Mobile phone-based interventions for improving contraception use

Mobile phone-based interventions for smoking cessation.

BACKGROUND Innovative effective smoking cessation interventions are required to appeal to those who are not accessing traditional cessation services. Mobile phones are widely used and are now well integrated into the daily lives of many, particularly young adults. Mobile phones are a potential medium for the delivery of health programmes such as smoking cessation. OBJECTIVES To determine whet...

Alterations in TSH and Thyroid Hormones Following Mobile Phone Use

Dear Editor,Lack of ionizing radiation and the low level energy emission from cell phones initially led to a public perception that use of mobile phones is safe. However, the dramatic increase in the use of cell phones has generated great concerns about their potential adverse effects. We have previously found no association between self-reported illness symptoms and the exposures to microwave ...

Impact of Mobile Phone-Based Interventions on Methamphetamine Use and High-risk Sexual Behaviors in Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM): A Systematic Review

Mobile phone use and cancer.

Correspondence to: Prof. Dr M Kundi, Institute of Environmental Health, Medical Faculty, University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, 1095 Vienna, Austria; Michael. [email protected] _________________________ T he continued success of mobile telecommunication producing a still growing population of users amounting to hundreds of millions of people worldwide has raised concerns about possible co...

Fertility awareness-based mobile application for contraception

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to retrospectively evaluate the effectiveness of a fertility awareness-based method supported by a mobile-based application to prevent unwanted pregnancies as a method of natural birth control. METHODS In a retrospective analysis, the application's efficiency as a contraceptive method was examined on data from 4054 women who used the application as contrace...