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Does the argument that limiting smartphone use works hold water? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Burgeoning research demonstrates that smartphone use in schools is detrimental to individual students and corrosive for the learning environment. Marty Makary, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins and public health researcher, says attempts to simply limit their use are not enough. …
Some schools have already banned smartphones in students’ interest, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Should smartphones even be allowed in schools? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Smartphones are ubiquitous, with over half of US children owning one by the time they are 11 years of age. Much research is emerging demonstrating just how harmful this can be, especially when phones remain in the hands of kids …
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CAR-T therapy for cancer is associated with risk for infectious disease death, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Squamous cell skin cancer needs more rigorous study, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Skin cancers run the gamut from relatively benign basal cell carcinoma to invasive melanoma. In between are squamous cell carcinomas, which are increasing in frequency and likely result in death more often than melanomas do, a new paper asserts, calling …
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