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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Think

There is a new study on why anti-depressants only work for some people. Its seems clear that not everyone has the same brain chemistry or for that matter, the same anything.

Live Science: Why Antidepressants Don't Work for Half of Patients
A study in mice found receptors on certain brain cells essentially block the effects of these medicines.
Its one thing to read an article on bad thinking, or thoughts that serve only to inhibit you, quite another to figure out how to break the habit of thinking these things.

Still I like seeing that someone is at least putting the information out there.

Live Science: 7 Thoughts That Are Bad For You
Cynicism

Cynics who tend to be suspicious and mistrustful of others, a character trait that scientists refer to as hostility, may have an increased likelihood of developing heart disease. "These aren't necessarily hot-headed people, but people who are more likely to read into people's behavior as some hostile motive," Stephen Boyle said during a telephone interview.

In a study of more than 300 Vietnam veterans who were healthy at the study start, Boyle found that those who scored high on measures of hostility were about 25 percent more likely to develop heart disease.

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