Half of Swedish 3-yEAr-olds online: study
Swedes are among the world’s most connected people and are swarming to the Internet at an ever earlier age, a study published Wednesday showed, indicating that half of Swedish three-year-olds have been online.
“The Internet continues to spread to younger and younger children,” according to the study on Swedish online habits, conducted by Internet infrastructure foundation .SE.
In 2000, half of Swedish children had begun using the Internet by the age of 13. By 2004, the beginner age had dropped to nine, by 2008, it stood at five, and this year it was down to three, according to the study.
There is also an increase in usage among younger children, the study show-ed, pointing out that today 19 per cent of four-year-olds use the Internet on a daily basis up from two per cent in 2009.
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Dracula THERAPY: BATTLE age with your own blood
New Delhi: For ages, blood sucking has been the preserve of vampires, but medical science has now put “dracula therapy” to good use — to fight ageing. A test tube full of your own blood could be used to get rid of wrinkles, say doctors.
“Dracula therapy, as the name suggests, is a therapy that uses blood. We extract nearly 15-20 ml (a test tube) of blood from the person’s body, and after processing it with growth hormones in a laboratory, the blood is injected on the person’s face,” A.S. Bath, senior consultant and head of department of plastic and cosmetic surgery at BLK Super Speciality Hospital here, said. — IANS
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