Democracy Now interviewing Gary Greenberg author of “Manufacturing Depression”

View 15 minutes of video here. Transcript of the interview is below the video. Gary Greenberg talks great sense. Well worth a listen/watch. This link goes straight to the right spot on the video. From Democracy Now website: Is depression manufactured? Two decades after the introduction of antidepressants, it’s become commonplace to assume that our... Continue Reading →

March 2, 2010

Media madness

Articles to keep you busy from the last few days: WebMDs Big Lie -- In order to provide quality web-based health content, you need money. The question is how you choose to make that money. WebMD, like many web sites, makes money from advertising, but it consistently goes several steps further, allowing its content to... Continue Reading →

March 2, 2010

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