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yemitse

Unhealthy Effects of Your Smartphone - Syndromes Caused By Using Your Cell Phone Too Mu... - 1 views

www.goodhousekeeping.com/...smartphone-syndromes

shared by yemitse on 11 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • "Text Claw" is a non-medical term used to describe all of the finger cramping and sore muscles that come from continuous scrolling, texting, and gaming on smartphones. An even more common side effect:
    • jenny1415bucb
      jenny1415bucb on 11 Sep 14
       
      hey, I get a good point of the negative effect of smartphone !!
    • piiing
      piiing on 11 Sep 14
       
      that's important and it is an obvious physical damage on users.
    • chrislam113
      chrislam113 on 11 Sep 14
       
      O nice!
    • matthewleung135
      matthewleung135 on 11 Sep 14
       
      well done
    • henryng
      henryng on 11 Sep 14
       
      Very nice
    • jeffpoke2019
      jeffpoke2019 on 11 Sep 14
       
      i see!
    • rayhauhin
      rayhauhin on 11 Sep 14
       
      i totally agger all of you
  • Slouching over your phone for hours at a time is ruining your neck and hurting your back muscles. “iPosture" or "Text Neck" are just two of a few phrases doctors throw around to describe the excessive stress on neck muscles. According to a study of young adults in the U.K., 84% of those tracked experienced back pain during the last year, mainly due to being hunched over smartphones, tablets, and computers.
  • Using your phone too much can cause inflammation in your tendons and enhance existing conditions, like tendinitis and carpal tunnel. Similarly, "Cell Phone Elbow" describes tingling or numbness in ring and pinky fingers after bending your elbow for long periods of time. 
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  • Staring at the tiny font in your texts and scrolling through dozens of tweets can lead to eyestrain, blurred vision, dizziness, and dry eyes. And blurred vision plus sore neck muscles can also cause headaches.
  • Short for “no-mobile-phone phobia,” this is exactly what it sounds like: the fear of being without your cell.
    • jenny1415bucb
      jenny1415bucb on 11 Sep 14
       
      there are 5 negative effects of using smartphone!!
    • jenny1415bucb
      jenny1415bucb on 11 Sep 14
       
      the effect mostly about the side effect on our health!!!!
tsoiwingwai

Smartphones bad for children's social skills? - 4 views

wordpress.uark.edu/...ad-for-childrens-social-skills

shared by tsoiwingwai on 23 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Children’s increased use of smartphones and tablets could hinder the development of parts of their brain that affect social skills
    • tsoiwingwai
      tsoiwingwai on 23 Sep 14
       
      It's true!!!
    • tsoiwingwai
      tsoiwingwai on 23 Sep 14
       
      Parents pay little attention on it!!!
  • This graph shows the technology usage of children before age 2. Several researchers agree that at a young age, children are unable to comprehend their purpose.
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  • This Graph shows the average age of social maturity from 1990 to 2012.
  • If a child can escape from a social situation by turning on a device, their social development will be stunted,”
  • tsoiwingwai on 23 Sep 14
     
    Smartphones are bad for children's social skills
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