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Smartphones have become essential to daily life - but concerns about overuse are growing. Research has linked smartphone addiction to depression, anxiety, and loneliness.

We spend 4 hours and 37 minutes on our phones each day, checking them around 58 times, on average. We like to tell ourselves it's to socialize, for work, or to read the news. But most of us are ...

Older adults with more smartphone usage had poorer sleep quality, according to a new study. Depression and loneliness played a significant role in making sleep quality even worse. Researchers surveyed ...

A recent study published in Computers in Human Behavior suggests that individuals who excessively use their smartphones ...

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Do you use your phone without really thinking about it while walking down a hall, waiting for the bus, watching TV, or going to the bathroom? Do you look at your phone in the middle of conversations?

Discover how the Detox app can help you regain control of your time by blocking smartphone distractions and boosting productivity. Discover why 'dumb phones' are gaining traction in Europe and the US, ...

School’s out. Teens are bored. And the siren call of social media and video games beckons. Parents and caregivers bungling through new summer routines, or lack thereof, have long sought to balance the ...

As useful as my smartphone was in catching many of my daughter’s firsts on camera—first laugh, first time on a swing, first time reading on her own—its constant presence made her think she would have ...