Excessive screen time among adolescents negatively impacts multiple aspects of sleep, which in turn increases the risk of depressive symptoms - particularly among girls. That is the conclusion of a ...

Scrolling through smartphones or watching television in bed has become a common practice in the current digital era. However, a new study that was released in Frontiers Psychiatry cautions that this ...

Excessive screen time has a negative impact on teenagers' sleep - and on adolescent girls in particular, warns new research. Spending too long staring at mobile phones or laptop computers can cause ...

How bedtime screen habits disrupt melatonin, sleep cycles and blood sugar control, and why doctors warn that late-night ...

Phones, tablets and computer screens emit blue light that can disrupt sleep. But do you know why? University of Virginia Dr. Scott Schecter, an expert in sleep disorders, says it’s because the light ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. “Avoid screens before bed” is one of the most common pieces of sleep advice.

Excessive screen time among adolescents negatively impacts multiple aspects of sleep, which in turn increases the risk of depressive symptoms -- particularly among girls, concludes a new study.

Can't get your teenage girl off her smartphone, iPad or laptop? This could cost her much-needed sleep and increase her risk of depression, a new Swedish study says. Teenagers who spend more time on ...

People who spend more time looking at a screen in bed are more likely to report insomnia and sleep loss, a study has found. The research is based on a Norwegian survey of more than 45,000 students. It ...

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 ...

Most Americans will enjoy an extra hour of sleep this weekend as the nation transitions from daylight saving time to standard ...