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Telehealth for diabetes promotes aging at home, not in the hospital

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A large study of ethnically and racially diverse individuals with diabetes has found that home telemonitoring of their health resulted in significantly fewer deaths than in a similar group that was not monitored. Diabetes ...





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Study finds virtual doctors visits satisfactory for both patients and clinicians

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Travelers book plane tickets online, bank customers can check their accounts at any computer, and busy families can grocery shop online. Someday, even doctor visits could be among the conveniences offered via the Internet. ...


Modified Bluetooth speeds up telemedicine

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A telemedicine system based on a modified version of the Bluetooth wireless protocol can transfer patient data, such as medical images from patient to the healthcare provider's mobile device for patient assessment almost ...


Telemedicine can dramatically improve child sexual assault examinations in rural areas

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created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The use of telemedicine can dramatically improve the quality of child sexual assault examinations in rural communities where rates of abuse and neglect are highest — sometimes more than double the statewide rate — a study ...


Telemedicine leads to better stroke treatment decisions

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 03, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center say that their first-of-its-kind study of a telemedicine program which transports stroke specialists via computer desktop or even laptop to the patient’s ...


Twitter and health care -- can a tweet a day keep the doctor away?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter, the increasingly popular social networking tool that was at first merely a convenient way to stay in touch with friends and family, is emerging as a potentially valuable means of real-time, on-the-go communication ...


Study suggests sick children should be tranferred to specialty hospitals sooner

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created May 01, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Critically ill children admitted to the pediatric intensive care units of regional medical centers from smaller hospitals are sicker than those admitted directly from those centers' own emergency rooms, a study by pediatric ...


Talking up a new role for cell phones in telemedicine

Talking up a new role for cell phones in telemedicine

Chemistry /

created May 05, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

After launching a communications revolution, cell phones are talking up a potentially life-saving new role in telemedicine — the use of telecommunications technology to provide medical diagnosis and patient ...


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SMS your ECG to ER

Technology / Other

created Jul 17, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A Bluetooth heart monitor could text your local hospital if you are about to have a heart attack, according to research published today in Inderscience's International Journal of Electronic Healthcare. The ...


Internet complicates doctor-patient relationships

Internet complicates doctor-patient relationships

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Patients who ask their doctor about information they have read on the Internet, or webs that better inform them of their diagnosis, are no longer a rarity. A study undertaken by Spanish researchers reveals ...


Better health through your cell phone

Chemistry /

created Sep 11, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In many Third World and developing countries, the distance between people in need of health care and the facilities capable of providing it constitutes a major obstacle to improving health. One solution involves creating ...



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