Intel Corp. is planning to step into health care business. The company would be providing technology to aid homebound chronic patients. 

Called as Health Guide, it is a small tabletop gadget to be manufactured by Intel. 

The device about the size of a small-form-factor P. Health Guide PHS6000 is a small white box with a flip-up 10.4-inch LCD touchscreen and a webcam with privacy shield. It hosts an undisclosed Intel processor and motherboard. The device is equipped with Bluetooth and four USB ports.

A study that involved 60 pacemaker and defibrillator patients has claimed that Magnetic interference from iPod headphones could bear a risk to patients with surgically implanted heart monitoring devices.

The research team said, "Interference from MP3 player headphones could prove fatal by temporarily deactivating the device. Patients should keep headphones more than 3cm away from their pacemaker or defibrillator."

The union representing Canadian Blood Services workers has clarified that the current shortage in the blood supply is the direct result of job cuts and changes in the service's blood collection system.

"They are cutting jobs and shortening hours," Allen said Monday. "These cuts are having a negative impact on how our members are doing their jobs. We don't want to slam our employer, but they are doing too much, too fast and it's not working."

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A research by UC Davis M. I. N. D. Institute has concluded that infants who showed fascination for unusual objects were later diagnosed with autism. Strange though but these children were more likely to spin and rotate; look out of the corners of their eyes at simple objects including a feeder or a rattle as early as 12 months of age.

The study was conducted on 66 babies. 35 babies out of these were considered at high risk for autism as they had an older sibling who was diagnosed with the disorder.

AIDS vaccine made by Crucell has shown success in blocking the AIDS virus in monkeys. The claim has been made by a Harvard scientist.

The scientist wrote in an online journal Nature about the new vaccine. The vaccine was successful in keeping away the virus for up to 500 days. This, he considers, is a breakthrough in developing an AIDS vaccine.