Technology
Net Nerds Need Medical Help Say Eu Shrinks
By news Mon Aug 23, 1999 08:28 PM
PSYCHOLOGISTS say computer nerds hooked on surfing the Internet are mentally ill and need medical help.
That means those who spend more than four hours a day on the Net could soon be treated on the NHS like alcholics and gamblers.
Top Brussels health advisers say new evidence shows constant surfing creates high brain levels of the drug dopamine, an adrenalin-like chemical linked to gambling fever.
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