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Asheville, North Carolina — Katy Paige Rosenberg, a freshman at the University of North Carolina Asheville, recently realized what too much scrolling on her phone was doing to her. She estimates she ...

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A new study finds that night owls are more likely to develop social media addiction. Loneliness and anxiety may be to blame.