Using screens in bed for just one hour increases insomnia risk by 59% and reduces sleep duration by 24 minutes, regardless of the type of screen activity. Contrary to expectations, students who ...

Media reports are full of panicked headlines about kids’ screen time. Should you worry? Only if you answer yes to these four ...

More screen time among children and teens is linked to higher risks of heart and metabolic problems, particularly when combined with insufficient sleep. Danish researchers discovered a measurable rise ...

Share on Pinterest Spending time on your mobile phone at bedtime can result in poorer-quality sleep and insufficient sleep. MTStock Studio/Getty Images A new Norwegian study finds that one hour of ...

Americans spend an average of six hours and 40 minutes a day staring at the screens of their computers, phones, and other electronic devices. If that sounds like a lot, it is, but it’s only two ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

The average American child spends 3.6 hours staring at a computer, television, tablet, or smartphone daily -- an amount of screen time associated with inferior cognitive development and academic ...

A new study linked each extra hour of daily screen time to a 21 percent greater risk of developing nearsightedness. Limiting screen time to less than one hour daily may help prevent vision problems, a ...

Gothamites go the distance — especially on their devices, per new data on the US hot spots that rack up the most scrolling mileage every 365 days. “New York [has] an average daily screen time of 6 ...

Sleep specialists have long warned of the hazards of bringing smartphones into the bedroom. Now, research has confirmed just how damaging that habit can be. The new study, which surveyed more than ...

With all the discussion around the adolescent mental health crisis, a prime suspect has gone relatively unnoticed: sleep. I have treated thousands of youths struggling with mental illness over the ...

What do some kids do when there are no screen time limits? We found out. — -- Becky Worley is a technology correspondent for ABC News and "Good Morning America" who has been covering technology ...