News : E-readers 'damage sleep and health,' doctors warn

[Anonymous]

Headline: E-readers 'damage sleep and health,' doctors warn

Excerpt from the Link "

you curl up under the duvet with an e-book for a bedtime read then you are damaging your sleep and maybe your health, US doctors have warned.

A team from Harvard Medical School compared reading paper books and light-emitting e-readers before sleep.

They found it took longer to nod off with an e-reader, which led to poorer quality sleep and being more tired the next morning."

My thoughts :

My daughter uses a Kobo e reader and has not mentioned any problems , but I will mention this piece to her. 

Im wondering if the light emitting from these are different to Tablets / iPads as I've not had similar issues either. 

Source : BBC News.

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[Anonymous]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Must be stuck in a time warp....:smileywink:

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Surely not you Denise!  

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I fear so @Anonymous  Everyone extols the virtues of e-readers....I know how good they are ....but there is nothing like the smell, feel and look of a new book (in my opinion)

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I am sure you are right ma'am.  But those of us who are not NHS pensioners enjoying the rich rewards of a highly paid career often find that borrowed library books seldom smell, feel or look quite so attractive as the pristine copies from the shelves of Waterstones.  On the other hand I don't really enjoy the pictures on my basic black and white Kindle nearly as much as I do in the printed versions whether borrowed or bought.

 

[jonsie]

What an absolute load of claptrap. Reading is educational and reading before sleeping is without doubt the best time for absorbing information. Getting up to pee 3-4 times a night however....

[Anonymous]

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@jonsie wrote:

What an absolute load of claptrap. Reading is educational and reading before sleeping is without doubt the best time for absorbing information. Getting up to pee 3-4 times a night however....

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Hmmmm - doesn't the getting up give you 3 or 4 more opportunities to read a few more paragraphs? @jonsie   Gotta make the best of every situation!!!

While we are on the subject I thought I'd share with you a Latin inscription that I understand was found on a large vase unearthed in a Roman ruin. The Latin was "ITI SAPIS POTANDA BIGONE"  - maybe the Roman gent who owned the vase had found a solution to the nocturnal problem you mentioned.

[Anonymous]

Rofl @Anonymous

Hope the vase was devoid of any contents. 😉