For teens who want to stop vaping nicotine, an interactive text message program was found to be effective at helping them quit. The anonymous program begins with this message: “Ready to quit? Text the ...

A study at four Pittsburgh-area UPMC hospitals reveals a text message-based intervention can help promote healthy alcohol consumption practices in young adults. Researchers divided the study ...

BOSTON - A text messaging program could help teens walk away from e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes, which are highly addictive, are the most common tobacco products used by teens. In fact, up to 10% of high ...

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 ...

E-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco products among teenagers, with over two million middle and high school students reporting their use. Nicotine exposure can adversely affect memory, ...

A decision by Verizon Wireless — later reversed — to restrict a text-messaging advocacy campaign by Naral Pro Choice America is being called “astonishing” by Nancy E. Schwartz, a nonprofit marketing ...

The text message program included messages designed to build confidence and skills for quitting, including cognitive and behavioral coping strategies, mindfulness training, breathing training, ...