The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Smokefree.gov initiative and the Indian Health Service (IHS) have joined forces to announce the availability of SmokefreeNATIVE, a free text messaging program to ...

Artificial intelligence companions are getting remarkably good at mimicking human conversation and offering support. Relying ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Deanna Hogue needed a doctor on a holiday weekend, she reached her physician on his cell phone. Dr. James Gardner III ...

KBP Brands, a major KFC franchisee, is launching an SMS program at 847 KFCs in 28 states, giving the operator the ability to text deals and promotions to its customers, according to a press release ...

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.

TEXT TO GET FAST EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. OUR MADELINE CARTER TESTED IT OUT TO SHOW YOU HOW IT WORKS IN REAL TIME. MOST PEOPLE WOULD PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL 911 IN AN EMERGENCY. BUT HOW DO YOU GET ...

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 ...