Friday, November 19, 2010

Facebook peeks spark asthma attacks in dumped boy.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jpuLl5N_ciX9sEQ7xsOk061frUmg?docId=952d4968c7db4221a0878ef5970b0551

LONDON (AP) — Beware unhappy asthmatics: Italian doctors warn that Facebook could trigger an attack in some susceptible users.
Gennaro D'Amato and colleagues treated an 18-year-old man whose asthma attacks were apparently sparked by logging into Facebook and seeing how many men his ex-girlfriend had friended.
The man had been taking two inhaled steroid drugs several times a day to control his asthma. But when his girlfriend dumped him — and worse, unfriended him on Facebook — his condition deteriorated. (MORE AT LINK)

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