Wed, April 22, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC "It really helps to treat social media as a tool rather than your default habit of choice," says Michael S. Valdez, MD, medical director at Detox California. "With ...

If you've been thinking of leaving social media, it might improve your mental health. Source: Photo from fauxels on Pixabay. A new, small-scale clinical trial randomly assigned people to stop using ...

It’s like candy for the brain. Social media activity triggers a dopamine release in the brain’s reward system similar to eating, gambling or receiving praise. For teens, the lure of social media can ...

You’re so mysterious” is not the compliment you think it is — at least, not to somebody who bears the mental health ...

Yesterday, a California jury held Google and Meta liable for causing the depression and anxiety of a woman who used social media compulsively as a child. Another jury in New Mexico said that Meta ...

Here’s how stepping away from scrolling can reset your brain in just a few weeks. A 30-day break helps “reset” your brain’s reward system. Social media’s dopamine-driven feedback loop weakens, making ...