In today’s digital world, screens are a big part of daily life for kids and teens. But this research shows that spending too ...

Study: Changes in Children’s Recreational Screen Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Image Credit: vinnstock / Shutterstock Background A meta-analysis based on 29,017 children revealed that daily ...

Data extraction included author details, publication year, country, study design, sample size, screen device type, myopia definition, results (ORs and 95%CIs), and confounder adjustments. The ...

A new study warns that time spent by children and young adults on phones, gaming consoles, and other electronic devices may ...

A collaboration of researchers from 20 nations has found that toddlers exceed recommended screen time limits, with television and smartphones being the most frequently used devices. Higher screen ...

The 52 percent increase equates to a jump of around 84 minutes per day, researchers found, and corresponds to a daily mean of 246 minutes of screen time per day during the pandemic.

Extended screen time before bed – or in bed – is widely suspected to disrupt sleep, although key details about the dynamic remain unclear. In a new study, researchers tried to shed more light ...

With children spending increasing amounts of time on screen-based devices, there is a common perception that technology is taking over their lives, to the detriment and exclusion of other ...

Too much screen time, coupled with physical inactivity, can increase the risk of stroke by seven times, according to a study published by the American Heart Association. Data suggests that strokes ...

Screen time in bed is associated with 59 percent higher odds of insomnia, the study found, leading to 24 fewer minutes of total sleep per night. But people use screens in many ways, some of which ...