Health News Digest: Gaming Addiction a Disease?

the-bigger-picture · health-and-living · 25 Jun 2018 · 9 mins listen

We bring the latest in health news. For the first time, WHO has included gaming addiction as a disease in its latest International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). It’s game on as experts on either side of the divide debate this inclusion.

Produced by:

Tee Shiao Eek and Tina Carmillia

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none

Categories:

Health Policy,Diseases and Conditions,Mental Health,Healthy Living,Fitness,Medical Innovation and Technology

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Health News Digest,video games,online,addiction,Health and Living,THe Bigger Picture

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