A new global study is sounding the alarm on how smartphone use may be impacting kids' mental health, especially when phone use begins before the age of 13. The concern isn’t just screen time — it’s ...

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Research shows that some of the damage caused by addictive engagement with smartphones can be repaired, and it may take as ...

With the increasing use of smartphones in society, many individuals have taken the opportunity to utilize their smartphones while using the restroom. What once may have been an opportunity for only a ...

Children who own a smartphone by age 12 are at higher risk of depression, obesity and lack of sleep, according to a new study published in the Pediatrics journal. Researchers compared kids who owned a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The University of Washington released a study on smartphone and social media use in teens. The study was published in the Journal ...

A newly published study shows using smartphones before the age of 13 could damage kids' mental health. So much so that researchers are now calling for global protections. The study was published in ...

As the number of students using digital devices such as smartphones for extended periods has increased, it has been found that 6 out of 10 students suffer from vision problems, defined as unadjusted ...

Hour-by-hour smartphone tracking reveals how deeply phones are embedded in the school day. Some teens checked their phones more than 140 times, with frequent checking linked to weaker cognitive ...

Children given a smartphone before the age of 12 are at higher risk for depression, obesity and insufficient sleep, according to a new study in the journal Pediatrics. “The important finding is that ...

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