Parrot given Prozac after owner dies

Polly needs a therapist or, barring that, a good extended health plan."Fred, an African Grey parrot, was owned by George Dance, who had rasied him from a chick.After he died nine months ago, Fred became depressed...

Rumsfeld and Aspartame-Did Diet Drinks Maime & Kill Our Troops In Gulf War ?

Did Monsanto Corporation's Aspartame Sweetener Cause Agent Orange in Our Troops ?   YOU DECIDE.     Donald Rumsfeld was a leading supporter of the usage of the artificial sweetener Aspartame...

Mother of prison overdose girl found dead near her daughter's grave

A truly sad story, although the cause of death for this monther has yet to be determined." Sarah Campbell's black granite gravestone bears the poignant postscript: "Her mother left broken hearted". But yesterday there was no more pain for Pauline Campbell, who never got over...

Suicidal pets prescribed Prozac

Now our over-prescribed culture extends to the animal world, as pets become the latest targets of pharmaceutical companies. Because self-mutilating cockatoos need Prozac too, apparently.Also, check out today's...

Psychiatry, Tom Cruise and Scientology

"The fact of the matter is psychiatry has made mistakes before, fatal mistakes. Sixty years ago there were six or seven mental disorders, now, according to the DSM, there are well over three hundred. Are we, as a...

Not feeling the love? Maybe your anti-depressant is to blame

According to sniffl.com an athropologist with Rutgers University has done a study which shows that one of the long term effects of anti depression medications is the inability to feel love.  Even though at this time this is only a theory, the study provides an...

Dad poisons soup, feeds it to kids to sue Campbells

A man who systematically poisoned Campbells soup and force-fed it to his young children is facing jail time. His intent, he claims, was not to harm his children but rather to sue Campbells and get financial...

Robbie Williams enters rehab

Everyone's in rehab!"Robbie Williams has checked himself into rehab to battle an addiction with prescription drugs. His rep issued this statement, “Robbie Williams has today been admitted into a treatment center...

Miserable Moggy On Anti-Depressants

"A cat has been prescribed anti-depressants because she's being bullied by other felines. Experts say 12-year-old Twiglet also needs anger-management treatment, as she keeps biting her owner in frustration. And...

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