New Zealand psychologists say video game addiction should be officially recognised as a psychiatric disorder. The call follows a debate on the issue at the annual meeting of the American Medical Association last weekend.
Professor Doug Sellman, of the Otago University,s…
You may seek to dazzle with your grin . . . but whitening your teeth could be putting you at risk. Experts have discovered that 18 out of 20 whitening kits tested contain illegal levels of bleach.
One product they looked…
Eating potatoes is not only good for bowel health, but also for the whole immune system, especially when they come in the form of a potato salad or eaten cold.
In a study on an animal model, researchers in Spain found…
Thousands of youngsters are risking their sight by buying fashionable sunglasses that offer little or no protection from harmful UV rays, experts have warned. Teenagers and young adults often choose sunglasses purely on the basis of price and style without…
SUNDAY - For people with type 1 diabetes, a little extra weight may be associated with better coronary health, new research shows.
According to a team at the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, people with diabetes tend to…
NEW YORK - If there,s any good news about morning sickness, this may be it. Women who experience nausea and vomiting during pregnancy may have a lower risk of breast cancer later in life, according to new research.
Dr. Jo Freudenheim…
WASHINGTON - Boys at the top of the pecking order?-either by birth or because their older siblings died?- score higher on IQ tests than their younger brothers. The question of whether firstborn and only children are really smarter than those…
NEW YORK - An experimental treatment for Parkinson,s disease seemed to improve symptoms?- dramatically so, for one 59-year-old man?- without causing side effects in an early study of a dozen patients.
The gene therapy treatment involved slipping billions of copies of…
CHICAGO - Aggressive efforts to curb smoking led to a sharp drop in the number of smokers in New York City in the past few years, U.S. health experts said on Thursday.
Just 17.5 percent of adults in New York smoked…
Coffee and tea lovers may have a slightly reduced risk of developing kidney cancer, research hints.
The findings, based on an analysis of 13 previous studies, suggest that coffee and tea may be protective against kidney cancer, while milk, soda and…
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A 10-year-old macaque that had ruled over a group of monkeys for four years at a zoo in Jilin, Jilin Province, died of the blues days after a coup deprived him of his throne.
Several days ago, a strong young…
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A man in Sanming, Fujian, dressed like a woman to steal bicycles from a university campus.
An old security guard stopped the thief last week, only to discover that the “woman” had a moustache. Sensing that the suspicious character might…
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A group of old people in Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi Province, enjoy making friends and connecting with each other using the QQ chat program.
On Monday, more than 100 elderly residents of the city gathered for a Christmas party organized…
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A 52-year-old man from Beijing’s Changping District has developed the eccentric habit of wearing just a T-shirt on cold winter days.
“All the people I meet on my way to work are so surprised when they see me wearing only…
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Police in Jian’ou, Fujian Province, recently captured a thief who had committed more than 20 crimes in hotels in the city in the past six years.
To their surprise, the thief was a rich man who owns several companies that…
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Two blue sheep broke out of a safari park near Dalian, Liaoning Province, 10 days ago and began roaming in a residential area on the outskirts of the city.
Two days later, one of the sheep was caught by zookeepers.…
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A special “ugliness” contest has attracted both participants and controversy in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.
Several people registered after the organizer, a local company, put up a contest playbill on the city’s busy Huaqiang Road over the weekend.
According to the playbill,…
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A man surnamed Hao beat his girlfriend surnamed Li because of a green cap she sent him as a gift. He later apologized after being educated by local city management personnel in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province, on Sunday.
The…
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Zhao Jingzhou, A 68-year-old cobbler, regularly attracts viewers in Hebi, Henan Province.
Zhao sets up a shoe repair stall in front of the local high school and offers free service to those who can answer his riddles. Everyday, Zhao prepares…
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Liu, a resident of Xi’an, capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, called police Saturday night after coming home to find a stranger wedged in her window.
Police immediately suspected the stuck man of trying to break into Liu’s home. They…
