Boys spend more time gaming on their phones (22.6 minutes per day) than girls (19.9 minutes per day). Boys also play more computer/console games (33.6 minutes per day on average) than girls (10.9 ...

Smartphones are making teenagers more aggressive, detached from reality and causing them to hallucinate, according to new research. Scientists concluded the younger a person starts using a phone ...

A total of 21% of girls in Year 10 (14-15 year olds) and 20.5% in Year 9 (13-14 year olds) reported the highest rate of problematic social media use, compared with 10.1% and 9.8% of boys in the ...

Amid national concerns about technology’s impact on youth, many teens are as digitally connected as ever.Most teens use social media and have a smartphone, and nearly half say they’re online almost ...

Smartphone use among teens is leading to mental health issues like hallucinations and aggression. Here's what parents can do, according to experts. Teen Smartphone Use Linked to Hallucinations ...

And for some girls and young women, it’s reawakened traumatic memories of childhoods scarred by male violence. We’ve spoken to one 18-year-old, who was raped by a 16-year-old boy when she was ...

As participants ages 16 and 17 drove thousands of miles, the study detected that 34.1% were using phones in their hands while driving. That distraction led to sudden accelerations in 43.1% of ...

Eleven teenage boys in Illinois have been charged with several felonies for allegedly using an online dating app to lure unsuspecting men to meetups and beating them, police said. Ten 17-year-old boys ...

A 17-year-old boy was in critical condition after being wounded Wednesday morning in a shooting on the Far South Side in the Washington Heights neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly after 8 a.… ...

Boys and young men are especially likely to use muscle-building supplements, which may be harmful or provide no benefit. News & Perspective Tools & Reference CME/CE More ...

Maharashtra tragedy: Teenage son hangs himself after not getting new smartphone, father too ends life using same rope. The boy had requested his father to buy him a new smartphone.