Archive for February, 2008

Some Depressing Facts about Antidepressant Research

Feb 29

Posted by: Meta4Life in: Health Care, Science

If you are currently taking antidepressants and believe they work for you, you’re not going to like this at all. In fact, recent revelations publsihed by the New England Journal of Medicine seem to reveal that your belief in your antidepressant may well be the only reason it works for you.
Alternet.org covers the studies in [...]

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A New Look at `Internet Predators’

Feb 28

Posted by: Meta4Life in: Internet, Life, Science

With the explosion of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, parents will be well-served by reading this article on the results of a new study about “Internet predators.”
There were several points I found to be surprising. The article lead-in provided the first:
Contrary to stereotype, most Internet sex offenders are not adults [...]

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New Promise in the Treatment of MRSA

Feb 27

Posted by: Meta4Life in: Healing, Health Care

Some long-time readers of this blog will remember our son’s life-and-death struggle against MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) three years ago. A few others will know I also fought a similar infection last summer, and that Michael wrestled with a skin-level infection last fall. Though our son’s infection was much more serious and was treated through [...]