Frequent social media checks may affect young brains
Social media's impact on young people is a hot topic, with most kids and teens wanting to do whatever their friends are doing, and parents worrying about setting limits.
Jan 3, 2023
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Social media's impact on young people is a hot topic, with most kids and teens wanting to do whatever their friends are doing, and parents worrying about setting limits.
Jan 3, 2023
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Have you reposted or retweeted an article on social media without reading it first?
Dec 1, 2022
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Many Americans turn to the latest big idea to lose weight—fad diets, fitness crazes, dodgy herbs and pills, bariatric surgery, just to name a few. They're rarely the magic solution people dream of.
Nov 18, 2022
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A team of researchers at Changsha University of Science and Technology, working with a colleague from Xiamen University of Technology, has found that scooter riders could reduce their chances of a brain injury in a crash ...
To slug or not to slug? That's the question for millions of TikTok users, who turn to the social media giant for tips and information on what amounts to a DIY skin care phenomenon.
Sep 13, 2022
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Doomscrolling can be a normal reaction to living through uncertain times. It's natural to want to understand dramatic events unfolding around you and to seek out information when you're afraid. But becoming absorbed in bad ...
Sep 9, 2022
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More than 9 in 10 Americans believe that medical privacy is a right and their health data shouldn't be for sale, a new survey from the American Medical Association shows.
Aug 2, 2022
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Compulsive exercise (CE) gets little attention, despite being a fairly common and serious condition. There is no universally recognized definition of compulsive exercise, though it involves being obsessed and all-consumed ...
Mar 16, 2022
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Tricia Poreda recently walked inside a COVID-19 testing center on Chicago's Northwest Side and was immediately appalled by the facility's lack of basic health and safety protocols.
Jan 21, 2022
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Direct-to-consumer genetic testing has enabled millions of individuals to determine their ancestry and gain insights about their genetic pre-disposition to inherited diseases. While individual genotyping information is stored ...
Nov 18, 2021
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