Sentences with phrase «healthy use of cell phones»

In addition, the community is focused on a safe, healthy use of cell phones, rather than being distracted by them.

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Image courtesy of iStockphoto / BakiBG SAN ANTONIO, Texas — So much of our information from — and interaction with — the world is now mediated by computers, cell phones and tablets that health experts have been practically running themselves ragged trying to find ways to use these conduits to help people make healthier choices.Great success stories have come out of parts of the developing world, where cell phones have been used to improve maternal and infant care and help people adhere to medication guidelines.

Interphone compared surveyed cell phone use in 6,420 people with brain tumors to that of 7,658 healthy people in 13 developed countries — Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the U.K. — to try to determine whether people with brain tumors had used their cell phones more than healthy people, an association that might suggest that cell phones caused the tumors.

Lead author Nora Volkow, a psychiatrist at the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health, recruited 47 healthy volunteers and used positron emission tomography (PET) scans to measure glucose metabolism in the brain while cell phones were placed over the right or left ear.

Greater cell phone use has been associated with greater loneliness and poorer social skills than for those who have more face - to - face communication interactions.1 For example, a survey of over 3,400 North American girls aged 8 - 12 years old found that the more social media use, text messaging, and cell phone / video use the girls had, the more negative their social well - being (e.g., less healthy friendships).2 Even among strangers, having a cell phone (vs. notepad) on a desk during a «get - to - know - you» conversation was related to less closeness and lower relationship quality after the discussion.