Travel Vaccinations and Travel Clinics London
- By Rob Curtis
- Published August 30, 2008
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Yellow Fever Vaccination in London
- By Rob Curtis
- Published August 30, 2008
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Travel Health and Vaccination
- By Rob Curtis
- Published August 30, 2008
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Travel Health - Yellow Fever Vaccine
- By Rob Curtis
- Published August 30, 2008
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Products for safe traveling, Travel Clinics, Vaccinations
- By Rob Curtis
- Published August 30, 2008
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Travel Clinic London Provides Vaccinations for Yellow Fever
- By Rob Curtis
- Published August 30, 2008
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Cell Phone Use Affects Fertility, Study Shows
- By eWEEK News
- Published October 30, 2006
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Heavy cell phone use may have a significant impact on the fertility of men, according to a study released in late October by the prestigious Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.
The study, conducted by Dr. Ashok Agarwal reported on the results of 364 men who used cell phones for varying amounts of time each day.
Teaching You Office XP/2000 education software
- By Computer Active
- Published May 4, 2006
- Software , Education , Health
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Find your way around Microsoft Office and Windows with this handy interactive guide
The six-disc package of Teaching You Office covers tutorials for Microsoft’s Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Access programs, as well as Windows itself.
PDA popularity triggering eyestrain?
- By The Wall Street Journal
- Published May 2, 2006
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As use of hand-held gadgets increases, opticians fear the U.S. becoming a nation of squinters.
Chris Kwak, a 31-year-old financial analyst, spends hours a day glued to the tiny screen of his Palm Treo hand-held computer. He fires off e-mails, checks stock prices and recently plowed through the novel \"The Da Vinci Code.\"
Experts raise health concerns over WiFi
- By Computing IT News
- Published April 30, 2006
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WiFi networks could cause headaches, fatigue, irritability and lack of concentration in some people, experts believe.
Medical Robots Start Work at London Hospital
- By Anonymous Blogger
- Published May 19, 2005
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Medical Robots Start Work at London Hospital
Robots make it possible for doctors to visually examine and communicate with patients, whether they are in another part of the hospital or even another part of the world.
Source: Reuters
LONDON - Science-fiction moved a step closer to reality on Wednesday when robots nicknamed "Sister Mary" and "Doctor Robbie" started work at a London hospital.
The pair allow doctors to visually examine and communicate with patients, whether they are in another part of the hospital or even another part of the world.
Meet Your Organ Match Online
- By Anonymous Blogger
- Published May 13, 2005
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Meet Your Organ Match Online
Nonprofit Web site MatchingDonors.com matches those in need of transplants with altruistic donors
By Catherine Arnst, BusinessWeek Online
The Internet can do more than help you find a date -- it can help you find a kidney. Since last October, MatchingDonors.com, a nonprofit Web site based in Canton, Mass., has been helping patients who desperately need a new liver or kidney find living donors who take altruism to a new level.
New technology key to U.S. healthcare
- By Anonymous Blogger
- Published May 13, 2005
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New technology key to U.S. healthcare
Investing in information technology is essential to the future of the American healthcare system, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said.
Source: Big News Network
Leavitt said the U.S. government should lead the way in adopting technology to boost both healthcare and the economy in the United States.
Painkillers Designed Especially for You?
- By Anonymous Blogger
- Published May 12, 2005
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Painkillers Designed Especially for You?
Scientists Examine the Genetic Basis of Pain to Help Patients More Effectively
By ANDREW CHANG, Associated Press
May 11, 2005 -- As part of his research, Dr. Jeff Mogil scoops up lab mice, one at a time, into specially designed cardboard and cloth pockets and holds each of them over a vat of hot water.
The mice don't seem to have a problem getting in the pockets, Mogil said. "It's dark and smelly in there."
New sex gel may combat HIV infection
Virginia Beach - A United States medical school has received $24-million to finish testing a new contraceptive gel that may also fight HIV infection.
Source: Independent Online
The third phase of clinical trials - the last stage before possible US government approval - will be conducted in India and the African countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Uganda and South Africa.
Fears over deadly new HIV strain
- By Anonymous Blogger
- Published February 13, 2005
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Fears over deadly new HIV strain
DOCTORS have warned that a new strain of highly drug-resistant HIV that leads to the rapid onset of Aids could find its way to Scotland.
By RICHARD GRAY, scotsman.com
Health officials in New York have discovered a man with a form of the virus that is resistant to three of the four drugs used to combat the disease.
Normally HIV can take up to 10 years before it develops into Aids, but the new strain damages the immune system at a far greater rate, so it becomes Aids within a couple of months.
Cell Phones May Pose a Risk to Children
- By Anonymous Blogger
- Published January 12, 2005
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Cell Phones May Pose a Risk to Children
New study points out the potential hazards of long-term mobile phone use.
By Laura Rohde, IDG News Service
Children may be more vulnerable than adults to the potential health risks of using mobile phones, according to a U.K. study released this week, which urged that nonessential phone use by children be discouraged.
Military Seeks Tech Tools to Train MDs
- By Anonymous Blogger
- Published December 24, 2004
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Military Seeks Tech Tools to Train MDs
The military sees technologies from the entertainment industry as potential tools for honing the skills of medics.
Source: ABC News
They could better simulate the difficult conditions and types of wounds medics are likely to encounter during war time, said Dr. Greg Mogel, West Coast director of the U.S. Army's Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center.
Mobile phones 'alter human DNA'
- By Anonymous Blogger
- Published December 22, 2004
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Mobile phones 'alter human DNA'
A laboratory study finds mobile phones damage human DNA - but does not show they harm health.
Source: BBC News
Radio waves from mobile phones do harm body cells and damage DNA, a laboratory study has shown. But the European Union-funded Reflex research did not prove such changes were a risk to human health.
iPod for Medical Images
- By Anonymous Blogger
- Published December 22, 2004
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iPod for Medical Images
The iPod is not just for music any more. Radiologists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and their colleagues at other institutions from as far away as Europe and Australia are now using iPod devices to store medical images.
Source: RSNA News
"This is what we call using off the shelf, consumer market technology," says Osman Ratib, M.D., Ph.D., professor and vice-chairman of radiologic services at UCLA. "Technology coming from the consumer market is changing the way we do things in the radiology department."
Doctors Use Video Games to Hone Skills
- By Anonymous Blogger
- Published December 20, 2004
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Doctors Use Video Games to Hone Skills
MARINA DEL REY, Calif. - If Dr. James Rosser Jr. had his way, every surgeon in America would have three indispensable tools on the operating room tray: a scalpel, sutures, and a video game controller.
By Ben Berkowitz, Reuters
Rosser looks like a football player and cracks jokes like a comic, but his job as a top surgeon and director of the Advanced Medical Technologies Institute at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York is to find better ways to practice medicine. At the top of his list -- video games.
Satellite System Puts Doctors in Ambulance
- By Anonymous Blogger
- Published December 16, 2004
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Satellite System Puts Doctors in Ambulance
Communication System to Use Satellite to Virtually Place Doctors Inside Ambulance in Transit
Source: ABC News
PITTSBURGH - For paramedics in rural areas, responding to frantic calls for help is at times akin to doing a high-wire act without a net. Mountains, valleys, bad weather and long distances between hospitals make communication with emergency room physicians spotty at best and nonexistent at worst.

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