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Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Saturday, March 10

Go ahead, use your phone in the hospital, study says

by DavidAkin on Sat 10 Mar 2007 02:35 PM EST

A new study out of the prestigious Mayo Clinic in the U.S. says cell phones do not interfere with hospital medical equipment, suggesting that the usual bans on cell phone use in hospitals are unwarranted. That said, there are some devices, apparently, that could interfere with medical equipment. Some portable ... more »

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