Study: Video game better than tranquilizer at calming children ...
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TRENTON, NJ A video game may be the best thing to help children feel less anxious before surgery. A doctor in Newark, New Jersey, found that children who are allowed to play with a Game Boy in the operating
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SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Some doctors believe video-game addiction has become enough of a risk to children and adults to classify it as a mental disorder.
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Treatment with methylphenidate, better known as Ritalin, may reduce attentional and social problems in kids who've survived leukemia or brain tumors, according to researchers.
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Children throughout the world are increasingly prescribed antidepressants and other drugs designed to calm or stimulate their brains, according to two studies published in Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine are trying to determine whether violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto can make players more prone to violent behavior.
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But playing in 'social situations' Teenagers are using violent video games to vent their stress, a new study has found.â¦
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Childhood cancer patients suffer less pain when placed under hypnosis, scientists have claimed.
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NEW YORK  - Caring for a stuffed animal appears to alleviate stress signs in young children exposed to traumatic or stressful life events, Israeli researchers report.
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Computer games can promote problem-solving and team-building in children, say games industry experts.
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(National-NBC) Sept. 28, 2004 - A new study found cognitive behavioral therapy works much better than the leading sleeping pill for treating chronic insomnia.
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The games industry could benefit from scientific "mood profiling" to develop hit games, researchers say.
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Byron Review wants to bubble-wrap kids, ISPs The ongoing Byron Review of the impact of technology on children will recommend a clampdown on violent videogames, it has been reported.â¦
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Treatment with the anti-seizure  drug gabapentin may improve the irritability seen in certain  children with neurologic impairments, researchers report in the  journal Pediatrics.
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Video games are usually a solitary pastime. But that doesn't mean that gamers are anti-social misfits, any more than readers, knitters or crossword solvers. We have friends, siblings, spouses and kids, and when we're not off saving the world on our own, we enjoy playing games with our loved ones.
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It's not all fun and  violence in video games, according to makers of a new genre of  games which claim to boost players' mental health and  self-esteem.
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A Texas A&M researcher says studies showing connections between video games and violent behavior suffer from shoddy research techniques and bias. In Game|Life.
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A workout is certainly one way to burn off some excess anxiety after a long, stressful day at work. For wound-up video gamers, though, it's a lot more fun to fire up the console and plow through endless waves of zombies.