Comment on Can social media and short-form content cause hypertension?
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Is there an increase in the actual number of people with hypertension? Or is there an increase in the known number of people with hypertension in your country? While I don’t want to downplay the risk and frequency of any medical condition, it’s important to consider the increase may come from better, more frequent diagnoses and testing ability. A similar increase in cancer frequency largely came from more frequent screenings, better testing, and more knowledge all around. Yet, all kinds of things were blamed for the “sudden” change from cell phones, plastic, banning lead, vapes, non-organics food, GMO food, to nuclear power plants.
khiemtu27@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I see… Since dopamine, cortisol… from the rages, the pleasure feelings, and other strategies are tools that these platforms use to addict us to them. These neurotransmitters and hormones heavily affect our heartbeat, blood pressure and other heart-related things. (I’ve read the Dopamine Nation book and listened to several podcasts discussing this.)
I don’t have any studies about this, and I’m just a guy trying to learn more about these new phenomena that might have a significant impact on our next generations.
Anyway, it’s nice to hear a different take on this to not just blindly blaming the wrong thing.