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Buddhism scholars argue that majority of mindfulness apps encourage people to cope with and accommodate to society. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Curing anxiety through digital apps causes addiction

Spirituality apps are inducing addiction than relieve stress, scholars argue.

4 Nov 2019 9:54 AM IST

The PUBG MOBILE Campus Championship 2018 in India will feature more than 1000 colleges from 30+ cities across the country.

BAN PUBG: After demands for ban in India, PUBG promises new path

PUBG has considered the issue and has issued an official statement to help better the unfortunate situation.

19 Feb 2019 10:23 AM IST

File picture of medicines.

Privileged abuse of opioids

Denial of pain relief to the less developed countries needlessly.

1 Feb 2019 8:43 PM IST

Looking at the revenue, Fortnites earning is around five times more than PUBGs.

10 arrested for playing PUBG; company promises time limits for...

The arrests included six college students.

15 March 2019 1:13 PM IST

We see Samsung showing off different product concepts that could be released and the most notable device from the promo video being the Galaxy Fold, the foldable smartphone.

Technology's battle for our attention

The aim is to expose the user to partner advertisements and better understand his tastes and habits.

7 March 2019 11:12 AM IST

The team of researchers wanted to see if an alternative message aimed at changing that mindset could affect how people with substance-use problems viewed themselves with regard to addiction. (Photo: ANI)

Classifying addiction as a disease discourages users from seeking help

Message that addiction is a disease makes substance users less likely to seek help.

30 May 2019 11:25 AM IST

There is a positive relationship between the severity of daily stress, the intensity of Facebook engagement, and the tendency to develop a pathological addiction to the social networking site. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Social media addiction can result from stress

Stress leads to pathological Facebook addiction: Study.

29 May 2019 8:00 PM IST

Adolescent cannabis use is associated with behavioural changes related to reward and motivation in humans. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Cannabis can affect your performance at work

Cannabis use linked to cognitive abnormalities, impairments in working memory: study.

27 May 2019 10:59 AM IST

Habitual coffee drinkers are not just more sensitive to the odour of coffee and faster to identify it, but the more they crave for coffee, the better their ability to smell becomes. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Coffee lovers more sensitive to its odour

Coffee addicts are more sensitive to the smell of coffee.

14 May 2019 5:42 PM IST

The 35-year-old Jasbeer Singh is married and has two children. When his family got to know about his suicide attempt, they tied him up with chains. (Photo: ANI)

Family of 35-yr-old man ties him with chains to stop his drug...

According to Jasbeer's family, there are more than 40 men in their village taking drugs.

29 July 2019 11:40 AM IST

The terms that most respondents never wanted to be called were heroin misuser and heroin-dependent, and most did not like slang terms such as junkie. (Photo: ANI)

Heroine users don't like to be termed addicts'

Heroin users don't like to be called addicts: Study.

22 July 2019 11:12 AM IST

The mobile de-addiction centre is treating patients who are addicted to using their smartphones. (Photo: ANI)

In a first, Punjab hospital opens mobile de-addiction centre

The centre is being run by a team of 7 members, including a psychiatrist, 2 pharmacists and 3 councillors.

12 July 2019 1:58 PM IST