Turns out using the internet all the time might not be great for your health
Though the internet is undeniably packed with great things—bear videos, cat videos, bear videos—it’s probably not the greatest idea to spend too much time surfing the ol’ world wide web. Some researchers at Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital sought to prove this thesis with a recent study measuring the blood pressure of teens (between the ages of 14-17) who are “heavy Internet users.” Their findings seemed to confirm the obvious: being on the Internet all the time isn’t great for your health, or at least isn’t correlated with good health. Via EurekAlert:
In a study published in the Journal of School Nursing, researchers found that teens who spent at least 14 hours a week on the Internet had elevated blood pressure. Of 134 teens described by researchers as heavy Internet users, 26 had elevated blood pressure.
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