Online networking 'harms health'
People's health could be harmed by social networking sites because they reduce levels of face-to-face contact, an expert claims.
Dr Aric Sigman says websites such as Facebook set out to enrich social lives, but end up keeping people apart.
Dr Sigman makes his warning in Biologist, the journal of the Institute of Biology.
A lack of "real" social networking, involving personal interaction, may have biological effects, he suggests.
He also says that evidence suggests that a lack of face-to-face networking could alter the way genes work, upset immune responses, hormone levels, the function of arteries, and influence mental performance.
This, he claims, could increase the risk of health problems as serious as cancer, strokes, heart disease, and dementia.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7898510.stm
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Yeah I think we could just fly back home to talk to our friends and family
Today is also going fine away from virtual world. It's amazing.. isn't it Victory?
Jooth Bole kawwa kaate.....aapki mummy ne kaha hain....
It is really a big relief when you don't use internet. It's been two days I have not been online.
self experiment....let first a few people suffer than we take down our lessons....for next generation..
All theories need proofs.
So you are posting in QL using Psychic powers Twinkle? :P
yeah right... :/
Look at me I am doing well and happy without internet.
sorry but i simply cannot do without the internet... :P
I did stop using internet since yesterday.
Stop QL? :P NEVER!
Lets vow not to use internet from today.
Eating oily foods can block arteries. Mobiles can cause illness due to radiation. There are so many things but people just dont listen.