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Tech Podcast: Internet Addiction and Depression

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We’ve got a great mix of stories on this week’s podcast. We take you inside a Crisis Camp for Haiti meeting in Montreal, to hear how concerned people thousands of miles away are helping the relief effort. Also, two great stories about design and technology: one concerns an ancient footbridge across the Nile, and the other the humble, but dangerous, British pint glass. And we end with some research into potential links between Internet addiction and depression.

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Depression in Brazilian slum

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Constant violence in a Rio de Janeiro slum has left many residents suffering from depression. The BBC’s Gary Duffy reports on how a team from the group “Doctors without Borders” is treating depression in the slum.