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.

Health

Study finds texting program good option for teen girls' health

Megan Ranney, M.D., M.P.H., an emergency medicine attending physician at Hasbro Children's Hospital, recently led a study that found a text-message program may be an effective violence prevention tool for at-risk teen girls. ...

HIV & AIDS

Mobile phones help bolster Uganda's fight against HIV

Stella Nayiga clutches her mobile phone as she describes the messages that she received punctually every morning and evening for over a year, reminding her to take her antiretroviral (ARV) drugs regularly.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Too much texting can disconnect couples

Couples shouldn't let their thumbs do the talking when it comes to serious conversations, disagreements or apologies.

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