EAST LONGMEADOW — East Longmeadow’s chapter of the national “Wait Until 8th” movement is working hard to “let kids be kids a ...

Excessive smartphone use linked to reduced attention span and lower academic performance. Strong correlation between screen time and increased rates of anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances in ...

Maladaptive patterns of smartphone use and greater daily screentime were associated with body image dissatisfaction and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Smartphones allow us to have information available at our fingertips, in addition to offering portability, convenience, and a sense of privacy. However, overuse of such devices may create a sense of ...

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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 ...

Benefits of smartphone use: Findings from an ongoing survey of teens and tweens found that smartphone use starting at age 11 was found with greater overall well-being. Social media can be detrimental: ...

A newly released neuroimaging study reveals that young adults who heavily overuse smartphones show altered functional ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - A professor passes out cell phone signal jammers to students to place their cell phones into, as part of a pilot program to ...