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POPSUS Teen Suicide Rate Rising Take away the meds from kids and this is what happens. Yet the reason for keeping kids away from psychiatric medication persists however absurd it might be. And the reasons are absurd. If a teenager had a malfunctioning liver, only religious weirdos would say to keep the child off the medication. But when a child's brain malfunctions and there is is a medication that can help, many people cry foul and become suspicious. Why? We are only talking about organs of the body. Just as yellowing skin can be a symptom of a malfunctioning liver, so depression can be a symptom of a malfunctioning brain. The meds can save lives.
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POPSFred Thompson Speaks on Service to Our Country She is from a small town, with small town values, but that's not good enough for those folks who are attacking her and her family. Some Washington pundits and media big shots are in a frenzy over the selection of a woman who has actually governed rather than just talked a good game on the Sunday talk shows and hit the Washington cocktail circuit. Well, give me a tough Alaskan governor who has taken on the political establishment in the largest state in the union -- and won -- over the beltway business-as-usual crowd any day of the week. Let's be clear ... the selection of Gov. Palin has the other side and their friends in the media in a state of panic. She is a courageous, successful, reformer, who is not afraid to take on the establishment. Sound like anyone else we know? She has run a municipality and she has run a state. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/02/thompson.transcript/index.html Excerpt of Fred Thompson below:
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POPSaddicted cocaine Also classified as an opioid, Demerol is prescribed for the relief of moderate to severe pain. It is sold in syrup and tablet form and effects can be felt 10-15 minutes after ingestion, spanning anywhere from 2-14 hours. Those who become addicted may experience brief states of euphoria along with side effects such as: nausea and vomiting, circulatory and respiratory depression, weakness, headache, depression, and dizziness.
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POPSBloomberg calls for a new New Deal A great piece by Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg. I think this man is one of the country's greatest assets - i sure hope we find a way to empower him. He has, in my opinion, been a great mayor for new york city.
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POPSJust Walk Away... It is impossible to know for sure how many of the people who are now walking away from their homes could have gone on paying their mortgages. But Professor Nouriel Roubini of New York University, one of the first economists to warn of the dangers of the American house price boom, believes the number of people positively choosing to walk away is growing rapidly. "This is becoming a tsunami of voluntary defaults," Professor Roubini says. "The losses for the financial system from people walking away could be of the order of one trillion dollars when the entire capital of the US banking system is only $1.3 trillion. "You could have most of the US banking system wiped out, so this is a total disaster."
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POPS2016, No more oil. What might that look like... Worldwide instability, economic recession & depression, endless gas-station lines, VIOLENCE at those long, temper-straining gas-lines... We need to start taking stock of our lives and start making other plans. Life as we have known it in America IS NO LONGER AN OPTION.
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POPSIs Florida the Sunset State? Florida was once a swampy rural backwater, the poorest and emptiest state in the South. But in the 20th century, air-conditioning, bug spray and the miracle of water control helped transform it into a migration destination for the restless masses of Brooklyn and Cleveland, Havana and Port-au-Prince. I am a sixth generation Floridian, but I am told there are more than 4000 new people coming to live here every day.
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POPSHow the Surge has left us wounded "If we accept the mainstream narrative on its face, the surge worked. It transformed the U.S. troop presence from being counterproductive to being indispensable for maintaining stability. But can we continue with anything close to the current level of troops deployed over there?"
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POPSSelf-love doesn't happen by luck or the grace of God I wanted to clip it all. Skipped over a lot.This is good to read several times. More of article: They argue that it's not loving to tell a sick person they had anything to do with creating their illness," he says. "Yet, by not owning their power when they are sick, they are consigning themselves to a life of being a victim of any virus or circumstance that comes their way. This powerlessness is the source of most depression, and it leads to more illness and problems such as overeating." http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20021203-000002.html
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POPS10 Ways We Get the Odds Wrong And the two last ones: IX. We Love Sunlight But Fear Nuclear Power Why "natural" risks are easier to accept. X. We Should Fear Fear Itself Why worrying about risk is itself risky. Though the odds of dying in a terror attack like 9/11 or contracting Ebola are infinitesimal, the effects of chronic stress caused by constant fear are significant. Studies have found that the more people were exposed to media portrayals of the 2001 attacks, the more anxious and depressed they were. Chronically elevated stress harms our physiology, says Ropeik. "It interferes with the formation of bone, lowers immune response, increases the likelihood of clinical depression and diabetes, impairs our memory and our fertility, and contributes to long-term cardiovascular damage and high blood pressure."
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POPSRBS Says Duck and Cover This is not some random blogger, this is the Royal Bank of Scotland. The words Full fledged crash don't get used lightly at this level.
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POPSGay Brains Structured Like Those Of The Opposite Sex But then those of us who are "different" knew this all along. It's also interesting to note this from the article: "The regions involved in phobia, anxiety and depression overlap with the pattern we see from the amygdala," says Savic. This is significant, she says, and fits with data showing that women are three times as likely as men to suffer from mood disorders or depression. Gay men have higher rates of depression too, she says, but it's difficult to know whether this is down to biology, homophobia or simply feelings of being "different". HA! Those of us who are gay or bisexual have PLENTY to be depressed about living in a society that refuses to accept us.
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POPSMum's diet linked to onset of puberty What is inherited, can be passed on. Something that once we become aware of, and define, we can deal with, and interrupt the chain at it's weakest link. Perhaps preventing the cycle from being repeated. It's clear there is much more to inheritance that what is wrapped up in our chromosomes. One of the first things involved in finding a solution, is finding out exactly what the problem is. I'm not sure how easy it will be to get pregnant women to go on a 'weight loss' program, but I'm sure it will create a whole new demographic for the weight loss 'industry.' How many people crave celery ?
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