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 ...

UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Pennsylvania partnered with Voxiva to launch two text message-based services for their Medicaid benefit plan members. Voxiva also announced this week that more than ...

Text messaging shows promise for assessing smoking status and identifying lung cancer screening eligibility, particularly among middle-aged, educated individuals with medium or high income. However, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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