Man sues Minecraft and Fortnite saying they fueled his video game addiction - The plaintiff argues that he experiences ...

THE number of kids referred for gaming addiction treatment on the NHS has increased by 500 per cent in just six years. A ...

He said the fact that boys are simply gaming much more than girls also makes them more vulnerable to becoming addicted. Co-author Dr. Beate Hygen, a senior researcher at NTNU, said: "The brain ...

Parents are being warned to be vigilant for the tell-tale signs of a gaming addiction in their children. Health professionals are stressing the need to catch these warning signs early to mitigate the ...

Behavioral addictions like online gaming and betting are increasingly seen at de-addiction centers, affecting adolescents and ...

Steffanie, 33, is so traumatized by her past that she only feels safe online. But her family and friends worry that her online activity is causing harm. Matthew, 15, is surviving his teen years ...

Gaming is a neutral hobby by design, but the culture of video games can be ethically gray, predatory and exploitative of young people and adolescents. The authors of a new book on internet gaming ...

S1: I'm Andrew Bracken and this is Screen Time , featuring conversations about technology and kids in today's digital age. My kids are addicted to their screens. It's a common phrase many parents ...

Apple and Google have been let off the hook, for now, in a products liability suit stemming from a child's alleged gaming addiction for offering the games in their virtual stores, a federal judge in ...

Screen impact addictive use of smartphones, gaming and social media linked to lost study hours, lower productivity, sleep ...

One in 10 boys become addicted to gaming, according to new research. They meet the criteria for computer game addiction - called "internet gaming disorder" or IGD - at least once between the ages of ...