Bad news if you haven’t closed your laptop in the last three days.
A new study has found that spending a bunch of time on the internet weakens the immune system, making internet addicts more likely to get sick.
Researchers at the universities of Swansea and Milan studied 500 people between the ages of 18 and 101, and found that those who reported ‘excessive’ internet use had 30 per cent more cold and flu symptoms than those who reported moderate internet use.
They also found that those who use the internet to excess experience high levels of stress when they’re not connected… Read the full story