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  "id": 12832192,
  "title": "Twin study suggests screen time's link to mental health may be overstated",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/twin-study-suggests-screen-times-link-to-mental-health-may-be",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-08T09:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-twin-screen-link-mental-health.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Shared family factors, such as genes and upbringing, are likely to explain a large part of the link between high screen use and mental health problems in young people. This is according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in Nature Human Behaviour.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}