Cardiology
Text messages can help reduce blood pressure
An Oxford University led study, working with the University of Cape Town in South Africa, has found that text message reminders can help reduce people's blood pressure.
Jan 19, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Liberia records first Ebola death since July
A teenage boy has died of Ebola in Liberia, a health official said Tuesday, the first fatality since July in one of the three West African countries hit hardest by the worst ever outbreak of the disease.
Nov 24, 2015
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Health
UK doctors and nurses routinely using own smartphones for patient care
UK doctors and nurses are routinely using their own smartphones—including apps and messaging systems—for patient care, reveals a survey of frontline staff, published in the online journal BMJ Innovations.
Oct 7, 2015
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Health
Lifestyle focused text messaging results in improvement in cardiovascular risk factors
A simple, low-cost automated program of semi-personalized mobile phone text messages supporting lifestyle change led to improvement in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, blood pressure, body mass index, and ...
Sep 22, 2015
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Pediatrics
Text messages can help boost teen birth control compliance
Sending teen girls periodic text messages reminding them to follow through on their clinic appointments for periodic birth control injections can go a long way toward improving timing and adherence to contraception in an ...
May 19, 2015
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Health
Text messaging useful for reaching 'at-risk' teens about sex
Text messaging that connects teens with sexual health educators is effective for delivering sexual health information, according to a recent study in The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University.The ...
Apr 24, 2015
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Health
Simple intervention can make your brain more receptive to health advice
A new discovery shows how a simple intervention—self-affirmation - can open our brains to accept advice that is hard to hear.
Feb 2, 2015
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Health
Which health messages work? Experts prefer negative ones, but the public follows positive ones
Is it better to be positive or negative? Many of the most vivid public health appeals have been negative - "Smoking Kills" or "Drive, Drive, and Die" - but do these negative messages work when it comes to changing eating ...
Jan 29, 2015
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Health
Negative messages for experts, positive messages for novices
Is it better to tell people about the harms of certain health decisions or about the benefits of positive health related decisions? Studies that delve into this very question have differing results, however, a new paper just ...
Jan 14, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Ethnic minorities less aware of cancer symptoms and more likely to identify barriers to seeking medical help
Ethnic minorities in England are less aware of cancer symptoms and more likely to say they wouldn't see the doctor, even when they have a symptom that they think might be serious, according to research being presented at ...
Nov 3, 2014
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