Excess blue light exposure from screens can trigger early puberty in children
#Screens #SmartPhones #ScreenTime #ChildrensHealth #Parenting #InformedChoice
https://studyfinds.org/blue-light-smartphones-early-puberty/

Blue light from #smartphones and #tablets triggering puberty early, study reveals

#ChildrensHealth #Parents #RightToKnow #InformedChoice

https://studyfinds.org/blue-light-early-puberty/

"Researchers have found that people were more likely to mimic others’ smartphone usage right after the 2020 lockdown compared to a year later, suggesting that social isolation heightened our sensitivity to digital social cues."

#Lockdown2020 #SocialIsolation #MentalHealth #CellPhones #Smartphones

https://www.psypost.org/2023/09/pandemic-lockdowns-amplified-smartphone-mimicry-study-reveals-213838

Constant notifications on your phone, computer are impacting your health. Here’s why — and what you can do to turn down the noise.

#Technology #SmartPhones #MentalHealth #HealthTips

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/constant-notifications-phone-computer-impacting-214531788.html

Social media is worse than smoking for teenagers

#SmartPhones #SocialMedia #Teens #MentalHealth #ChildrensMentalHealth

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/social-media-is-worse-than-smoking-for-teenagers/

New Study Links #CellPhone Use To #ProstateCancer and #SkinCancer

#InformedChoice #Cancer #SmartPhones

https://ehtrust.org/new-study-links-cell-phone-use-to-prostate-cancer-and-skin-cancer/

Weekend tech-time sending teens' sleeping habits into complete disarray

#SocialMedia #Teens #MentalHealth #Health #SmartPhones

https://studyfinds.org/weekend-tech-teens-sleep/

Announcing...The International Declaration on the #HumanRights of #Children in the Digital Age

#Technology #SmartPhones #SocialMedia #Internet #WiFi #Radiation #ChildrensHealth

https://safetechinternational.org/announcing-the-international-declaration-on-the-human-rights-of-children-in-the-digital-age/

"A major health epidemic, digital dementia occurs when one part of the brain is overstimulated and another part of the brain is understimulated. When we mindlessly use digital devices, the frontal lobe, which is responsible for higher-level executive functions, gets little, if any, use.

Meanwhile, the occipital lobe, the visual processor located at the back of the brain, gets bombarded with sensory input. Slouched over and spaced out, people, both young and old, are abusing their brains, day in and day out."

#DigitalDementia #SmartPhones #BrainHealth #MentalHealth

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/new-type-dementia-plagues-america

"The study found that adolescents with more than four hours of daily smartphone use exhibited higher rates of stress, suicidal thoughts, and substance use compared to those with less usage. They also had a significantly higher rate of obesity."

#Smartphones #Teens #MentalHealth #ChildrensMentalHealth #Science #Parents #Parenting

https://studyfinds.org/smartphone-use-health-risks-teens/