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Pilot Project Tests Cell Phones in TB Fight

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The cell phone is joining the arsenal of technology used to keep folks healthy.

A student-led group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge has developed a way to use cell phones to let tuberculosis patients report their adherence to the drug regimen they must follow. If the tests show patients are adhering to doctor's orders to take all their medication, they get rewarded with free cell phone minutes, the Associated Press reports.