Tag: Young adults

Increasing numbers of children and young adults in Sweden diagnosed with sleep problems🔗

Written on 13 January 2026. Posted in Science. No Comments on Increasing numbers of children and young adults in Sweden diagnosed with sleep problems🔗

A 2026 study by M. Nilsson and L. Hardell based on the Swedish registry showed a sharp increase in diagnosed sleep disorders in Sweden. The number of children and adolescent aged 5–19, who were diagnosed with a sleep disorder, increased 17-fold between 2001 and 2024.

Social Media Detox and Youth Mental Health🔗

Written on 2 December 2025. Posted in Science. No Comments on Social Media Detox and Youth Mental Health🔗

A 2025 study by Calvert et al. on a cohort of 373 younger adults in the US showed that limiting social media use for one week was associated with a 24.8% reduction in depression, a 16.1% reduction in anxiety, and a 14.5% reduction in insomnia, with no significant change in loneliness.

Addictive Screen Use Trajectories and Suicidal Behaviors, Suicidal Ideation, and Mental Health in US Youths🔗

Written on 21 June 2025. Posted in Science. No Comments on Addictive Screen Use Trajectories and Suicidal Behaviors, Suicidal Ideation, and Mental Health in US Youths🔗

A 2025 study by Xiao et al. on a cohort of 4285 US adolescents found that over a 4-year period, 31.3% had increased social media addiction and 24.6% had increased mobile phone addiction. High and increasing rates of addictive screen use were both associated with suicidal behaviour and ideations and poorer mental health.

Electromagnetic Fields – Do They Pose a Cardiovascular Risk?🔗

Written on 29 December 2023. Posted in Science. No Comments on Electromagnetic Fields – Do They Pose a Cardiovascular Risk?🔗

Slovakian 2023 study revealed discrete abnormalities of complex cardiac autonomic regulation indexed by HRV measures dependent on the effects of 4G and Wi-Fi networks. It seems that direct exposure to high radiofrequency EMF may be associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular complications already in healthy youth.