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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Text message program effective at cutting binge drinking
A University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine-led trial to test a text message-based program aimed at reducing binge drinking is the first to show that such an intervention can successfully produce sustained reductions in ...
Nov 24, 2015
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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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Anti-smoking messages can backfire, research suggests
Public health policies targeted at smokers may actually have the opposite effect for some people trying to quit, according to new evidence released today.
Nov 2, 2015
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Diabetes
Phone for a doctor
Worried you might be at risk from diabetes? Check your phone: it might help stop you getting the disease. And if you already have diabetes? Your phone might even help you monitor your condition at home.
Oct 29, 2015
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SOS via SMS: Help for suicidal teens is a text message away
With younger generations using cellphones less for actual conversation and more for text messaging, suicide prevention organizations are setting up ways that let distraught youths seek help that way.
Oct 12, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers discover new information on the spread of cancer
A new study from the University of Turku, Finland, shows that intracellular receptor signalling sustains cancer cells that have detached from the surrounding tissue. When the signalling is prevented, the cells cannot spread ...
Oct 8, 2015
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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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Health
Review: mHealth text messages promote medication adherence
(HealthDay)—Mobile health (mHealth) short message service text messages can improve medication adherence, according to a review published online July 27 in the Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Aug 3, 2015
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