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Could Your Blackberry Be Damaging Your Thumbs?
Sammy at Palm Addict writes "According to the BBC, Regular Blackberry use 'could damage thumbs', experts warn. Trendy handheld Blackberry devices could cause damage to users' thumbs, doctors are warning. Sales of the £200 gadget, which can be used to email, page and phone, have boomed in recent years with celebrities such as David Beckham using them. But US and UK doctors said repetitive use could cause arthritis or harm tendons in the thumb. Research in Motion, which manufactures the Blackberry, said it would not comment on the claims."
Next thing they'll be saying is "smoking causes cancer." Give me a break with your "science!"
...andmythumbsarefine.Justlook,Ihavenoproblemswith typing.
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People damage thumbs.
Infuriate left and right
He doesn't need his thumbs anyway.
Isn't his brain in one of them?
Doing something over and over again is almost always not good for you.
There are a few exceptions though...
I've never heard of him, what is he famous for?
A. Banging a Spice Girl.
B. Banging a non-Spice Girl.
Because it only has one big button.
There's nothing Intelligent about Intelligent Design.
and the NINTENDO THUMB?
those 8bit nes controllers.. damn. they really suck.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
They forgot to mention that if you hold it next to your head you may grow a tumor.
But that is because you are a girl. The average man on the other hand changes channels an average of 8 times per minute.
Somebody should tell these people that gratuitously pointing at the obvious can damage the index finger.
Scientists report that riding a steam-train may be detrimental to your health as the unnatural speeds at which it moves might cut off the natural air supply to one's lungs.
No such damage has been reported, but it's too early to tell, so best be careful out there, folks!
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From the related article, "Blackberry device is out of season"
Using it for e-mails is a cinch, thanks to its built-in qwerty keyboard. The keys are on the small size but typing is relatively painless.
You're failing to think of the children again. Honestly, won't someone think of the children?
In other news, research has been shown to cause cancer in lab rats. News at 11.