The strategy of using cell phones and texts to nudge people toward healthier decisions makes a lot of sense. But as L.A. Times' Eryn Brown discovered in reporting her series on "m-health," the promise of these programs is still far ahead of the reality.
Contributing editor William Heisel shares a few of his favorite health stories from the past year in the second of two posts.
Contributing editor William Heisel shares a few of his favorite health stories from the past year in the first of two posts.
This year's Health 2.0′s Code-a-thon led to a Twitter app that may prevent suicide, a disaster triage smartphone app and tools for remotely reading medical tests. Read about the 2012 award winners from one of the competition's judges.
Why does Bakersfield have such awful air quality? How do Vitamin D levels affect your risk for diabetes? Answers and more in our Daily Briefing.
San Francisco's City Clinic has been dishing out frank talk about sex for 100 years. The shocking thing is not how much things have changed, but how much they haven't.
Radiation from Japan's emerging nuclear crisis isn't likely to reach the West Coast, experts say. Plus more from our Daily Briefing.
Here’s what we’re reading today:
Outliers: A cautionary tale for health journalists: GoozNews’ Merrill Goozner details how an error of adjustment in the Dartmouth Atlas skewed media coverage of supposedly sky-high leg amputation rates in McAllen, Texas.
Mobile Health: NetworkWorld’s Paul McNamara takes issue with a new survey showing that 40 percent of us would pay for health care apps or services on our mobile devices.
