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Researchers seek funds to study cell phone safety
News Scientists have long debated whether cell phones pose health risk and are now looking for money to fund research to help resolve issue.
Tags: Cellular phones, Children, public health, Wireless, radio frequency, researcher, health care, agency, radio, Cellular phones
Healthcare needs common standards
News Common standards help medical institutions share patient information, a necessary step in the evolution of healthcare delivery, experts say.
Tags: Standards, Data Management, XML
Wi-Fi mosquito killer coming to a porch near you
Techguide A Rhode Island company is trying to merge computers and biotechnology to nab the nefarious creatures.
Tags: Networking, Mobile/Wireless, 802.11/Wi-Fi
Reviewing pandemic plans has just become job #1
Techguide With the Influenza A hitting over 60 countries, IT managers need to step up contingency planning. One CIO shares his organization's experience and plans.
Tags: Contingency planning, Remote management, VPNs, Event, Plan, public health, remote access, Contingency planning, VPNs, Server
Patient privacy in peril?
News New U.S. legislation urging doctors and hospitals to keep electronic, rather than paper, health records may not go far enough in shielding sensitive information.
Tags: Privacy, Insurance Company, Record, Privacy, medical record, public health, electronic health record, insurance, Washington, health insurance
Researchers still uncertain whether cellular phones are safe
News Leading scientists gathering in Washington, D.C., this week say more research is needed to once-and-for-all determine whether cell phones pose major health risks.
Tags: Cellular phones, DNA, Conference, Wireless, researcher, scientist, health care, American Cancer Society, Cellular phones
US senators aim to protect electric grid from hackers
News Politicians respond to reports of cyberattacks by suggesting new plans to protect an increasingly networked electric grid.
Tags: Hacking, Security, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Rep., Grid, network, Hacker, U.S., U.S. Congress
Twitter, Facebook called on for higher purpose
News Google.org's technology project to help save lives in the event of natural disasters or public health threats has been launched.
Tags: Disaster recovery, Data backup, disaster recovery
Feds create new post of cybersecurity czar
News New official in the Department of Homeland Security will lead fight against "cyber and telecommunications attacks."
Tags: Business security, Security, Security Management
M'sian govt cautions against relying on online medical sites
News The public should not attempt to "self-treat" any ailments in view of the wide range of medical literature available on the Internet, said Malaysian Deputy Health Minister Suleiman Mohamed.
Neurosurgeon: Mobile phones 'worse than smoking'
News Growing evidence exists of a link between excessive long-term use of mobiles and certain types of brain tumors, claims neurosurgeon.
Tags: Cellular phones
Developing countries get free medical help online
News Six of the world's leading medical journal publishers pledged on Monday to use the Internet to give third world medical institutes access to their publications free of charge or at a drastically reduced rate.
"Terrorist" traffic data to be used against minor criminals
News Communications data collected under an anti-terror Code of Practice will be available to the British police for minor criminal cases.
Mobile industry slams 'health time bomb' study
News The GSM Association has hit back at a neurosurgeon's claims of a link between mobile usage and brain cancer, suggesting non-supportive studies were ignored.
Tags: Cellular phones
Singapore: One nation under Wi-Fi
News Firecrackers and gum chewing might be frowned upon in Singapore, but the country is going nuts for Wi-Fi.
Tags: Wireless LANs, 802.11/Wi-Fi, WiMax, Government, Local Government
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