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How to Prevent a Heart Attack: Text Patients on Healthy...

How to Prevent a Heart Attack: Text Patients on Healthy...

An article reporting results of a clinical trial in Australia. http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2442937

26 June 2016
From the Wall Street Journal summary: A recent study has found evidence suggesting text messages could reduce one’s odds of a second heart attack. A six-month clinical trial in Australia found that...
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Hypertension Health Promotion via Text Messaging at a...

Hypertension Health Promotion via Text Messaging at a...

An article published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)

10 March 2016
From the article objective: "The objective of this study was to test whether the dissemination of health information via a short message service (SMS) led to improvements in health knowledge and self-reported...
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Unpacking the Black Box: A Formative Research Approach...

Unpacking the Black Box: A Formative Research Approach...

An article from JMIR (Journal of Medical Internet Research) JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2016 Jan 22;4(1):e10. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.4994

22 January 2016
From the article abstract: There is intensive exploration of this inexpensive mobile telecommunication technology to improve health services and promote behavior change among vulnerable populations. However, a...
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Text Message and Internet Support for Coronary Heart...

Text Message and Internet Support for Coronary Heart...

An article from the Journal of Medical Internet Research

21 October 2015
From the PubMed abstract: "Mobile technology has the potential to deliver behavior change interventions (mHealth) to reduce coronary heart disease (CHD) at modest cost. Previous studies have focused on single...
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Effect of Lifestyle-Focused Text Messaging on Risk...

Effect of Lifestyle-Focused Text Messaging on Risk...

Article from the Journal of the American Medical Association

22 September 2015
From the JAMA Abstract: "Among patients with coronary heart disease, the use of a lifestyle-focused text messaging service compared with usual care resulted in a modest improvement in LDL-C level and greater...
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