Addiction
US gambling addiction is ‘out of control’ as betting markets boom, policy expert warns | Gambling
Gambling addiction is spiraling “out of control” in the US, a leading campaigner for stricter guardrails has warned, as experts…
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News
Hot in the city: Energy crisis tests Singapore's air-con addiction
The rise in energy prices has hit Asia particularly hard as many nations are heavily reliant on Gulf oil.
READ FULL STORY Campaigners demand action to break UK’s ‘addiction’ to herbicides | Herbicides
It was Scottish farmers in the 1980s who pioneered the practice of spraying glyphosate on their wheat just before harvest.…
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Health
'I nearly broke trying to help my partner with addiction issues'
Claire Harkin believes the experiences of people who are supporting loved ones with an addiction can be overlooked.
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Health
This new therapy turns off pain without opioids or addiction
A new preclinical study has identified a gene therapy that directly targets pain-processing areas in the brain while avoiding the…
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'We're having a moment' – fear and denial in Silicon Valley over social media addiction trial
The landmark decision in an LA court may go beyond immediate impacts on defendants Meta and YouTube.
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Culture
Social Media Addiction Lawyer on Landmark Trial Win, What’s Next
In a landmark case against social media companies Meta and Google, a Los Angeles jury granted a woman $6 million…
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'A game-changing moment for social media' – what next for big tech after landmark addiction verdict?
The ruling could be the beginning of the end of social media as we know it, writes the BBC’s technology…
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Technology
Jury finds Meta and Google negligent in landmark social media addiction trial
One day after Meta lost a similar child safety lawsuit in New Mexico, a Los Angeles jury on Wednesday handed…
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Meta and Google found liable in landmark social media addiction trial
The verdict marks the end of a five-week trial on the addictive nature of social media platforms.
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