5 WAYS YOUR SMARTPHONE IS AFFECTING YOUR HEALTH?.....
COULD IT BE TIME TO GIVE YOUR SMARTPHONE A BEDTIME? WITH A NEW STUDY SHOWING THAT SWITCHING OFF EARLIER COULD EQUAL AN HOUR'S MORE SLEEP, WE CHECKED IN WITH A PANEL OF EXPERTS TO SEE HOW OUR GADGETS COULD BE HARMING OUR HEALTH ON A WIDER SCALE TOO From carpal tunnel to insomnia, eye problems to mental health, could it be high time to perform an intervention when it comes to our Smartphone addictions? With our phones now acting like a newly evolved appendage nowadays, our health could be paying the ultimate price for the growing pressure of staying constantly online. Among the repercussions, is the long-lasting effect our phones are having on our sleep, with a new study indicating that if the light emitted from them was shifted from the melatonin-disrupting blue-green end of the wavelength spectrum to the yellow and red one, we could be getting an hour's more sleep a night. In addition to this, what other health warnings should we all be wary of? We asked a panel