Is my red eye and migraine a result of staring at screens? DR ELLIE CANNON answers your questions

I woke up one morning a week ago with one bright red eye. It’s not sore but looks quite startling. A few days beforehand, I’d had a migraine. Are the two things linked, or could it be that I am staring at screens too much? Most people will get slightly bloodshot eyes from time to … Read more

Male Russian Communist MP admits to staring at ‘beautiful’ female minister’s chest

A sexism row has erupted in Russia after a male Communist MP confessed to gawping at a female minister’s ‘beautiful’ chest during a parliamentary session. Red politician Pyotr Ammosov, 54, told entrepreneurship minister Irina Vysokikh, 34, that as a ‘healthy man’ he had fixed his eyes on ‘a bare part of your body’. This prevented … Read more

Britons will spend almost 60 hours of Christmas break staring at their phone or a computer screen 

Britons will spend almost 60 hours of the Christmas break staring at their phone or a computer screen, study shows Study found around 57 hours of Christmas break will be spent staring at a screen  Adult will spend 49 minutes a day on average on their phones during holiday Will spend hour a day looking … Read more

Shelby Tribble says her son Abel kept ‘staring’ at her when she wore make-up

She has become a mother for the first time after welcoming her son Abel Ashley with her partner Sam Mucklow on November 15. And Shelby Tribble shared an adorable new snap of herself lovingly gazing at her newborn son on her Instagram page on Saturday. The former TOWIE star, 27, claimed that Abel wouldn’t ‘stop staring’ at … Read more

Biology: Staring at seagulls makes them MORE likely to flee, study finds

How to get rid of seagulls: Staring at the birds makes them MORE likely to flee, study finds Researchers from Exeter studied the behaviour of 155 gulls in Cornwall, England  They approached the seabirds while either looking down or directly at them The team found they could get around 6.5 feet closer if not staring at … Read more

Doctors warn of spike in short-sightedness caused by staring at screens to relieve boredom 

Coronavirus lockdowns could have damaged the eyesight of thousands of people, scientists have warned. Another study has discovered spending hours looking at screens can lead to short-sightedness, which causes distant objects to appear blurred. And eye specialists in Singapore, Germany and Japan, behind the research, fear the Covid-19 pandemic may cause rates of the condition … Read more

Staring at a phone screen before bed can cause depression

Staring at your phone screen when you should be sleeping can make you depressed over time, new research suggests. Chinese experiments suggest harmful blue light emissions from your device at night trigger a mysterious neural mechanism, leading to behavioural changes.   The research team found that mice exposed to blue light for two hours a night … Read more

Staring at your phone screen before bed can make you depressed

Staring at your phone screen when you should be sleeping can make you depressed over time, new research suggests. Chinese experiments suggest harmful blue light emissions from your device at night trigger a mysterious neural mechanism, leading to behavioural changes.   The research team found that mice exposed to blue light for two hours a night … Read more