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How To Prevent Internet Addiction
April 29, 2009
Addiction experts say more and more women are seeking help for Internet addiction, many of them new mothers who are addicted to blogs, message boards, and Web sites such as Second Life. And a recent Stanford University survey found that 14 percent of Internet users find it hard to stay away from it for several days at a time. Another nine percent try to hide their "nonessential Internet use" from their loved ones, and another eight percent admit they use the Web as a way to escape their problems...
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Stimulant medications can be very helpful in treating certain medical conditions. Besides ADHD,...
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There are several different drugs used for weight loss. Unless specifically instructed by a doctor, people should use non-drug methods for losing weight. Except under rare circumstances,...
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PreventionThere are several ways to prevent migraine attacks. A healthy diet (See Lifestyle Changes in this report), the right amount of sleep, and non-drug approaches, such as biofeedback, should be...
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Therapy and Lifestyle ChangesClassic psychotherapy does not help most patients with bipolar disorder. Nevertheless, many newer approaches are proving to be very useful. Trained mental health...
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Failure to QuitBiologic, psychological, behavioral, and cultural factors all play a role in nicotine addiction, making smoking one of the hardest addictions to beat. About half of people who quit...
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The first U.S. retreat rehab center for Internet addiction has opened in Washington State. Patients at the facility--called reStart--are taught...
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August 20, 2008
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A person's reaction to his or her first taste of nicotine is linked to a particular genetic variation, according to a new...
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