Apple could be sued for misleading the investors about Steve Jobs' medical status and for being slow to form a succession plan after his 2004 cancer treatment. Rick Hanna, an analyst, figures that Apple was... More...
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has been suffering from a "hormone imbalance" throughout 2008 but plans to stay on as the company CEO. In a letter posted by Jobs and addressed to the Apple Community,... More...
Google Inc. is now offering the general public electronic access to their medical records and other health-related information. The Mountain View, Calif.-based Web search leader announced the public launch of Google Health during a Webcast... More...
NTT DoCoMo Kansa, Inc will be removing a tower that it installed in a local bus station December 2005. About 40 residents of Kawanishi, Hyogo formed a group to eliminate pollution triggered by electromagnetic... More...
Doctors are turning to graphic artists to help patients better understand their illness and course of treatment.The artists turn medical images from 3D anatomical scans into less formidable forms, suitable for patients. Trials of the... More...
In the age of personal computers and the internet, living without a printer can be challenging indeed. But if you have a laser printer, you might want to think again before hitting the "Print" button.... More...
A March 2007 national poll by a Michigan hospital has concluded that parents are increasingly concerned about the safety of the Internet. Smoking and drug abuse still top the list, with respectively 40% and 39%... More...
Google has been quietly testing a new service called Google Health. Rumours about this service started at the end of March, when Google informed about Adam Bosworth´s hiring, with the title "Architect, Google Health." As... More...
The race to solve the world's most pressing health problems through science and technology received a $250 million pledge yesterday from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The latest amount brings to $450 million the... More...
The dynamic nature of the Internet and technology can make the protection, maintenance and optimal performance of PCs a challenge for consumers. Keeping a PC "healthy" today can be daunting and time-consuming for the average... More...
More than 60% of top hospital IT executives responding a survey said they plan to deploy computerized electronic health records over the next year, according to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMMS), which... More...
Mobile phones appear to be safe and do not cause cancer, British scientists said Wednesday, but they called for more research into long-term potential health risks. An independent advisory group of scientists at Britain's National... More...
Phone masts for the high-tech third generation mobile phones cause headaches and nausea, researchers have claimed. Dutch government scientists looked at the signals transmitted by base stations for the new phones. They... More...
Long haul air travel is not the only activity to pose a risk of developing potentially deadly blood clots - sitting at your computer for too long may also put you at risk. The European... More...
Women use the internet to look for health information for themselves and their family significantly more than men, research has found. The study, by independent research company Datamonitor, says that for this... More...
Nearly one in three managed care companies now allow patients to file health insurance claims online, a remarkable jump from just six months ago, a new study said. Health care companies are using... More...
Computer games with vibrating hand-held control devices should carry health warnings because they can cause damage to hands, British doctors said on Friday. The doctors think parents and children should be aware... More...