More than half of American teenagers use social media nearly five hours a day, survey finds

More than half of American teenagers use social media nearly five hours a day, survey finds

A new Gallup survey found that more than half of teenagers in the United States spend an average of 4.8 hours on social media every day. Responses came from 1,591 people ages 13 to 19, and the survey results show that as teens get older, they stay on social media even longer. Nobody really watches …

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Americans will spend half their lives taking prescription drugs, Penn State study finds

Americans will spend half their lives taking prescription drugs, Penn State study finds

If you’re American, you probably are using drugs or soon will be. A new study finds that people born today in the United States will spend about half their lives taking prescription drugs. And for women, that figure is closer to 60% of their lifetime. “The years people can expect to spend taking prescription drugs …

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