A new text messaging program has been launched to help men with advanced prostate cancer as they undergo chemotherapy. PROST8CARE is the work of Mobile Commons, a New York-based developer of mobile ...

Urban Outfitters launched a text-messaging program last week that could be a first step toward mobile commerce, where consumers shop by cell phone. The messaging program, called UO TXT, is only a test ...

This week hospital group Denver Health, Microsoft, and EMC announced early results from a text message powered diabetes program that aimed to help patients better self manage their condition. Denver ...

Text messages and other online feedback can help prevent obesity in very young children, a new study demonstrates. Kids had a healthier weight-for-height growth curve during their first two years if ...

Young people are bombarded with messages to their phones every day; one study estimates teens receive 237 notifications on a typical day. A new initiative at Baylor University seeks to send positive ...

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