Dr. Estcourt says the project is still seven to ten years away from completion. But she says it holds great promise for the future.
CLAUDIA ESTCOURT: "Clearly one of the major implications of something like this would be for use in developing countries: maybe for testing HIV, maybe for testing for tuberculosis, or perhaps even malaria."
Researchers at the University of Toronto in Canada are studying a mobile phone system that may help people with diabetes control their blood pressure.
The system collects blood pressure readings from home testing devices that have wireless technology. The readings are then sent to a health-care monitoring system.
Patients receive a mobile phone message telling them how they are doing. If their blood pressure is too high, they are advised to make an appointment with their doctor. Several high readings will cause the system to automatically contact the doctor.
Patients in the study used the mobile phone system for one year. The researchers found that thirty-seven percent of the patients were able to get their blood pressure under control. This compares with about fourteen percent of patients using common equipment.
And that's the VOA Special English Technology Report, written by June Simms. Our programs are online with transcripts and MP3 files at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Steve Ember.
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