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Is Our Obsession with Health Data Making Us Crazy?

Is Our Obsession with Health Data Making Us Crazy?

When Bri Cawsey started wearing a Fitbit, she thought it was simply a “really cool tool” for charting her runs. Slowly but surely, however, the British Columbia-based strength and conditioning coach began tracking everything—calories, macronutrients, fertility—and noticed the habit spiraling out of control.
“It became a little bit of an obsessive habit, especially aro
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Adolescent internet addiction in Hong Kong: prevalence, psychosocial correlates, and prevention – Chung TWH, Sum SMY, Chan MWL.

The prevalence of Internet addiction (IA) and its correlates among Hong Kong adolescents and local prevention programs for adolescents’ IA were reviewed and analyzed, with a view to identifying service gaps and making suggestions on ways forward. From 8 pa… (Source: SafetyLit)
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NCSU researcher: Calling substance-abuse a disease may be counterproductive

Health care has steadily moved towards addressing substance abuse issues as a disease – in homage to the myriad of factors involved in addiction and hope of reducing negative stigmas related to the disorders. Now researchers at N.C. State University are saying doing so may turn people away from seeking treatment. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
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Study: Many Teens Sleeping With Their Phones In Bed

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) – Many teenagers are so connected to their phones that they’re sleeping with them in their beds, a new study finds.
The Common Sense Media report surveyed 1,000 parents and their children and states that 68% of teens bring their devices into bed, and nearly third fall asleep with their phones still there.
And many are not staying asleep either. The study found that 36% of t
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Former Purdue Pharma president was compared to Pablo Escobar in email from a friend

The former chairman and president of pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma was warned by a friend that the addictive nature of the powerful pain killing opioid OxyContin could make him the next Pablo Escobar, according to a recently obtained deposition. (Source: CNN.com – Health)
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