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Blogging May Offer Health Benefits

by Tim Stevens on May 30, 2008 at 01:14 PM

Blogging as Cancer Treatment?
Blogging is fun, informative, and is amazingly still gaining in popularity after all these years. Did you know it's good for your health, though? According to a recent report in the magazine Oncologist, cancer patients who wrote about their experience and treatment felt measurably better than those who did not. Such behavior is called "expressive writing," and blogging definitely falls under that category.

Expressive writing also includes keeping a journal and writing poetry and the like, however blogging is seen as especially beneficial because of the direct ability for people to receive encouraging comments from others. Doctors are finding that those who partake in expressive writing not only feel better but sleep better too, something even those in good health can appreciate. This is stark contrast to the fears many recently had about blogging being a potential health risk after prolific blogger Om Malik's heart attack at 41.

Now, though, doctors seem to be saying "write two posts and call me in the morning." So, the next time you're wide awake at night don't reach for the remote control, start writing. Just be prepared for some less-than encouraging comments, too. [Source: Scientific American]

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