Turns Out You Actually Can Be Bored To Death
A study conducted by researchers at University College London shows that boredom can kill you. The researchers found that people who reported feeling a great deal of boredom were 37 per cent more likely to have died by the end of the study. Martin Shipley, who co-wrote the report said, "The findings on heart disease show there was sufficient evidence to say there is a link with boredom."<p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/02/08/1724245/Turns-Out-You-Actually-Can-Be-Bored-To-Death?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=10/02/08/1724245"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/02/08/1724245/Turns-Out-You-Actually-Can-Be-Bored-To-Death?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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