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Putting down your smartphone for an extra hour every day is not necessarily what you might imagine.
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Smartphones are a real health hazard. And this has nothing to do with waves, a priori having no effect on the brain. A doctor at Brest University Hospital has asked to reduce consumption by one hour per day.

Are you reading this article on your smartphone? Do you carry your favorite series in your pocket? Are you constantly scrolling through social media? If so, you are putting your health at risk. Indeed, the smartphone has become our worst enemy, if we are to believe Doctor Yannick Guilloteau, sports doctor of Chu de Brest and author of the book “The Smartphone Kills” published by Baudelaire. Why this catchy title? “Because every minute spent on our smartphones,

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