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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[OK--so 5 out of 7 here apply to me.  Frightening to say the least. I have been thinking I need to cut back on cell phone use and internet time. Maybe it's time to read a book or take a walk!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[reggie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 5:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[My neck has been  very sore, I changed pillows that I slept on  and then my friend advised me to raise my laptop desk I have and what an improvement, also pillows on my chair helps my leg from gettiing a tingle .Darn these computers ,but with all  the information we get , we may as well try things that help]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BarbaraGallant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 7th 2008 7:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'd try to bite off my own tongue as well if I had to spend even 5 minutes playing True Crime. Seriously though, none of this stuff is new and the majority of it should be obvious, "What??? germs all over this little thing I have on me constantly and touch at all hours of the day and night? You don't say..."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[drktranquillity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 12th 2009 2:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yep i used to tuck my legs under myself when i was playing games. I don't anymore because it hurts ^_^]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[peterlb666]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 5th 2009 6:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[This thing didn't even bring up the fact that a miner in China had his phone next to his heart in a pocket when it exploded & killed him.<br><br>I don't use my cell much to chat & I always keep it away from vital organs I have not idea what these invisible waves (the form of communication that makes cell phones work) can do to my body so when I sleep, I sleep far from my laptop & the cell phone it several feet away.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 7th 2010 4:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[WOW. . .<br>Is there something about prolonged use with laptops causing violent headaches, nausea and weakness in muscles. Thought I'd ask since there seem to be other odd reactions.<br>Any thoughts anyone? p]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pearl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 12th 2007 3:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[Anyone have any experience with severe headaches, nausea or pain in abdomen from working with Laptop on your lap for hours?<br>p]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pearl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 12th 2007 5:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hi Pearl,I have to say I use my lap top often to play games and i`ve noticed in the last 2 months i`ve been getting severe headaches and my eyes are really hurting very much but i`m not sure if it`s from puter time or I had vasculititis(not sure of spelling) a few years ago and one effect is very bad headaches,I went to the Dr. last week and she took blood for test and need to get a mri of my brain because there are abnormalaties from the vasculititis,which is an infection on the brain....I don`t think it`s from the puter because I can go a week or two not using it and still get the headaches...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jackquic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 5th 2009 7:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think sitting down and holding a video game controler or typing all day would cause some slight muscle weakness in your arms. 1.) With Controllers  all your doing is mashing buttons ... all day, and if you try feeling it, you can feel stuff going on in your forearms, but your not actually using your arms, just your thumbs. 2.) With keyboards, if your trying and you feel that feeling on the bottom of your forearm when you type that could cause some slight muscle weakness when your doing that all day. With headaches, sitting there straining your eyes at a screen can cause headaches, its like staring at a light in a dark cave for hours. Nausea may just be for certain people, because that doesnt happen to me...but people may get muscle spasms, not always so bad but theyre annoying and if you get spasms you should lay down or eat and go outside for 5 minutes. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 12th 2007 7:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[Uhh... I like the advice colums for giving some helpful tips, but when all the author can site is 3 health cases out of the millions and millions of people logging in, it really holds little credability. <br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[shawn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 12th 2007 4:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[i agree with shawn....i  mean, how often does some one die like Lee did.....this is stupid...and the thing about the sperm count......there is probaly no conection......and one question....did Amy Kopaska have a history of siezures or epilepsy? if she did then she and her mom should have been watching out for the lights triggering that....btw i used to have siezures (so i know what its like) and im 13                 ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominique]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 12th 2007 5:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[Uhh, Yeah I think it pathetic to let your kids sit that long in front of a screen anyways. But being a video game junkie myself I do infact KNOW they have labeling warnings for this in EVERY game you buy...in the little booklets they always warn you about seizures. You must take breaks from this stuff. People ARE NOT ment to be sitting in front of screens all the time. If you do take care of your body while doing so...take breaks...eat...drink water. Then go back to playing.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 12th 2007 5:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[In response to Pearl- I think it is very possible to have these affects from laptop usage. Our bodies are electrical. Some peoples' energy systems are more easily affected by outer electrical sources and can be damaged- altering the natural proper and healthy energy flow that nourishes our body systems. I have personally been helped by an alternative health care practice called Health Kinesiology. Look for a well-trained, well-educated practitioner with credentials.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wendy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 12th 2007 6:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[I get a headache from using a bluetooth earpiece. I've tried a couple different ones but with the same result. ANYONE ELSE?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cary Levin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 12th 2007 6:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[Okay, those 3 people were idiots. Playing one game for 50 hours? Even 10 straight hours? they asked for it if you ask me. As far as the seisure, 5 hours, still a long time, but some people are more sensitive to light. A boy in my class had one when another kid was flicking the lights on and off. Those three cases had nothing to do with the games, it was the idiots playing them.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robyn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 12th 2007 6:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[My kids are grone! And I,m almost gone myself.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigford42851]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 12th 2007 6:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cary, your headache was more likely just the peice being on your ear putting pressure on your head. I get headaches from sunglasses, headbands, and earphones all the time.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robyn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 12th 2007 6:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[Typing* not trying =p]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 13th 2007 12:22AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[well if a person did ANYTHING for 50 hours straight without eating im sure they would die. For example, im sure if you tried to have sex for 50 hours straight you would die. you don't need to blame video games on one person's idiocy]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sasha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 12th 2007 7:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick? (7)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/04/12/are-your-gadgets-making-you-sick-7/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hey AOL News, get your facts straight, the guy wasn't playing Starcraft he was playing World of Warcraft, I used to be addicted to that game until I heard about him.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 12th 2007 8:16PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
