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All Stories for Addiction
Seventeen-year-old boy in Japan is fighting the government for limiting video game time and internet usage
• 5 years agoThe government of Kagawa has limited gaming time for individuals below 20-years of age to no more than 60 minutes on school nights and 90 minutes on weekends.
Ben Affleck tried to drink away the pain; now, he's trying honesty to get his life and career back on track
• 5 years agoThis is Ben Affleck, raw and vulnerable, talking extensively for the first time about getting sober (again) and trying to recalibrate his career (again)
Students excessively using phones experience isolation, depression and anxiety
• 6 years agoAfter an hour of phone usage, children have low curiosity, emotional stability, and lesser self-control.
Two men playing PUBG near a railway track in Maharashtra get hit by train
• 6 years agoThe incident happened yesterday evening at a bypass in Hingoli, Maharashtra.
Demi Lovato cancels remaining 2018 world tour, focuses on her recovery from drug addiction
• 7 years agoDemi Lovato was found unconscious after she overdosed on what was reported as an unspecified opioid on 24 July. She was then taken to Cedars-Sinai hospital
Google unblocks addiction-related keywords, rehab centre ads after year-long ban
Ians • 7 years agoThe ban was put in place by Google to crack down shady providers cashing in on vulnerable patients.
WHO's recognition of 'gaming disorder' upsets video game enthusiasts, makers, but could usher in necessary reform
Vinay Viswanath • 7 years agoLast month, after several years of consideration, the World Health Organisation released the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) which added “gaming disorder” to its official list of identified mental health conditions
Punjab drug menace: In Mansa district's Tamkot village, women take the lead in fight against addiction
Arjunsharma • 7 years agoAfter finishing their daily chores, every night, women in Tamkot, a village in Punjab's Mansa district, comb all isolated areas in the village to catch drug addicts and peddlers
Social media companies should protect children from addictive habits: Report
Ians • 7 years agoEngland Health official has asked social media companies to protect children from addictive habits.
World No Tobacco Day: Take this quiz to know the health hazards that tobacco can cause
Sunild • 7 years agoTobacco use still remains a major cause of death despite a significant decline of its use globally since the beginning of the 21st century