New research in the United States shows that neck pain due to the use of iPads and tablets can affect women more than men, and the posture is the biggest contributor to pain.

Researchers suggest that using back support while sitting on chair for long hours and exercising can help in reducing the back and neck pain.

Tablets and smartphones can cause people to slouch and tilt their head downward for long periods of time. Now, new findings reveal who is most at risk of developing neck strain from this habit — sometimes known as iPad neck — and why time spent using devices is not the biggest factor.

Carried out by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas along with researchers from hospitals and physical therapy centers across Southern Nevada, the new study surveyed 412 participants (135 men and 275 women) who used touchscreen tablet computers.

To say that Dr. Tina Brandon Abbatangelo is anything but your run-of-the-mill dentist is hardly an exaggeration.

Within the next year, UNLV Police Services will have a new home.

A local woman is paving the way for other young women in Nevada. She's a Project 150 scholarship student who got accepted into a prestigious Ivy League program in a field dominated mainly by men.

Eight-year-old Hailey Dawson is halfway to her goal of throwing the first pitch at every Major League Baseball stadium. She has thrown the first pitch at 15 out of 30 MLB stadiums and expects to complete her mission by mid-September of this year, Fox 9 reported.

Some 70 percent of female tablet users develop ongoing pain in their neck and shoulders compared to just 30 percent of men, a US study found.