A.I. and Other Trends Reshaping Health Care
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The Impact of Loneliness on Kids
Young people seem to have the highest rates of loneliness across the population. Some benefits that some children may be able to get from social media in terms of finding community forging connections, staying in touch with friends. But what I am concerned about is a growing number of stories that I hear from kids around the country who are saying social media does three things to them. It makes them feel worse about themselves. They also say they can't get off of it. And when we look at the data, we're seeing more and more data showing an association between social media use,. particularly heavy social media use and adverse mental health outcomes.
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