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Category Archives: Drugs & Addiction
Smoking Cessation Support By Phone: What Information Do Smokers Want?
There are different approaches to support smokers that want to quit smoking. In the mobile area there are on the one hand services based on texting like for example Smokefree … Continue reading
Social Media Addiction Disorder – [INFOGRAPHIC]
In 2012 researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway developed and published a Facebook Addiction Scale to measure the addiction to social media based on the six core elements … Continue reading
Is Facebook a substitue for basic physiological needs ? [VIDEO] [INFOGRAPHIC]
Why do we use social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Linkedin, or blogs? One approach to this question is to look a Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The following video is … Continue reading
Late-Night Gadget Use Damages Your Sleep Cycle [INFOGRAPHIC]
by Bob Al-Greene, mashable.com … 95% of people say they regularly browse the web, text or watch TV in the hour before bed. But all that facetime with a phone, tablet, … Continue reading
Cell Phone Use Is Contagious, Study Shows
The Huffington Post | By Dino Grandoni In 2011, two researchers at the University of Michigan conducted a study in which they observed pairs of young people roughly between 16 … Continue reading
Effects of a mHealth intervention for alcohol relapse prevention
Although most experts consider alcoholism to be a chronic disease, characterized like other chronic illnesses by frequent relapses, patients leaving treatment are not typically offered ongoing support to prevent relapse, … Continue reading
Free smartphone app to support smokers working to become smoke-free – Smokefree.gov: Apps
NCI QuitPal is a free smartphone app to support smokers working to become smoke-free. This interactive app is developed using proven quit strategies and tools to help change behavior and … Continue reading
