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From the Guardian in the UK–

Prozac Does Not Work.

A major scientific review studied Prozac and similar drugs in the same class, examining all available data on the drugs, including results from clinical trials that the manufacturers chose not to publish. The study covered fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Seroxat), venlafaxine (Effexor) and nefazodone (Serzone)….and the trials showed that these drugs did not work any better than placebos.

Given the amount of effort given in this country to selling us perscription medicine — especially antidepressants — I seriously doubt that this study will even get mentioned over here.

EDIT: According to comments, it is being reported here. Color me shocked!

When answering a call for freelance writers that specifies the publisher is looking for pitches, it is probably not in your best interests to do any of the following in your contact email:

1) Use emoticons and text-message spellings

2) Ask what a pitch is, and how you send one

3) Go on at length about how you’re concerned that the publisher is “going to just read my pitch and give it to another writer or write up something based on it yourself”, becaused you’ve been “screwed” before.

*deepbreath*ilovemyjobilovemyjobilovemyjobilovemyjobilovemyjob….

*Sigh*

For those who haven’t already seen it, read Frank Rich’s editorial from Sunday’s New York Times, examining the Clinton campaign’s failings. It’s well worth reading.

“It’s not just that her candidacy’s central premise — the priceless value of “experience” — was fatally poisoned from the start by her still ill-explained vote to authorize the fiasco. Senator Clinton then compounded that 2002 misjudgment by pursuing a 2008 campaign strategy that uncannily mimicked the disastrous Bush Iraq war plan.”