The generalisability of these findings to alerts related to other classes of drugs, to other alerting systems, and to other types of physicians or health professionals is not known and would be an important avenue for future research.
The alarm also advises users how to respond to alerts, whether a carbon monoxide buildup or full-blown fire, and includes direct contact with the fire service.
People should be able to provide their comments and thoughts, to email individual items and comments to others, and to subscribe to alerts on changes and updates.
It found that while overall use of social media affects the quality of sleep, those who log on at night to respond to alerts are particularly affected.
HONG KONG — The hijacking of a Saudi supertanker has not led to alerts and alarms in Asia, which has weathered its own previous storms of piracy.
It also advises users how to respond to alerts, whether a carbon monoxide buildup or full-blown fire, and includes direct contact with the fire service.
A free app for Android phones, Pops lets you choose an animation that can be assigned to specific kinds of alerts, or to alerts from specific people.
Better yet, if your car is stolen and you don't respond to alerts, a 24-hour monitoring station will contact local law enforcement and send them after the thieves— no police report required.
But Dr. Sylvie Briand of the W.H.O.'s global flu program said it would be "not very helpful" to switch to alerts like those for hurricanes, which are based on wind speeds.
The 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks passed without major incident, but jitters about terrorism that led to alerts across the country on the ground and in the skies were still being felt on Monday.
The Fossils' surprisingly vigorous sound can be limited to alerts for appointments and such, or turned off entirely.
