Even the American College of Emergency Physicians has issued a warning to texters about the dangerous of serious accidents — and not just motor vehicle crashes, but walking, biking and Rollerblading, horseriding and cooking accidents.

And let’s hope that surgeon who is scheduled to do your medical procedure has both his thumbs on medical instruments.

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Next: A real “easy button”

To the news that researchers are working on a pill that could mimic the benefits of exercise without actually working at it. Scientists are reporting some success in a drug that, when given to mice, burns more calories and produces less fat than sedentary mice. Tests also reveal that these mice, running on a treadmill, run 44 percent farther and 23 percent longer than their untreated friends.

We don’t know yet if human couch potatoes can benefit from this drug. Just our luck, the drug may not work at all, but instead might merely inject us with an unhealthy fear of cats.

But there’s hope.

Many of us smile at the television ad touting “easy buttons.” Ah, technology. The easy way out might not be so far off.