The detrimental health effects of cell use may not yet be officially proven [1], but there's another reason to leave your mobile behind.

The Journal of Marriage and Family [2] has published a study that links long-term cell phone use to lower family satisfaction. The findings, published in the Journal's December issue, point to a problem that every working couple has experienced: technology is blurring work and family boundaries to a harmful degree. Mobile phones, not email, were the primary culprit in this study. Their use contributes to psychological distress by allowing job worries to spill over into family life.

Not surprisingly, women are the only members of the family who also experience the stress of having home life spill over into work life.

[via Mercola [3]]

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