Psychology & Psychiatry
Cell calls, texts can distract even if unanswered
(HealthDay)—Simply hearing your mobile phone ring or feeling it vibrate is enough to significantly distract you, a new study suggests.
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Direct messaging not yet widely adopted by physicians
(HealthDay)—Direct secure messaging (Direct), which is a standardized protocol for exchanging clinical messages and attachments, has not been widely adopted by physicians, despite its potential for improving care coordination, ...
Jun 17, 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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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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Psychology & Psychiatry
Text messages a good way to support mothers with postpartum depression, research finds
ST. LOUIS ¬- A Saint Louis University research paper published online March 16 in JMIR Mental Health explores the feasibility of helping low-income mothers through postpartum depression using text messages.
Apr 17, 2015
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Pediatrics
Text message alerts keep more children up-to-date with vaccinations in study
Nearly a third of all children nationwide and in Kentucky aren't up-to-date with the vaccination schedule recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), but not because their parents are refusing vaccines. Evidence ...
Apr 6, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Text message reminders boost breast cancer screening attendance
Women who received a text message reminding them about their breast cancer screening appointment were 20 per cent more likely to attend than those who were not texted, according to a study published in the British Journal ...
Mar 19, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Text messages a new tool in the fight to prevent skin cancer
Australians' love affair with mobile phones could save their life according to a joint QUT, Cancer Council Queensland and University of Queensland study using text messages to improve skin cancer prevention and promote sun ...
Feb 5, 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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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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