Send a text, stop a smoker? That’s what the National Cancer Institute hopes for, as it pushes new smartphone-based tobacco cessation programs. Instead of sending teens the traditional tobacco ...

The New York State health department partnered with New York Quitline to launch the DropTheVape texting program.

Text-Messaging Program Helps Parents Keep Infants at Healthy Weight By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Nov. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Text messages and other online feedback can help ...

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 ...

Pregnant women who received text messages regarding neonatal health adopted healthier behaviors and improved their health status, according to a study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

The University of Chicago Medicine saw improvements in gylcemic control, user satisfaction and resource utilization after implementing a text message-based monitoring program for the organization’s ...

ROCKVILLE, Md., July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has won a 2025 Summit Award for HEAR and TALK—two text messaging programs that deliver ...

Bill Hammack holds forth on television programs like American Idol - and the text messaging revolution. I'm a dedicated viewer of the American Idol television show. In a case you've been in cave the ...