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Tailored mobile health technologies may help patients take their medications appropriately

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 04:49 PM PDT

There was only a 5 percent error rate when patients with chronic kidney disease used mobile health technologies designed to help them use medications appropriately.

How age, other factors influence online health information searches

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 09:36 AM PDT

A new study aims to evaluate the types of search strategies that Internet users adopt when trying to solve a complicated health problem.

Cellphones can steal data from 'air-gapped computers'

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 09:36 AM PDT

A research team discovered how to turn an ordinary air-gapped computer into a cellular transmitting antenna using software that modifies the CPU firmware. GSMem malicious software uses the electromagnetic waves from phones to receive and exfiltrate small bits of data, such as security keys and passwords.