Retirees who use the Internet less likely to be depressed: study

"The largest impacts on depression were actually for those people who lived alone, so it's really suggesting that it's about connecting with others, eliminating isolation and loneliness," lead study author Shelia Cotten said. Depression affects nearly eight percent of Americans over the age of 50, or between 5 and 10 million people, say the authors in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. Older adults are much more likely to experience depression, loneliness and social isolation than younger people, Cotten told Reuters Health. A researcher in telecommunication, information studies and media at Michigan State University in East Lansing, she wanted to see if getting older people online might lower that risk. When the researchers compared depression scores, they found the people who were going online had a 33 percent lower probability of depression compared to those who were not. via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..