News tagged with screen time
Text messaging may help children fight off obesity
Nov 11, 2008 |
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Many children love sending and receiving text messages through their cell phones – sometimes to the great annoyance of their parents.
TV, computer screen time linked to high blood pressure in young children
Aug 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sedentary behaviors such as TV viewing and “screen time” involving computers and video games are linked with elevated blood pressure in children regardless of whether they are overweight or obese, according ...
Adolescent obesity linked to reduced sleep caused by technology use and caffeine
Jun 09, 2009 |
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According to a research abstract that will be presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, adolescent obesity is associated with having less sleep. Reduction in sleep could ...
New study raises concerns about screen time among urban children with asthma
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Urban children with asthma engage in an average of an hour more of screen time daily than the maximum amount American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends. This is the first study to examine screen time among children with ...
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Moving video to 'captcha' robot hackers
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 29, 2009 |
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We see the popular "captcha" security mechanism often ― wavy letters websites ask us to type into a box. It's used by web pages and newsletter sign-up forms to prevent computer robots from hacking into servers and databases. ...
Hearing assistance comes to the home (w/ Video)
Dec 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have combined state-of-the-art technologies to help end the isolation suffered by the hearing impaired. End users are eager to get their hands on the suite of tools.
New Method Tests Severity of Key Citrus Virus
Dec 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new rapid way to test severity of the devastating citrus tristeza virus (CTV) in citrus trees has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Parlier, Calif. The ...
Controlling the TV with a wave of the hand
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 23, 2009 |
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Touchscreens are so yesterday. Remote controls? So last century. The future is controlling your devices with a simple wave of the hand.
Largest study of PGD children shows embryo biopsy is safe for singleton pregnancies
Dec 22, 2009 |
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The largest and longest running study of children born after preimplantation genetic diagnosis and screening has shown that embryo biopsy does not adversely affect the health of babies born as the result of a subsequent singleton ...
Immersive Game System Allows Physical Interaction Between Players
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With a new immersive multiplayer game system, researchers are further blurring the line between gaming and the real world. Using a mouse and keyboard sounds kind of quaint compared to the ...
Elevated-risk women refuse MRI breast cancer screening
Dec 22, 2009 |
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In a new study published in the January issue of Radiology, 42 percent of women eligible for breast cancer screening with MRI declined to undergo the procedure.
Hollywood adds money, talent to made-for-Web shows
Dec 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Web sites that buy original video clips often pay so little that "The Bannen Way," a flashy crime thriller debuting online, looked destined to be made poorly if it could be made at all.
Netbooks start raising the stakes
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Dec 18, 2009 |
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The standard desktop computer is about as popular as swine flu these days, with all the major innovations happening in the laptop and netbook segment.
Video game watchdog shuts down, victim of economy
Dec 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- David Walsh said when he was assembling his first report card on video game violence 13 years ago, children were attacking on-screen monsters or aliens with imaginary chain saws and guns.
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