Health

BYOD Gives Us Bad Backs, Says Doctor

Users suffer from hunching over laptops, says GP Sarah Jarvis

11 years ago

Google Search Adds Nutrition Information

A new voice-activated feature in Google Search offers nutrition details on hundreds of foods and meals

11 years ago

Google’s Larry Page Reveals Vocal Cord Paralysis

Google's CEO Larry Page has broken his silence about a rare medical condition affecting his vocal cords

12 years ago

San Francisco Surrenders Over Mobile Phone Radiation Law

The city of San Francisco has reluctantly agreed to revoke a local law demanding radiation warnings on mobile phones

12 years ago

The Epidemiology Of Malware

A nineteenth century doctor can tell you how to stop malware, says Dominic Storey

12 years ago

US Households Drop Landlines For Mobile

About 34 percent of all US adults now live in households with only mobile telephones, according to a study by…

12 years ago

Finding Tech Success In The Public Sector

Public sector IT has a bad name, says Peter Judge. Could you help change that?

12 years ago

Big Data Privacy Fears? Let’s Love Big Brother!

Do you have Big Data privacy concerns? Dominic Pollard says we should relax and trust Big Brother

12 years ago

Belfast Health Trust Gets £225,000 Data Breach Fine

A Belfast Trust is lumped with a big fine but says the penalty won't harm patient care

12 years ago

NHS Trust To Appeal ICO Fine

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust says ICO has "acted incorrectly"

12 years ago

Mobile Phone Use Is Safe Says Health Protection Agency

Report finds no conclusive evidence that Mobile phones pose a health risk, but use by children should be limited

13 years ago

Cloud System Allows Real-Time Diabetes Monitoring

A system under trial in the UK allows diabetes patients to keep in continuous contact via a cloud-connected pump

13 years ago

CSC And NHS Reach £900m IT Service Compromise

The NHS is free from further NPfIT payments. and CSC is still pitching - with a promise to save the…

13 years ago

Apple: Jobs Steps Down, Cook Steps Up

Steve Jobs' resignation was inevitable, but still came as a shock. Eric Doyle looks at what Jobs has achieved and…

13 years ago

Hospital Denies Forcing Visits By Skype

A hospital has denied it was forcing relatives to use Skype instead of visiting them in hospital

13 years ago

No Link Found Between Mobiles and Tumours

Large study fails to find a link between tumour development and mobile phone use

13 years ago

Mobile Phone Users Dismiss Cancer Link Claims

The vast majority of mobile phone users will not adjust their phone habits after the recent cancer warning

13 years ago

Lulzsec Hackers Warn NHS Over Security

The hacker group Lulzsec has fired a warning shot across the bows of the NHS over its network security

13 years ago

WHO Labels Mobile Phones As ‘Possibly Carcinogenic’

The World Health Organisation has warned that mobile phones could be linked to brain cancer

13 years ago

Embattled NHS Chief Tries To Defend IT Programme

Sir David Nicholson, SRO for the NPfIT, was closely questioned at a hearing looking into the project's failings

13 years ago

iPad Factory Explosion Kills Three Foxconn Workers

An explosion at a Foxconn factory making Apple's iPad 2 has left three workers dead and many injured

13 years ago

UK Fuels e-Waste Black Market

An investigation found British e-waste made its way illegally to African nations for disposal

14 years ago

GSMA Slams Euro Call For Ban On Wireless In Schools

A European report that calls for a ban on mobile phones and Wi-Fi in school is "unscientific” says the GSMA

14 years ago

NHS Commits To Green IT, Despite Chaos

Green IT will be needed in the NHS' plans for Sustainable Health, if the NHS survives a government reorganisation

14 years ago

Apple Breaks Record With iPad, iPhone Sales

Apple has predictably sold record numbers of its iPad, iPhone and Macs during its first quarter

14 years ago

Apple’s Steve Jobs Takes Second Medical Leave

Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs is taking a medical leave of absence, similar to his 2009 break

14 years ago

Adobe gives RIM’s PlayBook An Airing For The Healthcare Market

Adobe shows Client Outlook's eUnity medical imaging application in the first live demonstration of the PlayBook tablet

14 years ago

Zoho And Netsuite Collaborate On Cloud Autism App

Autism experiences led the wives of NetSuite and Zoho CEOs to create MedicalMine and its ChARM cloud application

14 years ago

US Hospital Loses 800,000 Patient Records

South Shore Hospital in Massachusetts reveals that backup files containing patient and employee information have disappeared

14 years ago

IBM Invests £65m Into Healthcare IT

IBM is launching a $100 million (£65m) health care IT research campaign that will work to develop new medical technology

14 years ago