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Treating SSRI-resistant Depression

Science – When your antidepressant medication does not work, should you switch to a different medication from the same class or should you try an antidepressant medication that has a different mechanism of action? This is the question asked by researchers in a new article.

View Story Discuss (1) (sciencedaily.com) 100 days ago by dirtyfratboy

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Growth Hormone Found To Have New Role In Development Of Brain's Smell Center

Science – A human hormone known to stimulate the growth of cells throughout the body has a new role - helping to set up the proper nerve connections in the odor center of the brain, according to University of California, Berkeley, scientists.

View Story Discuss (0) (sciencedaily.com) 100 days ago by dirtyfratboy

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Key Factor In Brain Development Revealed, Offers Insight Into Disorder

Science – Now, scientists have identified a gene that, in mice, is critical for these stem cells to divide correctly. Without it, they fail to divide, and die.

View Story Discuss (0) (sciencedaily.com) 100 days ago by dirtyfratboy

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Umbilical Cord Blood Cell Therapy May Treat Cognitive Decline Of Alzheimer's Disease

Science – A novel strategy based on targeted immune suppression using human umbilical cord blood cells may improve the pathology and cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease

View Story Discuss (0) (sciencedaily.com) 100 days ago by dirtyfratboy

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Yes, Running Can Make You High - New York Times

Health & Fitness – Yes, some people reported that they felt so good when they exercised that it was as if they had taken mood-altering drugs. But was that feeling real or just a delusion? And even if it was real, what was the feeling supposed to be, and what caused it?

View Story Discuss (0) (nytimes.com) 99 days ago by Fedquip

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Finta: exercise in freedom of speech or provocation?

News – Depends who you ask. The far right wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders just released his anti-Islam movie Finta, meaning civil strife, on the Internet. continue reading-

View Story Discuss (0) (newzity.com) 100 days ago by muzity1

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Bespoke Bombay

Travel – India is known around the world for many things: the Taj Mahal, curry, call centers, arranged marriage, Rajasthan and the caste system, to name a few. But it ought to be known for bespoke.

View Story Discuss (0) (blogs.iht.com) 100 days ago by Shay

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Should I Text Message Her Again?

Love & Personals – I like a girl, but there's another guy who likes her. I don't think she likes him back. I told her how I feel over a year ago and she told me she just wanted to be friends. But maybe she's changed her mind.

View Story Discuss (0) (goodluckholdings.typepad.com) 100 days ago by froggy3262

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Banks Shirk Subprime Responsibility

Do No Evil – Lose billions of dollars as a result of bad loans? Get a bigger bonus. Negotiate a dumb mortgage for that house you can't afford? Get bailed out by the Fed. These are heady days in the No-Consequences Economy.

View Story Discuss (0) (portfolio.com) 100 days ago by _kam0_

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Dash Express

Gadgets & Tech – Dash delivers traffic and destination information in exciting new ways, and offers a wide range of new capabilities available from the car that makes a typical GPS practically obsolete. Dash is the smartest way to get from A to B, and find everything in between.

View Story Discuss (0) (gps-plus.net) 100 days ago by carsreview

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For President Bush and Iraq: All is for the Best, in the Best of All Possible Worlds

Do No Evil – Whatever happens, it's a sign that things are going well. When violence seemed to dip, that meant the surge was going well. Now that there is bloody fighting in Basra, Bush is happy to spin that as well, saying that's a sign that the Iraqis can stand on their own to fight against Shia militiamen.

View Story Discuss (0) (theseminal.com) 100 days ago by _kam0_

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German retail chain accused of using Stasi tactics to spy on staff

Do No Evil – Germany's cut-price supermarket chain Lidl was accused yesterday of using Stasi methods to spy on its staff and collect intimate details about their personal lives, including their relationships, bank accounts and the frequency of their lavatory breaks.

View Story Discuss (0) (independent.co.uk) 100 days ago by _kam0_

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Hardly a thing of the past, slavery thrives in our world

Do No Evil – During the 4 years that Benjamin Skinner researched modern-day slavery for his new book, "A Crime So Monstrous," he posed as a buyer at illegal brothels on several continents, interviewed convicted human traffickers in a Romanian prison and endured giardia, malaria, dengue and a bad motorcycle accident.

View Story Discuss (0) (salon.com) 100 days ago by _kam0_

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60 Resources for Entrepreneurs

Careers & Jobs – A list of resources compiled by an Orange County VC network.

View Story Discuss (0) (ocinnovationvault.com) 100 days ago by thinkingserious

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Camera attached to an elephant's trunk captures amazing jungle views

News – The amazing story of how four tiger cubs were captured on special cameras in logs carried by elephants - giving the most intimate insight into their early lives ever recorded.

View Story Discuss (0) (dailymail.co.uk) 100 days ago by idyll

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