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Can brain implants beat the bottle?

A Dunedin-based neurosurgeon is investigating whether tiny devices implanted in the brain can stop alcoholics' cravings.

What happens after Dry July?

More people seek help for problem drinking in the three months following Dry July, the Salvation Army says. Dry July is a campaign

Man passes out drunk in court

A man whose alcohol addiction had "overwhelmed him" since the death of his wife, fell asleep drunk in the back of the Greymouth District Court

Price rises punish the wrong smokers

COMMENT: Smoking is the filthy-rich, tax dodging, environment-trashing capitalist pig of vices, writes Paul Thomas.

Beat the net addiction

Psychological research on persuasion and self-control suggests some strategies to help you resist insidious pull of online distractions.

Could a jab be the answer to your cravings?

A simple jab could stop cravings for alcohol, cigarettes and junk food, say scientists.

'Intervention' for NZ's worst drink driver

The country's worst drink driver has undergone a lengthy prison rehabilitation programme aimed at stopping him offending again upon his release next month.

Digital addiction a growing trend

A new consumer behaviour survey backs other research that there is a growth of "digital dependency" in New Zealand, according to a leading academic.

Accountant stole $80k from life-saving club, elderly mother

Repeat drink-driver caught at five times the limit avoids jail

Phones carry personal germ stamp

We're more connected to our cellphones than we thought, scientists say.

Mrs D is going without

The wife of TVNZ's political editor Corin Dann will front the network's Sunday programme tonight to talk about her battle with alcoholism.

How much gambling is 'too much'? - expert explains

Gambling products are only harmful when people consume too much of them. Gambling is like alcohol: occasional use is generally safe, this expert explains.

$1.1m family firm thief loses appeal

An office worker who stole $1.1 million from a Canterbury family firm to fund a spiralling gambling addiction has lost an appeal against her jail sentence.

Bored yet? You should be

Sloth, torpor, idleness. Forget the negative connotations, for it turns out they might actuallybe good for us. Kate Bussmann managed to put down her iPad and allowed her mind to wander for the purposes of research.

Addiction: To hell and back

With the news that researchers believe they have discovered a compound that could revolutionise the treatments of addiction, Greg Dixon asks why only some people become addicts and why society seems to view some addictions as ‘worse’ than others.

Cocaine now on tap in British homes

It's been found on nearly every bank note in the UK, in toilets at Parliament - now tests confirm cocaine traces are in Britain's drinking water.

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