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Yahoo Health partners with educational video network

March 20, 2007 HealthiNation to provide streaming video content to Yahoo's health portal. TAGS: health, Yahoo! Inc., portal, video

Is Wi-Fi bad for your health?

November 29, 2006 After U.K. teacher says network gave him flushes and burning sensations, parliament member calls for government inquiry. TAGS: Wi-Fi network, health, Wi-Fi, inquiry, mobile phone, evidence, school, teacher

Microsoft, Google in healthy competition

May 18, 2009 The rivals extend their tech battle into Web-based personal health records, an area in which they are both upstarts. TAGS: personal health record, e-health, health, health care, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft to acquire search start-up Medstory

February 26, 2007 Acquisition of company specializing in health-related searches will become part of Microsoft's nascent Health Solutions Group. TAGS: health, health care, acquisition, Microsoft Corp., start-up

Study: Laser printers may pose health risks

August 1, 2007 Toner particle emissions from laser printers can be as unhealthy as cigarette smoke, according to Australian university research. TAGS: emission, particle, laser printer, laser, health, printer, university, HP LaserJet, professor, researcher, HP

Microsoft plans medical-record service

October 4, 2007 HealthVault is just getting off the ground: Will consumers trust the company with private info? TAGS: Peter Neupert, health care, health, health care company, insurance company, insurance, vision, Microsoft Corp.

Here's to good health searches

September 16, 2006 Healia, a new health-care search engine, lets users narrow searches based on gender and other personal factors. TAGS: health, search, search engine, health care

Microsoft: Better software can prevent medical mishaps

September 10, 2007 Company teams with Britain's health system to come up with a common interface for reducing the thousands of hospital mix-ups that occur annually. TAGS: health care, hospital, health, medical device, medication, Britain, Microsoft Corp., patient, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows

Dragging health records into the Digital Age

May 18, 2009 Federal funding and new tech are speeding efforts to digitize America's medical practices. But are they ready to forge into a paperless existence? TAGS: Kaiser Permanente, e-health, health care, insurance company, hospital, health, insurance, patient, tablet, rest

AOL founder launches health care Web site

April 19, 2007 RevolutionHealth.com puts consumers at the center of managing their health care--a trend, analysts say, already under way online. TAGS: WebMD, health care, pharmaceutical company, health, founder, trend, America Online Inc., portal

U.K. health service plans 'telehealth' rollout

January 25, 2007 National Health Service aims to install devices in patients' homes that can collect and transmit their health data. TAGS: health, information technology, patient, U.K., London, security

Politicos prep for another health care showdown

May 19, 2009 President Obama's ambitious plan could serve as a rallying cry for the same groups that killed the Clinton health initiative 16 years ago. TAGS: health care, health, Republican, president

Medical records mashup would span a lifetime

December 7, 2006 Five major companies have joined forces and invested in what appears to be the ultimate personal medical-records database. TAGS: health care, health, nonprofit organization, lifetime, doctor, Intel, U.S., database

Confront nanotech health risks now, experts say

October 18, 2006 Industry urged to investigate and disclose nanotech health and environmental issues early in product development. TAGS: nanotechnology, product development, health, R&D, expert, consulting

Microsoft coughs up for health care software

July 26, 2006 It acquires Azyxxi, database software for patient records, and lays plans to spread the technology nationwide. TAGS: health care, hospital, health, patient, database software, Washington D.C., Microsoft Corp., database

IBM joins effort to prevent pandemics

May 15, 2006 Big Blue works with health organizations to save lives by learning how to curb the spread of infectious diseases. TAGS: IBM Corp., health, data mining, modeling, leader

Health now Apple's job No. 1

January 16, 2009 Apple regroups as CEO Steve Jobs takes a six-month medical leave of absence. Here's our roundup of the latest stories about the announcement and its aftermath. TAGS: Steve Jobs, Fake Steve Jobs, health, CEO, Apple Computer, Charles Cooper

IBM's answer to medical mashup: A search engine

January 23, 2007 Company unveils prototype network that would create a mashup of a patient's records. TAGS: mashup, patient, IBM Corp., HIPAA, physician, hospital, health, search engine, agency, database

Conde Nast continues Web acquisitions

July 21, 2006 Magazine giant's Web arm buys NutritionData.com just a week after spending $25 million for Wired News. TAGS: Wired News, roster, Wired Inc., health, acquisition

Your e-health future

May 18, 2009 special report CNET News looks at the rapidly digitizing health care industry, detailing barriers and dangers. Also: Why are so many docs Luddites? TAGS: e-health, personal health record, health care, electronic health record, health, CBS Broadcasting Inc.
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