Key Takeaways Heavy smartphone use is linked to uncontrolled and emotional eating in young peopleRisks for body dissatisfaction and food addiction symptoms rose for those using phones over seven hours ...

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Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was published ...

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 ...

An advocacy group is calling on parents across Bermuda to get behind a global movement to reduce harmful smartphone and ...

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Scrolling on your smartphone while on the toilet may be doing more than passing the time. A new study has found it could raise your risk of hemorrhoids by nearly 50%, thanks to the extra minutes spent ...

Patients are increasingly using mobile and online services to monitor their health — half use smartphones for a health function. A study from Manhattan Research found that mobile is the ...

I have a love-hate relationship with my kids' smartphones. So I was relieved when I saw that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed legislation that bans cell phones in public schools. School starts ...

A new HIMSS Analytics study of 129 C-suite executives, IT professionals, clinicians and department heads has found 79.8 percent use tablets and 42.6 percent use smartphones to access the information ...