A new text messaging program has been launched to help men with advanced prostate cancer as they undergo chemotherapy. PROST8CARE is the work of Mobile Commons, a New York-based developer of mobile ...

Approximately 90% of text messages are read within minutes, making them highly effective for engagement compared to emails or ...

A study at four Pittsburgh-area UPMC hospitals reveals a text message-based intervention can help promote healthy alcohol consumption practices in young adults. Researchers divided the study ...

BOSTON - A text messaging program could help teens walk away from e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes, which are highly addictive, are the most common tobacco products used by teens. In fact, up to 10% of high ...

This week hospital group Denver Health, Microsoft, and EMC announced early results from a text message powered diabetes program that aimed to help patients better self manage their condition. Denver ...

Text messaging shows promise for assessing smoking status and identifying lung cancer screening eligibility, particularly among middle-aged, educated individuals with medium or high income. However, a ...

The University of Chicago Medicine saw improvements in gylcemic control, user satisfaction and resource utilization after implementing a text message-based monitoring program for the organization’s ...

Perry Village government is aiming to enhance communication with its residents by implementing a new text messaging program. The village will be using TextMyGov, a smart-texting system designed for ...

Text messages and other online feedback can help prevent obesity in very young children, a new study demonstrates. Kids had a healthier weight-for-height growth curve during their first two years if ...

A decision by Verizon Wireless — later reversed — to restrict a text-messaging advocacy campaign by Naral Pro Choice America is being called “astonishing” by Nancy E. Schwartz, a nonprofit marketing ...

More than 2 million American middle and high school students now use e-cigarettes, also known as “vaping." A clinical trial found that teens enrolled in the “This is Quitting” anonymous text message ...

Demonstrating “the power of a relatively simple technology in changing behavior,” a text messaging program from nonprofit Truth Initiative called “This is Quitting” has resulted in 35% more teens ...