SMS causes poor sleep

This has not been a good week for cell phones.. Following a Swedish study saying mobile phones will cause teenagers to have an an early senility, now a Belgian study says text messaging is affecting the quality of sleep of almost half of 16 year olds, reports The Register.

Actually, this is the second time the "staying awake all night on your cell phone" issue has come up recently. Just last week Melbourne experts warned that sleep-deprived teens were struggling to get up and go to school after sending text messages all night. cf Children text at night instead of sleeping .

emily | 12:57 AM | Health Issues and SMS Alerts |
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