Parents and Doctors Create Monsters Out of Autistics

i am calling for the immediate public shaming of, and lawsuits for abuse, against Ann Bauer, the mother of Andrew Bauer, a person who started life as autistic and has since been destroyed and changed into a violent...

Anti-depressants 'of little use'

New research suggests that antidepressants like Prozac may not be an effective first-line treatment for mild depression.  The drugs may only be useful in more extreme cases, the study suggests. So does this...

Depressing Future Awaits Companion Animals

Today, I read an article that appeared in yesterday’s Telegraph. It contained this disturbing news: More and more suicidal pets are being prescribed anti-depressants.This news comes only less than a week after a report in the New York Times about the antidepressant Prozac...

Mindful sex 'the new anti-depressant'

A new group therapy technique from a UBC researcher uses meditation techniques to improve sex.  The discussion here is aimed at women, but I'm sure there are men who could benefit from similar therapies...

Day in jail for Tyson over drugs

"Ex-boxer Mike Tyson has been sentenced to 24 hours in jail and 360 hours of community service for drug possession and driving under the influence. The former heavyweight champion also received three years' probation after being caught driving in possession of cocaine, having...

Failed Anti-Depressant Hailed as Female Viagra

Post-It notes were supposed to ba  super-adhesive. LSD was meant as a truth serum. Now we have Flibanserin, which researchers hoped would be an anti-depressant. Instead, this drug seems to asct as a sex-drive...

Drug company 'hid' suicide link

"Secret emails reveal that the UK's biggest drug company distorted trial results of an anti-depressant, covering up a link with suicide in teenagers. Panorama reveals that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) attempted to show that Seroxat worked for depressed children despite failed...

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