More and more people these days just “can’t live” without their cell phone. Did you know that the average person check their phone 150 times per day? The infographic below illustrates the growth of mobile phone usage as well as how our obsession with our phones can lead to some unhealthy results. Is your cell [...]

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Here are your top entertainment news headlines for Thursday, March 22, 2012: – Jersey Shore‘s “The Situation” receiving treatment for drug use – One Direction make history – North Carolina gets ready for “Hunger Games” Related articles ‘The Hunger Games’ opening expected to draw big crowds (abclocal.go.com) North Carolina ready for ‘Hunger Games’ fan tourism [...]

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Jersey Shore star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino confirmed yesterday that he’s checked into a drug and alcohol rehab program “to get control of a prescription medication problem I had due to exhaustion.” He’s currently been admitted to the Cirque Lodge in Utah. A statement was posted to his official website yesterday after initially denying online [...]

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Video games have long been known to have both positive and negative effects on the human brain. They can be used to educate through repetition and feedback, but they also have some less positive side effects. Take a look at the different areas of the brain affected below: Via: Online Universities Blog Incoming search terms:gaming [...]

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If you feel like you might be addicted to the internet, you’re far from alone. According to a new poll, 61 percent of us feel like we’re addicted to the internet and just can’t stop clicking. SodaHead surveyed 602 people about whether or not they felt they were internet junkies, and many of them were, [...]

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In a 2009 interview with Oprah Winfrey, pop superstar Whitney Houston was asked how Michael Jackson’s death affected her. You will find her response chilling, given that she died last week at the age of 48. Jackson died at 51 years of age thanks to a lethal dose of propofol in 2009. Houston told Winfrey [...]

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Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers apologized today after admitting that he had relapsed during his recovery from drug and alcohol addiction by drinking earlier this week. “I cannot take a break from my recovery,” Hamilton stated at a press conference in Arlington, Texas. “For everybody that I have hurt, for fans, kids, people who [...]

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We know that internet addiction is a real disorder, but did you know if affects your brain in much the same way as alcohol and drugs? Internet addiction can causes changes to your brain similar to those normally found in people addicted alcohol, cocaine, and marijuana, according to a new study. Researchers in China scanned [...]

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If you thought the painkiller addiction epidemic was bad before, just wait. Pharmaceutical companies are about to unveil a pure, more potent version of the nation’s second most-abused medicine. Addiction experts are worried (and rightly so) that this could lead to a new wave of medication abuse. The new painkiller Zohydro, made by Zogenix of [...]

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Fashion designer John Galliano has just been convicted of using anti-Semitic insults in a Paris bar. At the time, the incident led Christian Dior to fire Galliano over the outbursts. The British-born Galliano was handed a suspended fine of $8,400. While he wasn’t required to pay the fine, the conviction does leave him with a [...]

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Oscar De La Hoya says he has struggled with drugs & alcohol addiction and cheated on his wife…and he’s even contemplated suicide. “Rock bottom was recently,” the boxing legend recently told Spanish-language network Univision. “Within a couple of years, just thinking if my life was even worth it. I don’t have the strength, I don’t have the [...]

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The family members of a young man who died following a marathon Xbox session have initiated a campaign to raise awareness about the health risks of playing online computer games. An autopsy revealed that 20-year-old Chris Staniforth, who had been offered a place to study Game Design at Leicester University, was killed by a pulmonary [...]

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