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Mobile app with evidence-based decision support diagnoses more obesity, smoking, and depression Posted: 19 Feb 2015 08:24 AM PST Smartphones and tablets may hold the key to getting more nurses to diagnose patients with chronic health issues like obesity, smoking, and depression -- three of the leading causes of preventable death and disability.

How social media can help, hurt companies during product recalls Posted: 18 Feb 2015 11:14 AM PST Companies are starting to embrace social media as a viable disclosure channel for product recalls, with the goal of limiting and repairing damage to the firms' reputation. Using a sample of 405 consumer product recalls between 2000 and 2012, researchers found that corporate social media, in general, lessens negative price reactions to product recall announcements.

Social media can help alert students during campus emergencies, study finds Posted: 18 Feb 2015 11:14 AM PST Using social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to spread information during campus emergencies can help keep students safer, according to new research.