MOBILE MADNESS

Mobile phone use 'leads to bratty kids'

PREGNANT women who regularly use mobile phones are more likely to have children with behavioural problems, according to a new study.
Mothers who used their mobile phone while pregnant were 54 per cent more likely to report issues such as hyperactivity and emotional problems in their children, Britain's Daily Mail reported.
Using a mobile two to three times a day was enough to raise the risk, and letting children under the age of seven use a mobile phone also put them in danger, the study of more than 13,000 women found.
The results were thought to be particularly significant as one of the study's authors had been a leading sceptic over claims mobile phones were a health risk.