Can both good and bad health be socially contagious?
Can both good and bad health be socially contagious?
Both good health, like weight loss, and bad health, like talk of suicide, can spread from one person to another via social networks. James Fowler, PhD, professor of medical genetics and political science at UCSD, explains.
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