Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Caution, Too Many Open Facebook Could Make Depression


Do you include people who like the status update Twitter and Facebook accounts that were opened each time? If so, be careful because, according to the study, these habits can affect your health. For example, like, addicted to drugs and alcohol, depression and slowing to a person's cognitive skills.
But researchers also said that social networking sites also have a positive effect.Followingsome positive and negative impacts of Facebook and Twitter, as quoted from healthmeup.


1. Number of Friends on Facebook Related to Brain StructureAccording to recent research at University College London, the people who have a lot of friends on social networks tend to have gray matter or area of ​​a larger brain. Parts of the brain associated with the ability to interact with the social environment. Judging from the size or volume of gray matter, then the difference should be observed a good number of friends on the internet and in the real world. This assumption is also proved true in the study, based on observation of at least 125 students.


2. Facebook Could Make DepressionResearch conducted by Stony Brook University, New York, said that the habit of accessing social networking sites can lead to depression. The study involved a group of 13-year-old girl who was interviewed before and after opening a Facebook account for a year. Results showed that children who liked to tell the life and thought them through Facebook, have higher levels of depression.


3. Negative Impact On Teens & ChildrenResearch conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics found that social media can increase the risk of no-confidence and stress in children and adolescents. In addition researchers say that those who access Facebook more than two hours is referred to as heavy users. As many as 18 percent of men heavy user of social media has declared overweight and 59 percent of women heavy user of social media, have difficulty sleeping habits.


4. Increases Risk of Bone DisordersFacebook is often used as the main cause of bone problems in children. Research in the British Medical Journal found that social networking sites can increase the risk of vitamin D deficiency as a result can make bones fragile. This is because Facebook made the kids so lazy to move because it was too cool to access the site.
5. Transmit Happy FeelingsResearchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego says that happiness is contagious among collective and social networks. The study involving 5,000 people during the two years that was carried out to find someone happy effect on the surrounding environment. Researchers also found that people who become the center of attention in social networks tend to be happier among others.
"With more and more people who surrounded him, the risk of transmission will be more and more happy," said Nicholas Christakis, a professor of Harvard Medical School.
In the social networking site or Facebook for example, the most widely commented on his status is a person who used to be the center of attention. They will be happier as it gets the attention and comments from the crowd.

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