Tag: addiction
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“Twilight” Addiction
Read more: “Twilight” AddictionThe L.A. Times looks at the “Twilight” obsession, opening with: Chrystal Johnson didn’t think there was anything unhealthy about her all-consuming fixation with “The Twilight Saga” — until she discovered it was sucking the life out of her marriage…
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Stress and Relapse
Read more: Stress and RelapseIgnored stress brings cravings, then relapse, says study. Researchers supplied Palm Pilots to 55 college students who were in recovery from substance abuse ranging from alcohol to cocaine and club drugs. The students were asked to record the their daily cravings for alcohol and other drugs, as well as the intensity of negative social experiences…
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Exercise v. Alcoholism
Read more: Exercise v. AlcoholismIs there anything running around the block won’t do? Exercise may be an effective and nonpharmacologic treatment option for alcohol dependence. A new study of the relationship between alcohol intake and wheel-running in hamsters has found that exercise may provide an effective alternative for reducing alcohol intake in humans…
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Tanning Addiction?
Read more: Tanning Addiction?Another behavior in the addiction spotlight: UV abuse. As with alcohol, not everyone who is exposed becomes dependent on the sun. But there are enough UV abusers — one in five college students, perhaps half of beach habitués and 70 percent of indoor tanners, according to various studies — to warrant a new medical diagnostic…
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Long Thoughts and the Internet Sabbath
Read more: Long Thoughts and the Internet SabbathTo the Point joins the chatter re The Internet and the Human Brain–sparked in part by the publication of an apparently doom-heavy new book, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. Want to keep yourself thinking “long thoughts”? Take weekends away from the web, suggests one panelist…if you can.