Hello there loyal readers, Kate O'Halloran here filling in for Olivia Willlis over the next few weeks.
I'd wager that most of us think we could spend less time on our phones, but for some, browsing the internet is a bonafide addiction.
Depending on the individual, that could be endless online shopping, gaming, social media use or video streaming.
As addiction expert Anna Lembke puts it, many digital platforms are designed to elicit dopamine bursts, activating the brain's "reward" and "motivation" pathways and compelling us to keep scrolling.
"The more dopamine that's released and the faster that it's released, the more likely that substance or behaviour is to be potentially addictive."
But the medical community is divided on whether "internet addiction disorder" should be an official diagnosis.
Also this week, my colleague Megan Macdonald wrote about EMDR, or eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy, recognised in Australia as an effective treatment for trauma and PTSD.
Megan describes how Hobart man Samuel Paske's mental health declined significantly following the abrupt death of his mother, before EMDR "snapped" him out of a "ghost-like" state.
Meanwhile, a research paper which claimed that the exercise regimen OsteoStrong could strengthen bones in post-menopausal women has attracted international criticism for a range of methodological issues.
In response to the ABC's coverage, The Endocrine Society, which publishes the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, told us the paper required "significant revisions", which have since been submitted.
Finally, the peak body for medical students has argued that the program which mandates graduate doctors to work in the regions is in urgent need of review.
Catch you next week.
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