Candy Crushers beware: Your gaming habit could be hazardous to your health. A southern California man recently discovered how dangerous his phone use could be when he ruptured the tendon in his left ...
A California man required surgery after tearing a tendon in his thumb during six week "Candy Crush" binge while between jobs. • Saints' Keenan Lewis wants to buy fans new jerseys The JAMA Internal ...
The 29-year-old man informed his doctors that he played Candy Crush “on his smartphone all day for 6 to 8 weeks” before contacting his physician complaining of “chronic left thumb pain and loss of ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- There is a health alert for people addicted to texting on their smartphone, which pretty much means almost everyone under the age of 30. As CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez explained, all ...
I have several otherwise intelligent friends who spend hours watching bits of fruit and candy roll down a screen. I have asked them what pleasure they gain from this and they mutter, when they're able ...
BlackBerry users from days of yore may remember the condition that was jokingly dubbed BlackBerry thumb — that is, a repetitive strain injury caused by tapping the device's buttons over and over again ...
ATLANTA (FOX 5 Atlanta) - We are constantly typing, texting, scrolling, swiping. And Emory orthopedic surgeon Dr. Eric Wagner, who specializes in hand, elbow and shoulder surgeries, says we may be ...
We spend a good chunk of our day, probably longer than we'd like to admit, glued to our smartphones. We use them to communicate, socialize, work and even avoid awkward social encounters. Between the ...
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -De Quervain tenosynovitis is caused by inflammation in the tendons or in the tendon sheath that runs along the thumb side of the wrist. This syndrome can cause pain along the ...
De Quervain tenosynovitis is pain and swelling in the tendons around your thumb. Specifically, it affects the tendons of two muscles called abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis. De ...
Pain in your thumb and wrist may develop from arthritis, de Quervain tenosynovitis, injuries, and other causes. Joint pain in your wrist and thumb are two common symptoms of many conditions, such as ...