Researchers find using a smartphone app to shed pounds may help dieters stay on track.
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Twitter Feeds to Follow for Health, Fitness and Family Matters
TIME’s editors and writers have been busy sifting through tweets to come up with our 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2013. For Healthland readers, we’ve compiled the top 10 health, fitness and family feeds to follow. These standouts …
South By Southwest (SXSW): Will Collecting Data on Your Body Make You Healthier?
Your Facebook ‘Likes’ May Be More Revealing Than You Think
A study shows that what you ‘like’ on Facebook can predict, with remarkable accuracy, everything from your race to your sexual orientation, political affiliation and personality type.
How Facebook Improves Memory
Checking status updates on Facebook may be just the distraction your memory needs.
Want a Better Relationship? There’s an App for That
Next time you see a couple at a cafe focused intently on their phones instead of each other, don’t assume their relationship is in trouble. They might actually be working out their conflicts, using well-known approaches from …
Why Facebook Makes You Feel Bad About Yourself
No surprise — those Facebook photos of your friends on vacation or celebrating a birthday party can make you feel lousy.
How Manti Te’o Could Have Fallen in Love with Someone He Never Met
The brain chemistry and psychology behind falling in love with an online fiction.
Why You’re More Likely to Remember A Facebook Status Than a Face
Our online musings may not be so ephemeral after all
Five Smartphone Apps That Promote Smoking
Marketing cigarettes ain’t what it used to be. But Big Tobacco hasn’t given up on getting its message out.
Get Out the Friend Vote: How Facebook Spurred 340,000 Extra Votes in 2010
A single message on Facebook can directly change users’ behavior — and more importantly, that of their friends and their friends of friends
5 Great Health Apps You Should Download Now
Check out our picks for the best apps for eating healthy, getting in shape and making your doctor’s appointments.
Who Wields the Most Influence on Facebook?
When it comes to social influence, what type of people lead and who follows? It’s a question pondered by parents and marketing companies alike. Researchers at NYU sought to figure it out by tracking more than a million users on …