Home computers aid disease fight
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More than 150,000 home computer users are helping scientists find new ways to treat diseases like Alzheimer's.
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Health industry, tech firms, government agencies might collaborate to \
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Rural and deprived communities worldwide are benefiting from the increased availability of computers.
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British physicists have shared computer time with biologists around the world in an effort to combat malaria, which kills one million people annually.
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The latest scientific news is about fighting aging, heart disease, and cancer.
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While corporations are monitoring ports and using advanced security tools to fend off infection and attack, home users -- who have less technical sophistication -- are left more susceptible, sometimes
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Scientists find a way to make cells effectively immune to flu and other viruses.
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By Kara Rowland, The Washington Times  Dec. 15--Anyone who has tried to show grandma how to use a mouse knows  that computers are anything but second nature to America's older population.
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An information mobile text service is being launched in Kenya to help tackle the HIV/Aids pandemic.
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Although more than two-thirds of home computer users think they're safe from online threats, an AOL survey found that 20% of home computers were infected by a virus or worm and 80% had various forms of spyware and adware programs.
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One Laptop Per Child, an ambitious project to bring computing to the developing worldâs children, is reaching out to the public through an interesting marketing campaign.
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Robots may be used as home health care workers in Norway in coming years.
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Students design mobile data-access system for health-care workers.
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A combined PC, telephone and television is being used in aid projects in India.
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By Valarie Potell, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 6--Dan Duncan works all day and helps fight AIDS at night -- or at least his computer does.
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Researchers hope a new supercomputer will help develop life-saving drugs and model climate change.
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People who use their computers to find information about their chronic disease often wind up in worse condition than if they had listened to their doctor, according to a University College London review of studies on Internet health.