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Sarah "Barracuda" Doesn't Sleep With The Fishes!

Warren Holstein | Posted 08.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Russia, Wasilla, George Bush, Mark Sanford, Sarah Palin Resigns, Depression, John McCain, Afghanistan, Swine Flu Pandemic, Economy, The Rapture, War, Swine Flu, Axis of Evil, Nadya Suleman, Iran, Recession, Iraq War, Religion, Nuclear Weapons, Todd Palin, Sarah Palin, Financial Crisis, Christianity, Alaska, Iraq, Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin Reaction, David Letterman, Barracuda, North Korea, Politics, Gop, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

She is not a narcissist. She just has the good sense to realize she is better and more deserving than most people to rule the planet and prepare humanity for the end of days.

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America's Two-Headed Dog: Layoffs and Cuts to Social Programs

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 08.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Social Programs, Depression, Unemployment, Recession, Economy, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

It seems like common sense that the government should increase social spending when people are losing their jobs, but Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats don't see it that way.

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What About The Boys? Male Issues Ignored in U.S. Culture

LiveScience | Rachael Rettner | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living

Read More: US Culture, Depression, Literacy, Male Stereotypes, Suicide Rate, Suicide, Men's Health, Parenting, Boys, Boy Issues, Boy Problems, Males, Living News

Growing up is tough. But for boys, it may be even tougher. While both boys and girls face issues -- in school and out -- the problems affecting boys ...

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Study: Many Teens Believe They'll Die Young

msn.com | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Teenage Suicide, Depression, Risk-Taking Behavior Teens, Teen Drug Use, Drug Use, Teens, Suicide, Fatalism, Negativity, Parenting, Teen Depression, Health, Living News

A surprising number of teenagers -- nearly 15 percent -- think they're going to die young, leading many to drug use, suicide attempts and other unsafe...

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How To Live On $0 A Day: The Next Big Thing In Marketing -- Anti-Social Media

Lesley Stern | Posted 07.31.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Depression, Twitter, Superbowl, Humor, Social Networking, Media, Facebook, Recession, Social Media, Financial Meltdown, Mobile Technology, Satire, Financial Crisis, Marketing, Comedy, Mobile Media, Advertising, Comedy News
Lesley Stern

With traditional media facing extinction and a disheartened, disinterested public, Toilet Paper Messaging (TPM) has emerged as one of the most effective marketing tools out there.

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12 Depression Busters For New Moms

Therese Borchard | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Motherhood, Depression, Parenting, Postpartum Depression, Perinatal Mood Disorders, Mental Health, Personal Health, Health, Women's Health, Wellness, Living News
Therese Borchard

It's supposed to be the most exciting time of your life ... and everyone is telling you how lucky you are to have a beautiful baby, but all you can do...

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The Greening of Psychotherapy

Linda Buzzell | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Depression, Green Therapy, Nature, Green Living, Ecopsychology, Ecotherapy, Anxiety, Sierra Club, Wellness, Living News
Linda Buzzell

If therapists really considered what humans are doing to themselves and the rest of nature they'd have to admit that our behavior is pretty homicidal, fratricidal, suicidal and even ecocidal.

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How To Live On $0 A Day: A Few Telltale Signs You're Going Under

Lesley Stern | Posted 07.19.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Debt, Depression, Warning Signs, Bankruptcy, Humor, Satire, Economy, Budget, Financial Crisis, Living, Going Broke, Recession, Personal Finance, Comedy, Self-Help, Financial Advice, Comedy News
Lesley Stern

Suddenly, spending three hours on the phone with your bank demanding an explanation for a $35.00 late fee is the most profitable way of spending your time.

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Do Obama's Financial Reforms Go Far Enough?

Danny Schechter | Posted 07.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Reserve, Obama, Obama-Financial-Reforms, Depression, Financial TImes, Bill Maher, Politics News
Danny Schechter

The Obama Express is in full motion with new announcements, proposals, and laws signed daily. Yet, something's missing.

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A Second Great Depression?

Henry Blodget | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Recession Fears, Depression, Recession, Great Depression, Business News
Henry Blodget

So far, the collapse of the world economy since April 2008 has actually been worse than the rate of collapse in the Great Depression.

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The Retreat of the Shadow Lenders: Why Deflation, not Inflation, Is the Order of the Day

Ellen Brown | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Depression, Deflation, Inflation, Collaterized Debt Obligations, Shadow Lenders, Money Supply, Federal Reserve, Banking Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Credit Crisis, Business News
Ellen Brown

The true path to economic recovery is to reclaim money and credit as public resources. Money needs to be transformed from private master to public servant.

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Obama's Health Plan: What Matters the Most is Missing

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 08.06.2009 | Home

Read More: Psoriasis, Depression, Chronic Disease, Health, Osteoarthiritis, Asthma, Health Care Reform, Adhd, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Obesity, Chronic Illness, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Functional Medicine, Medicine, Wellness, Home News
Mark Hyman, MD

To effectively reform healthcare in the U.S., we must change not only the way we practice medicine, but also the type of medicine we practice.

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I Won't Chat! Don't Ask Me!

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 07.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Oscar Hammerstein, Depression, Linkedin, Twittering, Unemployed, Friends, Kerns, Online, Online Chat, Fields, Facebook, Internet Etiquette, Fred-Astaire, Communication, Media News
Lita Smith-Mines

Here's my appeal to certain unemployed friends: step away from your cell phones and computers!

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How To Live On $0 A Day: Finding A Best Friend You Can Afford

Lesley Stern | Posted 07.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Depression, Pets, Humor, Best Friends, Economy, Kennedy, Economic Crisis, Mans-Best-Friend, Recession, Bo Obama, Friendship, Portuguese Water Dog, Cats, Satire, Earning, Financial Crisis, Living, Rats, Dogs, Comedy, Comedy News
Lesley Stern

Whether you're a President or a pauper, everyone needs a best friend. Someone you can trust with your deepest darkest secrets. Someone who won't sell you out for money or status.

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7 Ways To Stay Out 0f The Psych Ward

Therese Borchard | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Psych Ward, Depression, Hospitalization, Psychiatric Ward, Psychotherapy, The Inner Life, The Balanced Life, Mental Health, Wellness, Living News
Therese Borchard

It's been three years since I've dined in the community room of a psych ward with some fellow depressives...trying to slice a piece of rubber turkey w...

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Even Crooks Are Depressed

Lloyd Garver | Posted 07.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Depression, Crime Statistics, Crime, Economy, Crime Rate Going Down, Business News
Lloyd Garver

Crooks have determined that committing crimes right now is just not worth the trouble.

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Why Army Suicides Continued to Rise in May, and What We Can Do

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stop-Loss, Depression, Army Suicides, votevets.org, Combat Stress, Chuck Hagel, Jim Webb, Army Suicides Increase, Iraq PTSD, Army, Military, Dwell Time Amendment, Breaking Politics News, Ptsd, Votevets, Army Suicide, Politics News
Jon Soltz

The root causes of combat stress leading to suicide are three-fold, mostly out of the hands of our generals, and therefore must be addressed by the Federal government.

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Adolescent Depression: Do We Have the Will to Make a Difference?

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Adolescents, Adolescent-Depression, Depression, Preventative Healthcare, Mental Health, Teenagers, Living News
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

We need to have the will to make depression screening for adolescents a standard of care for primary care: to make it a required field in the electronic medical record and a quality standard for health plans and hospitals.

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Bold Moves

Nelson Davis | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Depression, Post, Kelloggs, Business Lesson, Business, Entrepreneur, Harvy Kellog, Charles Post, Business News
Nelson Davis

Cutting your way to prosperity is impossible. The business saga of the breakfast food titans, Mr. Kellogg and his rival C. W. Post, is a fascinating and instructive story.

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How To Live On $0 A Day: Taking Pleasure In The Little Things -- A Pep Talk

Lesley Stern | Posted 07.06.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Depression, Mental Health, Materialism, Humor, Hope, Finding-Joy, Economy, Economic Crisis, Psychology, Free Samples, Simple Pleasure, Recession, Joy, Economic Humor, Emotional-Uplift, Financial Meltdown, Satire, Fiber One Cereal, Financial Crisis, Living, Spirituality, Comedy, Comedy News
Lesley Stern

My mind raced darkly as I approached the car. I thought to myself, 'Dear God, if I just got a $40 parking ticket in order to get free samples of Fiber One cereal, shoot me now. I'm going to be so poor, I'll have to eat the Fiber One. Why me? Life is so freaking unfair I don't think I can bear another minute. I hate Fiber One.'

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One Last, Strange Night With David Carradine

Chris Willman | Posted 07.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Suicide, Depression, David Carradine Dead, Film, David Carradine, Movies, Entertainment News
Chris Willman

I bore witness to what was probably David Carradine's last public appearance, in late March. It turned into a riveting hour of near-chaos.

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Susan Boyle's Breakdown: Isn't she a bit like you and me?

Stanton Peele | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Simon Cowell, Depression, Nowhere Man, John Lennon, Susan Boyle, Britain's Got Talent, Procrastination, Piers Morgan, Living News
Stanton Peele

Susan Boyle's breakdown in the aftermath of "Britain's Got Talent" illustrates two perplexing areas of human behavior: depression and procrastination. Why do people get stuck in unhappy life spaces?

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Pharmaceutical Drug Pushers Lead to National Overdose

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Children, Woody Allen, Clinical Depression, Mother's Little Helper, Human Condition, Medicine Cabinets, Prozac, Ambien, Medications, Overdose, Faulty Diagnoses, Larry King, Campbell Soup, Bi-Polar, Nike, Coke, Psychotropic Drugs, Law and Order, Newsweek, Monet, Lincoln, Lipitor, Depression, Billie Holiday, Adhd, George Orwell, The New York Times, World War 2, Diagnoses, Pharmacies, Erection, Rodney Dangerfield, Pharmaceutical Industry, Victor Hugo, Priapism, Add, Lunesta, Beethoven, Botox, The Marx Brothers, Viagra, Vioxx, Insomnia, Painkillers, Valium, Zanax, Politics News
Francesca Biller-Safran

I only hope that some woman is lucky enough to be with a man who becomes afflicted with one side effect Viagra claims, a condition known as priapism, ...

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Old Drug, New Drug . . . Red Drug, Blue Drug?

James S. Gordon | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Psychiatry, Holistic, Depression, Mindbody Medicine, Complementary Medicine, Natural Approach, Psychology, Ssri’s, Drug-Free, Ssris, Mind Body Medicine, Pharmaceutical Industry, Antidepressants, Prescription Drugs, Meditation, Doctors, Pills, Mind-Body Medicine, Unstuck, Green News
James S. Gordon

This letter of mine appeared in The New York Times yesterday (in somewhat shortened form), under the title, "Alternatives to New Drugs." I thought yo...

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Like A Virgin, Again

Vicki Iovine | Posted 06.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Depression, Transgender, Divorce, Sex, Dating, Antipsychotics, Girlfriends, Relatioships, Living News
Vicki Iovine

One of the few bright promises sustaining me while trudging through a divorce is Sex With a Stranger. I haven't had it yet, nor do I see any immediate...

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