Geelong Medical & Health Group News

Ways Your Smartphone Can Wreck Your Health

February 19 2019

It turns out excessive phone use can negatively affect your health. Here are several ways how your smartphone can have a toll on your health and body.   Germs Your cellphone probably goes with you everywhere. Ever check it while you were — errr — in the bathroom? And when’s the last time you cleaned it? Ever? It...


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How Texting Can Seriously Mess Up Your Spine

December 23 2017

If you’re the type of person who’s constantly glued to your phone, be warned: Looking down at your screen can be the equivalent of putting up to 60 pounds of extra weight on your spine, according to a new analysis published in the journal Surgical Technology International. You already know that the caved shoulders habit is bad posture and a recipe for back pain. But turns out,...


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