Category: Health Technology

Internet Addiction Effects Changes to Your Brain? Internet addicts have brain changes similar to drug addicts and alcoholics, Chinese scientists found in a recent brain scan of 17 young web addicts.

Preliminary research by a team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan showed that Internet addicts had changes in the white matter of their brains and disruptions in the connections in nerve fibers linking brain areas involved in emotions, decision-making and self-control.

Researchers say their discovery, published in the Jan. 11 issue of PLoS One, could lead to new treatments for addictive behavior.

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Mobile MIM Medical Diagnosis Approved by FDA. With the help of a software called Mobile MIM and their iPads or iPhones, doctors can now view images and make medical diagnoses — based on computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and nuclear medicine technology, such as positron emission tomography (PET) — outside of their workstations.

However the Food and Drug Administration, which recently approved the device, stressed that it is not intended to replace workstations and should be used only where there is no access to a work station.

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Is computer video gaming harmful to your kids? A recent research from the Yale University School of Medicine suggests that computer gaming is “largely innocuous”.

The study, which covered around 4,000 high school students in Connecticut, found that only five percent of gamers showed signs of “problem gaming” such as having an irresistible urge to play, trying and failing to cut down on gaming, and feelings of tension that could only be relieved by playing.

Meanwhile, of the 95 percent of gamers who did not fall into the “problem” category, there was little evidence that the hobby was related to any negative health or academic effects. For them, playing computer games is just a normal hobby.

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Bad Negative Effects of Too Much Texting + Social Networking. Here’s an important note for all parents out there: You should add a new set of rules that govern your kids’ texting and social networking activities.

A study from Case Western Reserve University suggests that high school children who spend most of their time sending text messages or surfing social networking sites may be at risk for several worrisome behaviors.

The study, which involved more than 4,000 high school students in 20 urban Ohio high schools, enumerates these behaviors: smoking, depression, eating disorders, drug and alcohol abuse, and absenteeism.

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Scrotal Hyperthermia: Hot Laptops Causes Infertility? Hey guys, just because laptops are called laptops doesn’t mean that you should place them on your laps. As we said in “Bad Effects of Laptops”, using your computer in this manner can give you what scientists call the Toasted Skin Syndrome.

But here’s another reason why men — girls get a pass on this one — should avoid placing hot laptops on their lap area: overheated laptops can, to use the words of a Reuters news report, cook your testicles. Well, if you want some fried testicles to serve for breakfast then go ahead and heat ’em with your computer. We’re pretty sure Dr. Hannibal Lecter will approve.

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