SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In a continuing effort to keep students safe, some high schools in Oakland, CA have just launched a new "text-a-tip" program. This cell phone texting ...

More than 2 million American middle and high school students now use e-cigarettes, also known as “vaping." A clinical trial found that teens enrolled in the “This is Quitting” anonymous text message ...

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.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Texting is a part of every day life. With some teenagers, it may seem like it’s all they do. A new study shows that for hundreds of thousands of teens, it’s become a ...

A program that uses text messages to help people quit vaping appears to have some success. The non-profit "Truth Initiative" studied almost 2,600 people who signed up for the service. It works by ...

Amerigroup Washington members who both had a TracFone Lifeline phone and had enrolled in Connect4health, Voxiva's health texting program, were three times more likely to attend their annual physical ...

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, ...

Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) has allocated $1 million for Minnesota-based Canvas Health's suicide prevention texting program, called Txt4Life. The state is providing $500,000 per year ...

The New York health department has launched a new campaign to help young adults overcome their nicotine addictions. The DropTheVape texting program is a partnership between the department’s tobacco ...

When Deanna Hogue needed a doctor on a holiday weekend, she reached her physician on his cell phone. Dr. James Gardner III immediately responded. Hogue and her husband, Chad, are among nearly 400 ...