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The privacy side effects of Google Health
News Webware.com's Rafe Needleman and CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi discuss the recent launch of a beta test of Google Health, a US service that allows users to compile their medical records online. The offering may sound good in theory, but privacy and...
[May 21, 2008, 14:42]
Video Games and Health
Downloads Want to know about the effects of video games on health. The eBook contains three sections that are based on gaming and health articles written for Game Innovator: Effects on general health, Effects on the circulatory system and Effects on the...
[February 21, 2007, 9:54]
Latest: Children at risk from mobiles
News A British scientist has warned that pre-adolescent children are at the greatest risk of suffering adverse health effects from mobile phone use. It cannot be denied that the non-thermal effects of MWR [microwave radiation] used in mobile telephony...
[November 24, 2000, 11:17]
Study claims mobile base stations are safe
News A three-year study into the possible short-term health effects of mobile base stations has found that base stations are not associated with ill health. This should be reassuring news for anyone who is concerned about the possible short-term health...
[July 25, 2007, 12:55]
Neurosurgeon: Mobile phones 'worse than smoking'
News He believes mobile technology has now been around long enough for any public health effects to begin emerging. Consequently, most of the published research cannot elucidate the risk of long-term effects… Since there are still gaps in knowledge...
[April 1, 2008, 8:57]
Government set to respond to Stewart Enquiry
News The Enquiry, commissioned by government to investigate claims that mobile phone use had adverse health implications, issued its report in May and concluded that, while there was no evidence that mobiles were dangerous, there was the "risk of a...
[December 8, 2000, 9:40]
Orange heads to court over mobile masts
News The legal action is being brought by Stockport Council, which insists that parents, school governors and local residents want the masts removed because of concerns over health effects. However, we insist no link has been found between mobile masts...
[February 2, 2001, 14:06]
Government to investigate mobile phone safety
News Dr Hyland, writing in The Lancet, said that the microwave radiation used in mobile telephony produces non-thermal heating that has the potential to induct adverse health effects. The fact remains, though, that this is no clear link between mobile...
[January 25, 2002, 13:26]
Mobile industry faces flood of lawsuits
News A spokesman for Motorola's US offices has said that there is no proof that mobile phone use causes adverse health effects, and that Motorola only knew that Murray was pursuing a "worker's compensation claim" against the company.
[November 14, 2001, 12:15]
Experts to examine mobile mast link to cancer cases
News Fifteen research projects are currently underway to see whether mobile phone use can cause health effects, at a cost of £4.5m. The Stewart Inquiry, an independent, government-backed study into mobile phone safety, concluded in 2000 that while there...
[February 15, 2002, 15:29]
Nutrition Quick Study Guide. FREE first 2 chapters in the trial version.
Downloads Annotations and drawings are also synchronized.Table of ContentsNutrition: History | Nutrients | Amino acids | Vitamins | Fatty acids | Sugars | Intestinal bacterial flora | Phytochemicals | Longevity | Heart disease | IndustryCarbohydrates...
[February 8, 2007, 6:00]
Nutrition Quick Study Guide. FREE first 2 chapters in the trial version.
Downloads Annotations and drawings are also synchronized.Table of ContentsNutrition: History | Nutrients | Amino acids | Vitamins | Fatty acids | Sugars | Intestinal bacterial flora | Phytochemicals | Longevity | Heart disease | IndustryCarbohydrates...
[February 8, 2007, 6:00]
Nutrition Quick Study Guide. FREE first 2 chapters in the trial version.
Downloads Annotations and drawings are also synchronized.Table of ContentsNutrition: History | Nutrients | Amino acids | Vitamins | Fatty acids | Sugars | Intestinal bacterial flora | Phytochemicals | Longevity | Heart disease | IndustryCarbohydrates...
[February 8, 2007, 6:00]
How to cope when the going gets tough
News These will get you through a lengthy period of adversity with your health and mental focus preserved. First, such moments are no better for your health than the long-term crisis. But the sudden impact of stress brought on by an unforeseen crisis is...
[June 23, 2003, 13:11]
One in ten children ignore mobile guidelines
News The inquiry did not find proof that mobile phones are a health risk -- but warned that children should avoid excessive mobile use. Mobiles sold in the UK now come with a leaflet written by the Department of Health which advices children not to...
[June 29, 2001, 11:29]
Study links mobile emissions to tumours
News Andrew Wood, bio-physicist at Melbourne's Swinbourne University and ARPANSA adviser, admitted that health implications of mobile phone radiation were still unknown. No one can rationally set limits of exposure unless they know precisely what the...
[June 20, 2002, 9:44]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News A talk with a friend about the terrible state of the health service's intranet (NHSnet -- very expensive, because it uses X.400 and payment-per-kilobyte charging. Set up for the benefit of entrenched supplier interest, rather than cost-effective...
[June 11, 1999, 18:39]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog A talk with a friend about the terrible state of the health service's intranet (NHSnet -- very expensive, because it uses X.400 and payment-per-kilobyte charging. Set up for the benefit of entrenched supplier interest, rather than cost-effective...
[June 11, 1999, 19:39]
Digital emergency radio network raises health fears
News Government officials are reported to be concerned that a new radio network for Britain's emergency services could have damaging health effects. The Telegraph reports that the government has been warned by Sir William Stewart -- who chaired a...
[July 13, 2001, 12:10]
Government to study Wi-Fi health risks
News The results of the study will be peer-reviewed and will form the basis for a wider study into the effects of radio signals on health. The Health Protection Agency has announced a research programme into the possible health implications of Wi-Fi...
[October 15, 2007, 12:03]
