Health
Police losing battle to get drivers to put down their phones
State troopers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have been known to patrol in a tractor-trailer so they can sit up high and spot drivers texting behind the wheel.
Sep 2, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Key priorities for transplant and living donor advocacy during COVID-19
In a newly published paper, the authors first paint the vision of what optimal patient advocacy can do to overcome the challenges described by kidney transplant patients and donors, and then describe how to make that vision ...
Sep 4, 2020
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Doctors turn to thumbs for diagnosis and treatment by text
Dr. Anna Nguyen spoke with none of the five patients she treated on a recent weekday morning. She didn't even leave her dining room.
Oct 8, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds antisocial texting by teens linked to bad behavior
For American teenagers, most text messaging is as harmless as passing notes, but University of Texas at Dallas researchers have discovered that engaging in antisocial texting can actually predict deviant behavior.
Sep 9, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Recent studies show value of technology and in-person communications
In recent years, text messaging and social media (e.g., Facebook), have become an integral part of how people interact with their social networks. In fact, many adolescents and young adults now use text messaging and social ...
Jan 29, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How to avoid COVID-19 vaccine scams
Now that a COVID-19 vaccine has arrived, many of us are eagerly awaiting the day we get our first shot. However, figuring out when you're eligible, and where to get vaccinated once you are, is challenging. The rules and registration ...
Jan 28, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Soldiers and families can suffer negative effects from modern communication technologies
As recently as the Vietnam and Korean wars, soldiers' families commonly had to wait months to receive word from family members on the front lines. Now, cell phones and the internet allow deployed soldiers and their families ...
Mar 18, 2013
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Health
Remote blood pressure monitoring may prevent postpartum issues
New mothers with high blood pressure who participated in a post-partum remote blood pressure monitoring program were less likely to have post-partum complications, hospitalizations, and incurred less health care costs in ...
May 10, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Rates of colonoscopies boosted by text reminders, instructions
Having simple text conversations with patients one week before they are scheduled for a colonoscopy dramatically decreased the "no-show" rates, according to a recent study conducted by Penn Medicine researchers. Through sending ...
Aug 26, 2019
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Text messaging program helps smokers fight the urge to light up
More than 11 percent of smokers who used a text- messaging program to help them quit did so and remained smoke free at the end of a six- month study as compared to just 5 percent of controls, according to a new report by ...
Jun 6, 2014
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