I’m writing this while 30,000 feet in the air on my way to a gorgeous island. And yet all I can think about is one thing: This plane does not offer wifi. Not for any good reason, either; I’m flying to ...

Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo changes in the brain that could lead to additional addictive behavior and tendencies, finds a new study by UCL researchers. The findings, published in ...

Does internet addiction warrant full-fledged in-patient rehab— or are there better ways to manage your Angry Birds and email-checking obsessions?more America’s first hospital-based “internet addiction ...

But Cash, who runs Internet/Computer Addiction Services here in the city that is home to Microsoft, is a pioneer in a growing niche in mental health care and addiction recovery. Her patients, ...

The rise of the Internet addiction now feels terribly predictable, and not because the Internet seems so pervasive now. So many new media and pastimes and other fun and interesting things throughout ...

James Cook University researchers have taken a deeper dive into the complexities of human personality traits and addiction in adults, revealing new insights to help with social media addiction and ...

Internet addiction can cause changes in the teenage brain which can impair a range of functions, including short-term memory (Pic: Getty Creative) Excessive use of the internet is reshaping teenage ...

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These specialists estimate that 6 percent to 10 percent of the approximately 189 million Internet users in this country have a dependency that can be as destructive as alcoholism and drug addiction, ...

Wearing yesterday’s outfit. Refusing to look away from the screen. Irritability. Power cord-possessiveness. Fake-listening to your IRL friends. TV characters suffering from Internet addiction are just ...