Study reveals how many times you should be checking email daily to reduce stress

Checking email may be an addictive habit, but not surprisingly, researchers say the more you refresh your inbox, the more stressed you'll become.

According to a study out of the University of British Columbia, there's a cap on the number of times you should check email throughout the day to reduce stress: three.

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Researchers asked 124 adults to limit checking their email to three times a day for seven days. For the following week, participants were encouraged to check it as much as possible — which amounted to, of course, what their habits were like before the study began Read more...

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