2 Mar, 2009
Too much PlayStation can cause painful lumps?
LONDON (Reuters) - Gamers beware: Keeping too tight a grip on the console and furiously pushing the buttons can cause a newly identified skin disorder marked by painful lumps on the palms, Swiss scientists said Tuesday.
Called "PlayStation palmar hidradentitis" by the scientists, the skin disorder can cause painful lesions on the palms similar to patches found on the soles of children's feet after taking part in heavy physical activity, they said.
"The tight and continuous grasping of the hand-grips together with repeated pushing of the buttons produce minor but continuous trauma to the (palm) surfaces," Vincent Piguet and colleagues at University Hospitals and Medical School of Geneva reported in the British Journal of Dermatology.
A spokesman for Sony Corp, which makes the PlayStation, noted the study involved one person and said the company had sold hundreds of millions of the consoles since the product was introduced in 1995.
"As with any leisure pursuit there are possible consequences of not following common sense, health advice and guidelines, as can be found within our instruction manuals," Sony spokesman David Wilson said.
"We would not wish to belittle this research and we will study the findings with interest, but this is the first time we have ever heard of a complaint of this nature."
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Hold On Tight!!
Are You Holding Firmly to the Word or Something Else?
1 Corinthians 15:1-2 (NIV)
1Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
What does today's God's Story Scripture teach us about holding on?
"Hold on tight!" Do you remember hearing those words when you were little. Maybe it was when you were being pushed on a swing. Or maybe someone picked you up and swung you around. The caution was to hold on, because if you let go, you just might get hurt. It was for your protection. In today's God Story Scritpture, we hear the Apostle Paul saying to the Corinthian church, "Hold on tight!"
Today there are so many "things" to which we could hold on. We could hold our friends too tightly. We could hold too tightly to the religion of Christianity, and totally miss the relationship that Jesus wants to have with us. We could hold tightly to false teaching and false securities. Instead, let's hold firmly to the Truth of God's Story.
How can we connect today's God's Story scripture to our lives?
- Thank God for His Truth as found in His Word.
- Hold On to His Word by reading His Word as often as you can.
- Hold firmly by committing a verse or two to memory this week.
How can we connect today's story, God's Story scripture and our story to others?
- Find someone struggling with staying with the God's Truth and encourage the to hold on.
- Pray for that friend who is struggling to hold on.
- Ask others what makes it difficult to hold on to God's Truth. Help one another sort through your stuggles.
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