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	Top 10 health issues from Internet use
mmlee
8-1-2009 6:06 PM
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Was this clipped before? If not, here's the list --more details about each @ source
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8-2-2009 2:36 AM
lollipop10
oh and hear i thought my headache was from the heat! lol
8-2-2009 2:36 AM
lollipop10
ummm--"here"
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Eyestrain</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/260D1B9A-20A1-48DC-B4DF-F2E023191F53" alt="eye-strain" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><H2>9.  Health Anxiety/Pain Catastrophization</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/C27BD381-1F17-4572-B470-1FFAB744B54A" alt="see-no-evil" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php">Thanks to all of the scary medical information available on the Internet (some of it’s even true), people who never experienced health anxiety or pain catastrophization before are now freaking out. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><H2>8. Headaches</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/BE518D27-86B1-4124-B711-CD38569D6BCA" alt="headache" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><H2>7. Back Pain</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/EB6D5EFF-C5D3-41B2-9ED5-A2D96AF6EB05" alt="proper-chair-posture" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><H2>6. Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/1AEBD0D5-C4DA-46F2-89D6-EDF8B656C2EB" alt="dvt" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php">The key points here are immobility and dehydration: If you are so immersed in your “Second Life” that you don’t remember the last time you went outside or drank a glass of water in this life, you are at risk.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><P>So, move those legs around or try to type standing up for a change… oh no wait, that would be bad for your back…</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><H2>5. Munchausen Syndrome</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/02A76DE9-D3F8-4688-B100-279D5E66B873" alt="munch" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php">a symptom of Munchhausen Syndrome.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php">the “internet may be encouraging people to pretend they are ill in order to get attention, according to US research.”</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><H2>4. Facebook Depression</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/6DCBC717-0220-49DD-9E63-5DB29617866A" alt="facebook-logo" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><H2>3. Internet Rage</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/C6538A7B-546E-441D-AFBE-14F1487DB999" alt="internet-rage" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><H2>2. Upper Limb Disorders (ULD)</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/9AB6D2C6-FDE1-4731-80B2-8A715C18B4A7" alt="keyboard" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><H2>1. Internet Addiction</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.toptenz.net/img/13A3265D-D9DE-4833-959C-00061AE2726C" alt="internet-addiction" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-internet-illnesses.php"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Are you unable to limit your use of the Internet? Does it take up most of your free time?</LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/EA84309F-4503-43D4-B017-0D8E014924E5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>