Is your cell phone stressing you out?

One of the most important pieces of advice I've ever read was to never interrupt an in-person conversation to take a call unless absolutely necessary. The phone can wait.

Otherwise, the phone becomes an electronic leash - even more so if it is a mobile phone in question. Now studies conducted in the U.K. show some evidence that cell phones cause stress in a percentage of users.

"People are becoming addicted to mobile phones, causing them to become stressed and irritable, work suggests.

Dr David Sheffield, of the University of Staffordshire, found problem behaviour linked to using a mobile in 16% of 106 users who were studied.

In a separate study, to be presented at a conference in Essex later, he found blood pressure was lower in those who had given up using mobile phones."

You know, cell phones are great in many situations, but people, if they are stressing you out, it is ok to turn them off from time to time!

BBC NEWS | Health | Mobile phone users 'stressed out'