ER docs: Don't text and walk, skate or cook

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Yvette M. uses her cell phone to text message friends while walking in downtown street Tuesday July 29 2008 in Chicago. In an alert issued this week the American College of Emergency Physicians says based on reports from emergency-room doctors around ...
Yvette M. uses her cell phone to text message friends while walking in downtown street, Tuesday, July, 29, 2008, in Chicago. In an alert issued this week, the American College of Emergency Physicians says based on reports from emergency-room doctors around the country, the number of text-messaging pedestrians, bicyclists, roller-bladers and even motorists who aren't so fortunate is rising. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

(AP) -- The warning came too late for Barack Obama's adviser: Don't walk and text at the same time. Obama aide Valerie Jarrett fell off a Chicago curb several weeks ago while her thumbs were flying on her Blackberry.


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