NEWS FOR PARENTS
Frequent mobile phone use may be associated with teenage stress, restlessness and sleep problems.
Researchers in Sweden found that teenagers who used their mobile phones often were more restless than infrequent users. They also had more "careless" lifestyles, consumed more stimulating drinks, suffered from disrupted sleep or insomnia, and were more susceptible to stress and fatigue.
Yet most parents of teenagers would have thought that restlessness, sleep problems and stress were far more likely to occur when a teen was deprived of their mobile. You live and learn.
Just when it seemed that the meningitis C vaccine was beating the killer disease, scientists have warned that "superbug" forms of the illness could pose a new threat to children.
Three strains of meningitis C have been identified that are impervious to vaccines, although there are no reports of them in the community.
Experts fear that if the strains get a foothold they could undermine the vaccine, which has reduced meningitis C deaths in children by 95% since it was introduced in 1999.