You might have been hoping that it was just a phase society was going through, but it turns out that all those people who snap selfies of themselves on their smartphones are actually happier than you.

Pop quiz: Is Facebook good or bad for your health?

Researchers from Washington State University have just developed alow-cost, portable laboratory on a smartphone that can analyze several samples at once to catch a cancer biomarker, producing lab quality results.

In our modern world, human doctors are faring much better against their artificial intelligence (AI) counterparts.

The internet has made pornography more accessible than ever in the history of mankind. With a few simple clicks anyone can view just about any type of pornography they desire. 

Eight people who have spent years paralyzed from spinal cord injuries have regained partial sensation and muscle control in their lower limbs after training with brain-controlled robotics, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.

Our increasing reliance on the internet and the ease of access to the vast resource available online is affecting our thought processes for problem solving, recall and learning. 

Brutal and often gruesome images of terror strikes in Dallas or Orlando or points further east spool through our newsfeed interspersed among shots of our sister's picnic and our cousins' puppies. 

In yet another indication that video games aren't quite the evil time sink a generation of parents were led to believe.

Scientists have developed a new temporary "electronic tattoo" that can measure the activity of muscle and nerve cells.

In the very short time that Pokémon GO has been available, it has become a gaming and pop culture phenomenon. 

Just when you thought checking your smartphone while lying in bed at night was perfectly harmless, doctors have issued a warning regarding their use.

A research team from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) recently developed AI methods aimed at training computers to interpret pathology images.

The tricorder, that marvel of medical sensor technology, has just found its prototype in UCSD's “chem-phys patch.” 

We all know that one person who is “good with languages.” Maybe she speaks three or more tongues, and is always taking the time to learn more. 

Oftentimes, medicine's ability to deliver an accurate diagnosis quickly can mean the difference between life and death. 

Boston and Haifa, Israel-based company Medisafe has just announced a new “smart pill management” system.

Medical dramas are a very popular TV genre, which have been around for over 60 years.  Typically a medical case is used as the backbone of the episode.

Cubital tunnel syndrome – or “cellphone elbow” – describes the damage we can do to ourselves because of the (constant) way we are pressing our phones to our ears. 

Without context, it is very easy to convince yourself that you have any condition.  If you’ve already decided that you have a condition, it’s pretty easy to find a website that will confirm it. 

Any parent who has been paying attention these past few years knows that unmonitored social media is a ticking time bomb in their children's lives. 

In the era of computers excessive use of keyboard and mouse control has led to an increase in particular diseases of the hand. 

These nanotech vehicles are almost 800 times finer than a human hair, the “ideal size for targeting tumors.” They are delivered with chemotherapy drugs, and contain folate molecules that seek out and bind to cancer cells. 

Video games have taken a lot of heat from armchair psychologists and parents in the past. But when you examine the actual research filed, it turns out that the release of the latest Tom Clancy first person shooter might not signal the collapse of civilization after all.

There are still some gems amidst all the click-bait, particularly related to medicine.

Too bad it was a scam.

Fitbit Surge. The best features of the FitBit Surge include activity mapping, a calorie-burn algorithm, and the battery life. This app has a built-in GPS that lets your workout with an app on your handheld device. You can also track heart rate and calories burned across different sports. Just one charge can last up to a week.