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Bringing Home the European Union’s Ban on Mercury Fillings

It’s Mercury Awareness Week. Now we honor the mercury-free dentists, urge consumers to demand mercury-free dentistry, and explain to our supporters — past, present, and future — how their valuable dollars are helping us stop the use of mercury in dentistry here and abroad. Consumers for Dental Choice is grateful to health champion Dr. Joseph… Read More »

Smart home management app opens up new revenue streams for service providers

Broadband Service providers can use comprehensive and GDPR-protected data insights from a smart home management app to improve customers’ Wi-Fi experience and unlock new revenue streams thanks to Gamgee’s upgrade to AVM’s FRITZ!Box Wi-Fi Router. The “Gamgee App for FRITZ!Box” presents service providers with a management capability that maps the home network, user behaviour… Read More »

New mobile infrared heater launched by ARC Thermal: slashes home and office heating bills

The new LAVA® STAND mobile infrared heater slashes home and office heating bills as running costs are only 10p per hour (based on £0.34/kWh). This contrasts with 68p an hour for a 2kW fan heater or about £2.47 to heat a typical three-bedroom house for an hour with gas central heating. If working from home,… Read More »

Dried blood spots have clear advantages over mini tubes when it comes to lab analysis of home collected samples for HIV and syphilis testing

Blood samples taken at home and sent by post to labs to screen for HIV and syphilis are more likely to be successfully processed when the collection technique used is dried blood spots rather than mini tubes, investigators from the UK report in Sexually Transmitted Infections. Close to 95% of dried blood spot samples were… Read More »