In a year that has seen the largest measles outbreak in the US in more than two decades, the role of social media in giving a platform to unscientific anti-vaccine messages and organizations has become a flashpoint.
Nov 14, 2019
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A randomized evaluation of a nationwide information campaign on Facebook found that short messages from physicians and nurses had a significant impact on reducing holiday travel and decreasing subsequent COVID-19 infection ...
Aug 24, 2021
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Everyone else is better than me. That's the impression you get when you look at profiles on social networks.
Jul 18, 2019
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At a time when teenagers are grappling with new and often confusing health concerns, the overwhelming majority—84 percent—turn to the Internet, according to the first national study in more than a decade to examine how ...
Jun 2, 2015
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People with Type 1 diabetes—including U of A graduate student Jonathan Garfinkel—are using free instructions from the internet to build an artificial pancreas.
May 28, 2020
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German pediatricians have warned new parents against obtaining breast milk to feed their babies via social networking sites such as Facebook, cautioning the milk could be harmful.
Oct 16, 2012
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Facebook may be great for making social connections, but perhaps not so much for setting exercise goals.
May 1, 2015
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Whether you’re an iPerson who can’t live without a Mac, a Facebook addict, or a gamer, you know that social media and technology say things about your personality and thought processes. And psychological scientists ...
May 18, 2012
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Pretty much all of us work with computers these days. The problem with computers is that while they can complete complex calculations and recall distant details, they're terrible at sensing how you're feeling. And that can ...
Jan 14, 2015
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Time spent on social networking sites comes at the expense of other activities – including physical activity, new research by the University of Ulster has revealed.
Sep 11, 2012
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