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The number of prescriptions for obesity medications rose an average of 5.3% annually from 2017 to 2024 and corresponded with an increase in online searches for obesity drugs, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Internet use could help improve mental health and well-being in adults aged 50 years or older, study results published in Nature Human Behavior suggested.

The volume of Google searches related to food allergy grew between 2012 and 2022, with specific search topics varying by country, according to a letter published in Clinical and Translational Allergy.

Device overuse and screen time topped a poll of parental concerns about children’s health, followed by concerns about internet safety and mental health, according to results released on Monday.

Primary care provider referral to an automated weight-loss program resulted in significantly increased weight loss at 6 and 12 months vs. usual care, according to study findings published in Obesity.

Over the course of 1 year, a preventive group intervention program showed effectiveness in reducing symptoms of gaming disorder and unspecified internet use disorder in adolescents, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Excessive behaviors related to internet, gaming and sex that may be linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder lack a clear treatment approach and thus warrant consideration of various factors, according to a presenter at Psych Congress.

An organization is helping physicians fight online harassment and false information regarding COVID-19, a speaker at the Women in Medicine Summit said.

A stepped-care cognitive behavioral therapy model was cost-effective for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder, according to an economic evaluation of a randomized noninferiority trial published in JAMA Network Open.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused many anxious patients to delay in-person medical treatment and turn to the internet for potential solutions, but folk remedies and snake oil have existed long before the internet.