2 - Friday, January 10, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Friday, January10, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com PETERSHAHIN KIRBY VOIGTMAN Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1251 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 pjshahin@michigandaily.com kvoigtman@michigandaily.com UPPER LEFT Tourists follow their guide in a single-file line along one of the paths of Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina. (TERESA MATHEW/Daily) LOWER LEFT A passersby admires the view of the Space Needle through the public art at Waterfront Park in August 2012. (PAUL SHERMAN/Daily) RIGHT A squirel searches for food during the snowstorm Tuesday. Ann Arbor was hit with a snowstorm that started Sunday afternoon, making it difficult for many students to return for Wednesday classes. 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', . : 1: ' ., Texting connected to certain health benefits Christie apologizes for staff's 'stupid' behavior Researchers discover weight, other issues aided by text alerts By KAITLIN ZURDOSKY Daily StaffReporter The text message has changed the face of social interactions and business operations around the globe. Today, approximately 2.4 billion cellular device consum- ers use texting, demonstrating its massive capacity for outreach. Now researchers are discover- ing the potential health benefits this phenomenon may produce. In a new trial study, Lorraine R. Buis, an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine, found text messaging programs can be successful in helping people track their weight and manage health problems. "I have great interest in under- -5S standing how people can use the Cincinnati. The results showed devices that they already use in very few differences between the their daily life and how those two communities. Approximately devices can be used to help man- 30 percent of the participants age and improve health," Buis completed the 14-week program. said. "The messages really focused Buis and her colleagues ana- on things like physical activity, lyzed a government-subsidized diet, links to local resources and texting service, txt4health. The other things of that sort," Buis free mobile program sent partici- said. pants customized, automatic texts When participants texted the in an effort to make them more word "health" to a phone code, the aware of their diabetes risk levels, program responded with a survey and encourage them to make life- of questions via text. The survey style changes. assessed almost 2,000 individu- The program was federally als' risk for Type 2 diabetes and, funded in 17 communities by the once completed, provided them Office of the National Coordina- with a risk profile. Subsequently, tor for Health IT, or Health Infor- the program sent them custom- mation Technology. Three of the ized text messages for 14 weeks. communities - Detroit, Cincin- "Ifyouwere considered to be at nati and New Orleans - piloted highriskfordiabetes,youreceived txt4health to explore how "health messages from one pool, whereas IT" like a texting program could if you were low risk, or ifyou never influence patient care. completed your risk assessment, Buis and her colleagues evalu- you received messages from a dif- ated the program in Detroit and ferent pool," Buis said. Roughly 74 percent of partici- pants completed the diabetes risk assessment, 89 percent tracked their weight and 55 percent reported participation in physi- cal activity at least one time dur- ing the program. Buis and her colleagues sur- 6 2 veyed161tparticipants. The survey results overwhelmingly showed 9 7 individuals' attention to health improved when using program. While it was not surprising that the people who took the time to complete the survey were the 7 ones who responded positively, Buis said the program's approach 5 6 still proved successful. "I can tell you that people used it, and I can tell you that people said that they changed their behavior, but more work needs to 8 be done to establish the efficacy of these types of programs," Buis said. With the stronger evidence provided by the trial, Buis said she is confident these types of programs will be used frequently in the future to improve health as communication technology con- tinues to influence patient care. N.J. Gov. denies involvement in traffic scandal TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Republican Gov. Chris Chris- tie fired one of his top aides on Thursday and apologized repeatedly for his staff's "stupid" behavior, insisting during a near- ly two-hour news conference that he had no idea anyone around him had engineered traffic jams as part of a political vendetta against a Democratic mayor. "I am embarrassed and humil- iated by the conduct of some of the people on my team," Christie said as he addressed the widen- ing scandal, which could cast a shadow over his expected run for the White House in 2016. The famously blunt governor fielded dozens of questions from reporters with uncharacteristic patience and at times a sorrow- ful tone. Christie, who had previously assured the public that his staff had nothing to do with the Sep- tember lane closings that caused major backups at the George Washington Bridge, said he fired Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly "because she lied to me" when he demanded weeks ago that anyone who knew any- thing about the episode come forward. The gridlock in Fort Lee delayed emergency vehicles, school buses and countless com- muters for four days. Kelly was the latest casualty in the scandal. Two other top Chris- tie appointees have resigned in the past few weeks. The investigation broke wide open on Wednesday, with the release of emails and text messag- es that suggested Kelly arranged the traffic jams to punish Fort Lee's mayor for not endorsing Christie for re-election. In other developments: - The chief federal prosecutor in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman, said he is "reviewing the matter to determine whether a federal law was implicated." The Legislature also is investi- gating. Using public resources for political ends can be a crime. Democratic Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a former pros- ecutor and mayor, said there was "no doubt" a crime was commit- ted. - David Wildstein, a Christie appointee who resigned from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey after being impli- cated in the scandal, was found in contempt by a legislative com- mittee on Thursday after he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refused to answer questions. The Port Authority operates the -bridge and other area bridges and transit hubs. - Christie traveled to Fort Lee later in the day and apolo- gized in person to Mayor Mark Sokolich. Christie said they had a "productive meeting," and Sokolich told The Record news- paper the governor had taken "a big step" toward regaining the trust of Fort Lee's residents. - Six state residents, though, filed a federal lawsuit against Christie, the state, the Port Authority and others, call- ing the traffic jams "deliberate actions." The political-payback allega- tions turned a local traffic furor into a national issue and raised questions about Christie's lead- ership and integrity as he lays the groundwork for a White House bid. Democrats at the national level have seized on the scandal as more evidence that Christie is a bully. The governor brushed off questions about the effect on his presidential prospects, saying he was too busy governing the state to think about that. "I am absolutely nowhere near beginning that consider- ation process," he said."Ihaven't even been sworn in for my sec- ond term yet" Afterward, some political analysts on both sides of the aisle said Christie would prob- ably pull through OK - provided there are no more surprises. Democratic operative David Axelrod complimented Chris- tie for handling the news con- ference "as well as he could," writing on Twitter: "Unless smoking gun turns up tying him to scheme, or others arise, he lives 2 fight another day." Besides firing Kelly, Chris- tie cut ties to former campaign manager Bill Stepien, askinghim to withdraw a bid to become the next state GOP chairman. The governor said he was disturbed by the "callous indifference" dis- played by Stepien in the emails released Wednesday. Stepien had widely been seen as a potential campaign manager for Christie if he runs for presi- dent. Christie said he is still looking into the traffic jam episode and will take action against other senior staff members if it is war- ranted. Over and over, Christie took responsibility for the affair by virtue of his role as governor while simultaneously blaming his staff for doing something "stupid" and for not telling him the truth when he asked. He said he saw the emails and text messages for the first time on Wednesday and was "blind- sided" by what he read and out- raged by the callous language. He said he was left "heartbro- ken" and "betrayed" by his tight-knit circle of advisers. "I had no knowledge or involvement in this issue, in its planning or execution," Chris- tie said of the lane closings. "And I am stunned by the abject stupidity that was shown here." Kelly hasn't commented. Christie said he hadn't spoken to her or asked to hear her side of the story since the emails were released, saying he didn't want to be accused of trying to influence a possible witness.