paws and reflect...: laptop horrors...

No laps for warm laptops; skin damage is possible... By Lindsey Tanner, The Associated Press CHICAGO - People who work with a laptop computer sitting on their lap might want to rethink that habit. Doing it a lot can lead to "toasted skin syndrome", an unusual-looking mottled skin condition caused by long-term heat exposure, according to medical reports. In one recent case, a 12-year-old boy developed a sponge-patterned skin discoloration on his left thigh after playing computer games a few hours every day for several months. "He recognized that the laptop got hot on the left side; however, [more...]

Date: 2010-10-04 20:11:00

Blog posts (51) | Videos (48)
 

51 - 51 of 51 Posts
Page: First | < Preceding | Next >
0 | 1