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January 3, 2023  The study provides some of the first findings on how social media usage could have long-standing and important consequences on the development of adolescent brains. In one of the first long-term studies on adolescent neural development and technology use, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill report adolescents’ habitual checking of […]

By Amanda Seitz  The Associated Press Posted May 2, 2023 9:09 am EST Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking a dozen cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest public health epidemic. STORY CONTINUES BELOW ADVERTISEMENT About half of U.S.

RIDDLE BRANTLEY LLP   |  AUGUST 5, 2023   |   Riddle & Brantley Announces Partnership with Area Nonprofit Lessons For Life Through Sports is a Chapel Hill-based nonprofit that is working to combat the mental health crisis that is plaguing our youth. Their goal is to promote reading through their books that use sports to teach valuable life lessons. The books

Listen on Apple Podcasts  On Purpose with Jay Shetty: 6 Step Plan To Block Social Media From Controlling Your Life And Mind on Apple Podcasts How many of us spend our free time on social media? Do you find yourself becoming unproductive because of it? Today, we will unravel the ways in which social media can

October 13, 2020 Candy Lee shares some of the lessons she’s learned teaching a college course on tackling tough subjects using picture books. By  Candy Lee More people being home with children through the spring and summer during the nation’s Black Lives Matter protests has spurred purchases of children’s books, especially on diversity. And, in fact, quarantining

October 17, 20233:00 AM ET By Manoush Zomorodi, Katie Monteleone, Sanaz Meshkinpour, Rachel Faulkner White The World Health Organization warns that by 2030, 40% of the world’s population will be nearsighted. In the U.S. alone, myopia rates have soared over the past 50 years, from 25% in 1971 to nearly 42% in 2017. Many of these myopia cases

Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy Calls for Action to Address Public Health Crisis,Lays Out Framework for a National Strategy to Advance Social Connection Today, United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a new Surgeon General Advisory calling attention to the public health crisis of loneliness, isolation, and lack of connection in our country. Even

Published Sun, Aug 27 2023 9:00 AM EDT Tom Huddleston Jr. Parents who want to raise smarter kids should sign them up for organized sports, put down the video games and pick up a book, a new study suggests. Neuroscientists at the University of Eastern Finland spent two years studying 504 children between the ages