Video game hub Japan confronts problem of addiction
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China says it has solved gaming addiction in its young people
China says it has solved previous problems with gaming addiction in young people living in the country.
As reported by Reuters, yesterday (November 23) saw CNG, the data provider for top…
Telehealth Sites Put Addiction Patient Data at Risk
Lisa McLaughlin, co-CEO of WorkIt Health, says her company “is committed to creating a safe place for our members to receive discreet and accessible virtual care.” A representative for…
Humans Have a Plastic Addiction
Plastic waste never really breaks down. It just splits into tinier and tinier pieces until it becomes trillions of microscopic bits scattered across the world. Microplastics are everywhere:…
Pain relief without side effects and addiction: Better than opiates: Researchers use adrenaline…
New substances that activate adrenalin receptors instead of opioid receptors have a similar pain relieving effect to opiates, but without the negative aspects such as respiratory depression…
When a Houseplant Obsession Becomes a Nightmare
When the package arrived without issue, the vendor turned Mat on to the Facebook Nepenthes community. If the forums were the farmers markets of carnivorous plant collecting, Facebook was its…
Twitch curbs gambling streams as addiction fears mount
Calls for Amazon-owned Twitch to shun betting at the videogame play streaming platform have spread with on Twitter…
Gen Z smartphone addiction can boost compulsive buying
Gen Z smartphone addiction can support compulsive buying habits. Credit: AlessandroBiascioli / Shutterstock…
Plant-Based Burgers Aren’t Denting Our Beef Addiction
Another way to figure out the impact plant-based meats are having is to look at how price changes impact the demand for various kinds of meat. A study of retail data from a couple of years…
Android Audio Switching Should Help Juggle Your Gadget Addiction
What about notifications and alerts? To keep things from getting chaotic, Google says it has created a ranking system for notifications to prioritize how the audio stream…