With all the talk about cell phones being bad (potentially) with radiation fears and the like.

Does anyone know anything about the dangers of laptops? Especially with them being literally on one's lap? I wonder, when my laptops overheat - is there a danger there?

Thanks!

FRIDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- A simple campout in the backyard may be just what the doctor ordered to help break your kids from an endless cycle of TV, computers and video games.

That's one of the ways the National Wildlife Federation is promoting the evening of June 28 as the Great American Backyard Campout.

By Randy Dotinga
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

WEDNESDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- A new survey reports that teenagers spend far too many hours a week in front of TVs and computers, and those in poor neighborhoods have even more "screen time."

"The take-home message is that we have to find out why some of these kids don't have healthier alternatives in their neighborhoods," said study author Tracie A. Barnett, a researcher at Sainte-Justine Children's Hospital Research Center in Montreal.

By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter

(HealthDay News) -- Cutting kids' TV and computer time by half reduced the amount of food they ate and helped them lose weight, a new study found.

The finding offers hope to the problem of childhood obesity in the United States, where an estimated 16 percent of children ages 6 to 19 years old are overweight, a 45 percent increase in one decade, according to federal researchers.

Because so many of us spend at least eight hours a day or more in front of a computer, eye dryness and fatigue are real problems. And because March has been designated as Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month, thought it might be timely to pass along a few tips from Prevent Blindness America for keeping our eyes healthy.

Place your screen 20 to 26 inches away from your eyes and a little bit below eye level.

Use a document holder placed next to your computer screen. It should be close enough so you don’t have to swing your head back and forth or constantly change your eye focus.