Late night TV/computer sessions linked to depression
Published July 24, 2012
Reuters
Sitting in front of a computer or TV screen late into the night or leaving it on when you fall asleep could increase your chances of becoming depressed, according to a study by U.S. scientists.
The study, by a team of neuroscientists at Ohio State University Medical Center partly funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, will give screen-addicted night owls pause for thought.
The researchers – who exposed hamsters to dim light at night and picked up changes in behavior and the brain that bore striking similarities to symptoms in depressed people – said a surge in exposure to artificial light at night in the last 50 years had coincided with rising rates of depression, particularly among women, who are twice as prone as men.
Cats are horrible, brutal creatures. We had one kill a nest of baby bunnies – just killed them – didn’t even eat them. Later it caught the mama rabbit and buried her headless body by the foundation of our home. Disgusting as it is sad. To add insult to murder this cat is pooping by our foundation. We’ve seen it and chased it off, but it keeps coming back. It killed at least two whole nests of baby birds . . . just heartbreaking.
Free roaming cats are responsible for the extinction of 33 bird species. Free roaming cats kill over 480 million birds a year. No matter how well fed they are, cats still kill wildlife at an alarming rate. Free roaming cats also spread toxoplasmosis a parasite that poses a threat not just to other animals but to preganant women as well.
Please, cat owners, be responsible for your cats. Keep them indoors and on a leash when outdoors. Don’t let them roam free to senselessly kill and spread diseases. We do this for our dogs. It’s time to do this for our cats as well.