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 ...

(CNN) - Staying on the toilet too long might not be the greatest thing for your health. According to a study published in the journal PLOS One, extended use of a smartphone during a bowel movement ...

Telemetry data analyzed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reveals a disturbing link between speeding and cell ...

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

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Problematic smartphone use (PSU) has substantially increased in the last seven years, negatively impacting children's overall quality of life, although the proportion of children with clinical-level ...

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 ...

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Six Tunbridge Wells schools have announced a rule to ban new Year 7s using smartphones, which is due to come into effect in September Six Kent secondary schools have announced they are banning new ...