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" I have a friend who uses her mile-long walk to work as her &amp;quot;email time.&amp;quot; That&amp;#x27;s right, she types her emails on her iPhone while walking on the sidewalk. I can&amp;#x27;t point the finger, since I&amp;#x27;ve been known to overuse my cell phone as a pedestrian. What might seem like a good use of spare time is actually really dangerous say experts. In fact, not only are the incidents of texting/emailing-while-walking injuries up, but researchers in Seattle have also found 30 percent of people who admit to using their phone while walking in traffic say they almost always aren&amp;#x27;t paying attention to what&amp;#x27;s around them. &amp;amp;#8220;I was surprised it was as prevalent as it is,&amp;amp;#8221; said Beth Ebel, director of the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center in Seattle and pediatrician at Seattle Children&amp;amp;#8217;s Hospital. &amp;amp;#8220;I have seen a large increase in cases, anecdotally, both as a consequence of driving, walking and even while on horseback of people engaging in text messaging while in a task that requires concentration,&amp;amp;#8221; Ebel said. &amp;amp;#8220;The problem with text messaging is you are drawn into the communication, and so you are not thinking about what is around you. You do not have situational awareness.&amp;amp;#8221; It&amp;#x27;s this lack of situational awareness that I can absolutely relate to. You look down to check an email on your Blackberry and then, bam, you look up and there&amp;#x27;s a car a few feet from you. Eeks! Are you guilty of using your phone as a pedestrian? P.S. The vitamin that could be making you sleepy? And, could baking soda be the latest health craze? Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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