All thumbs.(Pulse)(heavy users of handheld electronics suffer of tendonitis - swelling of the connective tissue in the hand and wrist)(Brief Article)

Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication | October 1, 2005 | Copyright

Text message at your own risk! That's the latest warning from doctors to heavy users of handheld electronics, including cell phones. Excessive text messaging on these devices is causing an increase in tendonitis, a swelling of the connective tissue in the hand and wrist.

Electronics users can spend hours typing in messages--to the detriment of their digits. "[Hand-helds] ... are getting smaller with even more features, which encourage heavy, extended use," says Donna Breger-Stanton, president of the American Society of Hand Therapists (ASHT). "More of the population ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	Camellia culture: pretty in pink-and red and white!--these blossoms perk up gardens during cold Mississippi winters.(home matters: gardening) Magazine article from: Mississippi Magazine ; ...history of growing camellias. According to the...Mississippi Gulf Coast Camellia Society, an early...The Brookhaven Camellia Society continues...growing gorgeous camellias, hosting an annual...yellow." Most camellias grown in this region...of two species: Camellia sasanqua, like...
	Camellia: Winter bloomer puts on a show.(Flavor/Gracious Living) Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot ; ...offhand way. Just a camellia! We forget that camellias bloom their hearts...of the Virginia Camellia Society certainly don't take their camellias for granted...the Hofheimer Camellia Garden, where hundreds of camellias grow and bloom...
	Camellias offer blossoms while other flowers sleep: The evergreen shrubs bloom in a variety of colors.(Features)(Homefront) Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor ; ...requirements are met. "Camellias are such easy landscape...site of the largest camellia forest in North...Newer, cold-hardy camellias can be grown outdoors...widely used type of camellia is Camellia sinensis...beauty of stately camellias, some soaring as...the most respected ...
	Camellias. Magazine article from: Country Living Gardener ; ...The first actual camellia plants to arrive...Italy. What makes camellias so special? They...The American Camellia Society defines six types: Single camellias have one layer...spring Japanese camellias (Camellia japonica, Zone...
	Camellia: Nobility's favorite flower Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post ; ...along come the camellias to brighten up the...of winter. The camellia belongs to the famous...art depicted the camellia blooms on paintings...describe and depict camellias in lavish detail...descriptions of camellias were written in...priest Sakuden. The camellia was the favorite...
	Winterbeauties Camellias provide bursts of color Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune ; ...commercially in the state. Camellias became popular landscape...of the Peninsula Camellia Society. Thanks...what they are, and camellias with leaves that...of all the forms camellia flowers can take...that win prizes at camellia shows, she says...began hybridizing camellias seriously ...
	Camellias go back a long way Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland ; ...For that reason, camellias are often planted next...In fact, wherever a camellia is planted, making...In contrast the Camellia Cornish Snow has dainty...narrow leaves, while the Camellia Midnight has very nice...out at some point. Camellias can actually be left...
	CHARMING CAMELLIAS AN ABUNDANCE OF BLOOMS BRING LIFE TO LATE-WINTER GARDENS.(U) Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) ; ...color to the garden, camellias open up their buds to...you want to add a new camellia to your yard or simply...Caring for camellias Most camellias (such as C. japonica...while some plants - like Camellia sasanqua - do better...roots will compete with camellias for nutrients and ...
	CAMELLIA TOUR AND TALKS SET FOR FEB. 28 News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News ; ...the Baton Rouge Camellia Society. Polozola...conducting research on camellias with the LSU AgCenter...of herbicides on camellias, camellia propagation and...garden rooms of camellias, including the Stone Camellia Collection, which...
	Camellia Mystique;A Shrub With the Shimmer of Impressionism Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ; ...are scented. The camellia is the kind of flower...the appeal of camellias is not just their...yard, shields his camellias from the most dangerous...Never plant a camellia in the corner because...fell in love with camellias in his native North Carolina, where the camellia is as ...