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Screens
29
Jan

Progression of Myopia in School-Aged Children After COVID-19 Home Confinement

January 29, 2021
Wang J, Li Y, Musch DC, et al. Progression of Myopia in School-Aged Children After COVID-19 Home Confinement. JAMA Ophthalmol. Published online January 14, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.6239 Key Points Question  Is home confinement due to coronavirus disease 2019 associated with the burden of myopia? Findings  In this cross-sectional study that included 194 904 photoscreening tests conducted in 123 535 children, a substantial...
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15
Jan

Vision problems arise in young school kids in COVID-19 quarantine

January 15, 2021
University of Minnesota CIDRAP Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy Source: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/01/vision-problems-arise-young-school-kids-covid-19-quarantine Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News  | Jan 14, 2021 The prevalence of near-sightedness, or myopia, increased 1.4 to 3 times in Chinese children aged 6 to 8 years during COVID-19 quarantine, according to a study today in JAMA Ophthalmology. Led by researchers at Tianjin...
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17
Dec

Book: Screenformation

December 17, 2020
From the American Mensa Review of Screenformation: “This book is deeply researched … a must-read for parents, grandparents, and teachers.” — MENSA BULLETIN September 2019___The BOOK Screenformation presents the latest scientific studies, academic research, and expert commentary on the harmful effects of screentime. It is the definitive collection of the biological, psychological, physiological, sociological, and...
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16
Dec

What Staring At A Screen All Day Is Doing To Your Brain And Body | The Human Body

December 16, 2020
Jan 30, 2019 Tech Insider: Americans spend more than seven hours a day starting at digital screens. This screen time often leads to blurred vision, eyestrain, and long-term vision problems like nearsightedness. What’s more, screens emit blue light, which disrupts our circadian rhythms at night when we’re trying to fall asleep. And all of this...
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07
Sep

The pandemic is ruining our sleep. Experts say ‘coronasomnia’ could imperil public health.

September 7, 2020
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/09/03/coronavirus-sleep-insomnia/ Excerpt: As if the novel coronavirus has not already wrought devastation aplenty on the world, physicians and researchers are seeing signs it is doing deep damage to people’s sleep. “Coronasomnia,” as some experts now call it, could prove to have profound public-health ramifications — creating a massive new population of chronic insomniacs grappling...
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04
Sep

California Researchers Sound the Alarm about Online Education during Pandemic, and Call for Big Changes in Policy and Practice

September 4, 2020
California Alliance of Researchers for Equity in Education. (2020). The Shift to Online Education During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: Concerns and Recommendations for California. Contributing authors include Christine Sleeter, Alison Dover, Ruchi Agarwal-Rangnath, Roxana Marachi, Kyle Beckham, Carol Batker, and Kevin Kumashiro. http://www.care-ed.org In this research brief, the California Alliance of Researchers for Equity...
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27
Apr

Heavy screen users are the heaviest among 10,000 children

April 27, 2020
Engberg, E., Figueiredo, R.A.O., Rounge, T.B. et al. Heavy screen users are the heaviest among 10,000 children. Sci Rep9, 11158 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46971-6 Abstract This cross-sectional study examined the associations of recreational screen time (viewing TV programs on any screen-based device and computer use, performed while sitting) with body mass index (BMI) categories and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) tertiles in 10,228...
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01
Dec

Associations Between Screen-Based Media Use and Brain White Matter Integrity in Preschool-Aged Children

December 1, 2019
November 4, 2019 JAMA Pediatr. Published online November 4, 2019. doi:https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.3869 Question  Is screen-based media use associated with differences in the structural integrity of brain white matter tracts that support language and literacy skills in preschool-aged children? Findings  In this cross-sectional study of 47 healthy prekindergarten children, screen use greater than that recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines...
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10
Oct

Myopia: WHO World Vision Report

October 10, 2019
Myopia (near-sightedness): Increased time spent indoors  and increased “near work” activities are leading to more people suffering from myopia. Increased outdoor time can reduce this risk. For more information about the report please see: https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/08-10-2019-who-launches-first-world-report-on-vision Prescription to slow worsening myopia in Canadian kids? Head outdoors https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/myopia-children-1.4627366 Too much screen time linked to an epidemic of myopia among...
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01
Jan

Mitochondrial damage and cytoskeleton reorganization in human dermal fibroblasts exposed to artificial visible light similar to screen-emitted light

January 1, 2019
Rascalou A, Lamartine J, Poydenot P, Demarne F, Bechetoille N. Mitochondrial damage and cytoskeleton reorganization in human dermal fibroblasts exposed to artificial visible light similar to screen-emitted light. J Dermatol Sci. 2018 May 5:S0923-1811(18)30213-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2018.04.018. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 29764717. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29764717/
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