For children who need two doses of the influenza vaccine to be protected, less than half who receive the first dose receive the second needed dose, leaving them unprotected from the flu. However, a ...

Researchers studied the impact of text message reminders for the second dose of influenza vaccine required for many young children to protect them against the virus. The findings showed that sending ...

Daily text message reminders appear to increase sunscreen use over a six-week period, according to a new study. Daily text-message reminders appear to increase sunscreen use over a six-week period, ...

There's no doubt that the Obama administration is looking to embrace technology to better the healthcare system, mobile technologies included. The AIDS.gov site has continued their ongoing four part ...

HealthDay News — A text messaging-based intervention increases influenza vaccination compared with usual care in a low-income, urban population, although overall rates of vaccination remain low, study ...

Sending a text message reminder to participants about their upcoming fecal immunochemical test improved previously poor adherence rates for colorectal cancer screening. Participants who received a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Weekly text message reminders have a positive impact on methotrexate adherence among adult patients with ...