- Teen's Strange Ramen Addiction | Healthy Living http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/teen-s-strange-ramen-addiction--165713286.html 19 comments nottheonion
- Mindfulness meditation practice can produce a healthy altered state of consciousness and inhibit addictive behavior https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo4455?cookieSet=1 35 comments science
- We’re not addicted to smartphones, we’re addicted to social interaction. Neurobiology of mobile-device habits stems from a healthy human need to socialize, rooted in evolution, researchers find http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/were-not-addicted-smartphones-were-addicted-social-interaction-284522 84 comments science
- A brain scan study in adult men and women suggests that it is possible to reverse the addictive power of unhealthy food while also increasing preference for healthy foods. http://www.newswise.com/articles/training-your-brain-to-prefer-healthy-foods 134 comments science
- [Tom Habestroh] Is Social Media Addiction in the NBA Out of Control? No league has embraced Twitter, Instagram and Facebook like the NBA, which has been great for business. But the obsessive posting and commenting may not be so healthy for the players. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2798257-is-social-media-addiction-in-the-nba-out-of-control 103 comments nba
- It may be possible to train the brain to prefer healthy low-calorie foods over unhealthy higher-calorie foods, according to new research by scientists. The study suggests that it is possible to reverse the addictive power of unhealthy food while also increasing preference for healthy foods. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-09/tuhs-tyb082714.php 11 comments science
- The interplay between adolescents’ Internet addiction and family-related factors: researchers identified three common patterns, and in no one the adolescents’ addiction was below minimal risk, we advocate the need to train parents along with adolescents on healthy technology use https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02673843.2022.2115307 6 comments science
- I created an app that can replace social media addiction with a healthy habit of learning content ( programming and otherwise) in the form of effortless micro-content of a 30-second read. Now need your help and contribution to creating content. https://www.microideation.com/programming.html 55 comments programming
- Canada approves prescription heroin for addicts who have failed other treatments: 'It shows a more healthy approach to addiction,' says British Colombia's health minister http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/canada-heroin-addicts-treatment-prescription-drugs-supplied-government-a7288551.html 176 comments worldnews
- Scientists pinpoint the brain circuitry linked to making healthy or unhealthy choices: What drives addicts to repeatedly choose drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, overeating, gambling or kleptomania, despite the risks involved? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-scientists-brain-circuitry-linked-healthy.html 12 comments cogsci
- Only in America do people get outraged at those promoting a healthy lifestyle for children. People are boycotting a childrens book called "Maggie Goes on a Diet." Being obese is like being a drug addict, you have the freedom to be one, but it's ridiculous to be proud of it. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44372471/ns/health-childrens_health/#.tmeygs0wtly 14 comments reddit.com
- How We've Created a Nation Addicted to Shopping, Work, Drugs and Sex: “Post-industrial capitalism has completely destroyed the conditions required for healthy childhood development.” http://www.alternet.org/world/149325/trauma:_how_we've_created_a_nation_addicted_to_shopping,_work,_drugs_and_sex/ 17 comments politics
- Trauma: How We've Created a Nation Addicted to Shopping, Work, Drugs and Sex. "Post-industrial capitalism has completely destroyed the conditions required for healthy childhood development." http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/149325 28 comments politics