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"PinterestFacebookI have a friend who uses her mile-long walk to work as her &amp;quot;email time.&amp;quot; That&amp;#39;s right, she types her emails on her iPhone while walking on the sidewalk. I can&amp;#39;t point the finger, since I&amp;#39;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.\nIn 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;#39;t paying attention to what&amp;#39;s around them.\n&amp;quot;I was surprised it was as prevalent as it is,&amp;quot; said Beth Ebel, director of the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center in Seattle and pediatrician at Seattle Children&amp;#39;s Hospital.\n&amp;quot;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;quot; Ebel said. &amp;quot;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;quot;\nIt&amp;#39;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;#39;s a car a few feet from you. Eeks!\nAre you guilty of using your phone as a pedestrian?\nP.S. The vitamin that could be making you sleepy? And, could baking soda be the latest health craze?\nPhoto: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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