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Postpartum Depression May Last for Years

August 17, 2022
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Many women develop depression after giving birth. This is called postpartum depression. A new study found that a large number of women had high levels of depressive symptoms at some point in the three years after giving birth. Researchers asked more than 4,500 women about their symptoms of depression four months and one, two, and…

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‘Chemical Imbalance’ Theory of Depression Hugely Profitable—and It’s Not Even True

August 16, 2022
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“Lexapro appears to relieve the symptoms of depression and anxiety by increasing serotonin,” says an ad on the Bonkers Institute, a website that archives drug ads and also satirizes pharma claims and shaky science. “Zoloft works to correct a chemical imbalance in the brain which may be related to symptoms of depression,” another ad says. “Paxil CR…

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Is Your Prescription Drug Causing Your Depression?

August 5, 2022
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Let’s face it… our current medical industry loves pills. When you go to the doctor for any kind of discomfort with any kind of diagnosis, chances are that the doctor will write out a slip of paper and send you to the pharmacy. Every illness, every injury, every bodily inconvenience has some kind of corresponding…

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‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Is Euphemism for Big Government Socialism, Higher Prices

August 3, 2022
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Commentary In the midst of a recession, with inflation eating away an average of $6,800 in purchasing power from the incomes of families with two workers, the so-called Inflation Reduction Act would impose tax increases, manipulative federal subsidies, and price controls on every American family. The bill would deepen the growing recession, continue to depress…

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Are We Heading to Another Great Crash (of 1929)?

August 3, 2022
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Commentary I have studied quite extensively the stock market crash of October 1929, and the Great Depression of the 1930s that followed, for a book I am writing on crisis forecasting. I recently noticed that the current economic and financial conditions have started to align with those that preceded the “Great Crash” in a rather…

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Are We Heading for Another Great Crash (of 1929)?

August 3, 2022
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Commentary I have studied quite extensively the stock market crash of October 1929, and the Great Depression of the 1930s that followed, for a book I am writing on crisis forecasting. I recently noticed that the current economic and financial conditions have started to align with those that preceded the “Great Crash” in a rather…

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The Lockdowns Kicked Off This Depression

August 2, 2022
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Commentary If you were on vacation last week, good for you. You missed one of Congress’s greatest-ever scams. They just approved some $750 billion (do these numbers even mean anything anymore?) to “transition” us from fossil fuels and coal over to reliance on the wind and sun, and also to subsidize a bunch of chip…

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Calling the US Recession a Recession Is ‘Vitriolic’ Partisanship, Krugman Claims

August 1, 2022
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New York Times columnist and economist Paul Krugman insists the United States is not in a recession, that the term is essentially meaningless, and current efforts to apply the label to the U.S. economy amount to “vitriolic” partisanship. Krugman made the remarks in an interview on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” program that aired on July 31,…

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Trump Warns Something Worse Than Recession Is Coming

July 29, 2022
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Former President Donald Trump has warned that America’s economy is on track for a bigger disaster than a recession, with his remarks coming shortly before government statistics showed GDP printing negative for the second consecutive quarter, which is a rule-of-thumb definition for a recession. “Where we’re going now could be a very bad place,” Trump…

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Drinking This Popular Beverage Slashes Depression and Suicide Risk by Half, According to Study

July 25, 2022
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In the song “9 to 5,” from the 1980 movie of the same name, singer Dolly Parton refers to coffee as a “cup of ambition.”  Now, emerging research indicates that coffee’s potential benefits extend far beyond increasing motivation; according to one study, coffee may even help prevent suicide. Other recent studies show that coffee can…

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