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SPOTLIGHT: British government pledges millions for home telehealth
The government of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged 130 million pounds ($216 million) to provide home telehealth care and home adaptations to help an estimated 130,000 people live... Read more...
British researchers test 'smart plaster' for wireless vitals monitoring
Researchers in Britain have begun a series of clinical trials of "smart plaster," a disposable bandage with embedded sensors that measure vital signs and wirelessly transmit the readings to a... Read more...
UK scientists seek to cut radiation, interference in wireless implantables
With all this activity around standards for wireless communications in healthcare, device designers are just as busy developing the next generation of hardware that standards support. Researchers at... Read more...
BlackBerrys link organ donors, recipients in UK
A health trust in Birmingham, England, has begun a two-month trial of transplant coordination on BlackBerrys to help match liver donors to recipients as quickly as possible. With technology from... Read more...
British cyclists become pollution sensors
Teams of cyclists and pedestrians are wearing sensors to measure air and noise pollution in four British cities. These mobile data collectors will help government-backed researchers pinpoint... Read more...
