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Mobile Health Technology

This video report from the BBC shows how mobile technology can bring healthcare home. Fiona Graham investigates cases such as Nativo Mira Esplugues, who lives near Barcelona in Spain. Normally Mr Esplugues would attend daily physiotherapy sessions to care for his recent total knee replacement. Instead, he is being monitored remotely through an interactive terminal at home. “The application is no problem, you have only to touch the screen and...

Cell Phone and Radiation

Six countries in Europe, France, Israel, Germany, Switzerland, Finland and the UK, are now passing laws that will protect children from the risks of high use of cell phones. This was recommended by their health agencies as a way to reduce the exposure that the children are getting. This resolution urged all EU members to attempt to reduced their radiation limits. It was noticed in Denmark that their children were showing signs of hyperactivity problems...