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 ...

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 ...

Urban Outfitters launched a text-messaging program last week that could be a first step toward mobile commerce, where consumers shop by cell phone. The messaging program, called UO TXT, is only a test ...

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 ...

Young people are bombarded with messages to their phones every day; one study estimates teens receive 237 notifications on a typical day. A new initiative at Baylor University seeks to send positive ...

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