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GameSetWatch (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
[The inestimable Kyle Orland was kind enough to attend the Games For Health conference in Baltimore late last week for Gamasutra & friends, and took a lot of fascinating lecture notes we're writing up - here's our buddy Neils Clark discussing game addiction, for starters.] Following his Gamasutra feature on the subject, writer and researcher Neils Clark spoke at the ongoing Games for Health...
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Medical,Health News and Articles (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alcoholism is becoming a serious problem nowadays. Alcoholism addiction treatment methods are available in various parts of United States to help the alcoholic. Health recovery center struggles hard to provide treatment to alcohol addictions and to gain back the normal health. The reliable way of restoring health is to get a long term treatment via [...]
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Modern Fabulousity (Free subscription) | yesterday
No other theatre blogs seem to be predicting the Tony nominations for tomorrow...probably because of a fear of guessing and then being proven wrong. But I have no fear of being wrong. In fact, I relish being wrong! So here goes. My only caveats are that I purposefully haven't looked at the chat room gossip before picking these, because I wanted to stay pure. And I still haven't seen Little
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Tim Worstall (Free subscription) | yesterday
The guidelines say: "Many offenders convicted of acquisitive crimes are motivated by an addiction, often to drugs or gambling. This does not mitigate the seriousness of the offence but an offender’s dependency may properly influence the type of sentence." They suggest that rather than a prison term, [...]
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ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... didn't want me to do what I did to her. I knew that I was hurting her. ... It was like an addiction ... In reality, I wanted children with her."Elisabeth, 42, spent nearly a quarter of a century in a windowless cell in the basement of Fritzl's house, giving birth to seven of his children, now aged between 19 and 5 years.Three of the children remained locked up with their mother in the basement...
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Terry's LJ (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
- The bioengineering honors society Outstanding Faculty Award for 2008(!) - A collection of fine sodas (as my addiction is plain for all to see) - A giant stack of projects to grade. Crazy good work this year, in part because I believe our curriculum is doing a better job building upon knowledge gained in previous or concurrent courses (damn hard work was also a factor). Crowd pleasers include:...
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The Sun (Free subscription) | yesterday
VANESSA'S battle with food led her into drug addiction, prostitution and eventually rehab
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BuddyTV (Free subscription) | yesterday
Golden Globe-nominated actor Tom Sizemore, whose personal struggle with drug addiction has become the subject of controversy, will appear on tonight's CSI: Miami as a private investigator who will attempt to destroy the tight-knit forensic team in the episode called...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
As controversy swirls about proper clinical use of opioids and other potent pain medications, research reported at the American Pain Society annual meeting shows that, contrary to widespread beliefs, less than 3 percent of patients with no history of drug abuse who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain will show signs of possible drug abuse or dependence.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Burglars and thieves could escape jail if they commit their crimes because of addiction to drink, drugs or gambling, under proposed sentencing guidelines.
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday
PRIMARY school students will be taught anti-gambling measures after it was revealed children as young as 13 are battling gambling addiction.
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Palestine Blogs (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
I declare that the past 5 months were the worst of my life, after dealing with confusion, addiction, depression and health problems among my long list of woes. I quit many bad habits, I gave too...
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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Melbourne, May 11 (ANI): Much like drugs and alcohol, the BlackBerry smartphone has become an addiction that is not only controlling lives and increasing stress loads, but is even threatening relationships with loved ones. This high-tech gadget nicknamed CrackBerry is causing irrational and damaging behaviour among owners who can't say no. Academics and researchers said that [...]
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
When the police shot and killed a man in London on Tuesday evening, the news was greeted with disbelief. First, the siege happened in Chelsea, an affluent area of London. Second, the dead man was white and a barrister. Third – which got into headlines – he was an Oxford graduate. We have become used to hearing of black kids being shot in Kilburn or Brixton, but it just doesn't happen to people like...
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The Click Heard Round the World (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
I randomly came across this funny web sitcom about a group of MMOG gamers called "the Guild". Here's the description: A webisode for gamers, about gamers by a gamer. Cyd Sherman's online gaming addiction brings more than she bargains for......
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nitesh | 12/18/2007
More money is spent advertising alcohol than any other product. For some, it like gambling and cigarettes are pleasant distractions, yet for others they are the generators of unbearable cravings and the cause of considerable distress. For them their addition is a disease. According to a new report - Anti-addiction Therapies, 2006-2011 - society is crying out for solutions. Which pharmaceutical companies...
