smartphone

‘Smartphone thumb’ becoming major problem, doctors say

Are you addicted to your phone? If you’re texting all day and all night, you might be developing something doctors are dubbing, ‘smartphone thumb.’ Health experts warn they’re treating more and more patients complaining about a pain in their thumb. It’s caused by the force and repetitive motion of typing on the screen. Doctors say this leads to pain and…

Sleep deprived?

Your smartphone may lead to poor sleep, study says

CNN – Using your smartphone especially near bedtime could affect how much and how long you sleep. University of California at San Francisco researchers studied data on more than 650 adults enrolled in an internet-based health study. Participants’ smartphones were provided with an app that recorded the number of minutes that the phone screen was on every hour. Everyone was monitored…