News tagged with obsession


OCD national meeting draws past, present sufferers (AP)

Obsessive-compulsive disorder national meeting draws past, present sufferers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Ashley Bystrom was terrified of germs. Jared Kant worried his own thoughts could hurt other people.


Psychologist's advice is easy to swallow at coffee shop

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Julie Helmrich had answered questions about sleep problems, chronic lateness and an obsession with masturbation when she paused to read aloud the next query from a customer at Cranky Al's Bakery and Pizza.





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Technology addiction disrupts teenage learning

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology addiction amongst teenagers is having a disruptive effect on their learning, according to new research published today by Cranfield School of Management (UK). Over a third (39.3%) of 11-18 year ...


We all want the latest tech toy, study says

Technology / Other

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Like it or not, we're now officially a nation of technology-obsessed, gadget-loving geeks.


Smokers have more options than ever in the fight to kick the habit

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 23, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nina Ball regularly walks by a row of smokers outside the charter school in North Philadelphia where she helps youths find jobs and get into college. A year ago, she might have bummed a cigarette there.


Definitely, not your mother's maternity ward

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

At Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia, Minn., women can now give birth in rooms with whirlpool tubs and wi-fi. At Fairview Southdale in Edina, Minn., new moms can hire a massage therapist or a portrait photographer.


Space: Is the final frontier all it used to be? (AP)

Space: Is the final frontier all it used to be?

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(AP) -- On July 22, 1969, barely 48 hours after a human being first stepped onto the moon's surface, a community in Pittsburgh's western suburbs called Moon Township had a parade, as suburban communities ...


Big tech earnings week will reveal economic trends

Technology / Business

created Jul 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- The technology sector is often talked about as if it were a unified front, an easy-to-define monolith. People say technology stocks rose or technology stocks fell. Tech helped drive a huge boom in the 1990s, and ...


Using video clips, Israeli DJ creates a million-hit wonder

Technology / Internet

created May 31, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Ophir Kutiel didn't set out to become YouTube's Elvis Presley. The 27-year-old Israeli DJ was just looking for a good beat.


As Web communication shrinks, so do links

Technology / Internet

created May 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- On the short-messaging service Twitter, space is at a premium: You've got 140 characters to make your point, and you probably don't want to waste half of it on a super-sized link to your latest YouTube obsession.


More people flock to Twitter as a conduit for information

Technology / Internet

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Maybe you know about Ashton Kutcher's obsession with Twitter. Last week the actor became the first tweeter to reach 1 million followers, and on Friday he got Oprah to join in.


Selective sex abortion causes 32 million excess males in China

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 18

Selective abortion in favour of males has left China with 32 million more boys than girls, creating an imbalance that will endure for decades, an investigation released on Friday warned.



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