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Jan 8, 2010
If you have depression, you are probably being undertreated or overtreated.
Man wins $1,000 in lottery; government cuts his Social Security income by $980.
Americans spend about $3.6 billion on [mostly worthless] over-the-counter cold, cough and throat remedies — and millions more on antibiotics that have no effect on viral infections.
6 Responses to “Depression, How Dust Affects Your Health, the Downside to Winning the Lottery, and Worthless Cold and Cough Meds”
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Helium
January 8th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
I am really impressed by the efficiency with which the government got almost all the man’s lottery winnings.
January 8th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
One agency of government runs the lottery (as a monopoly, of course, so the return is miserably low) while another agency of gevernment takes your winnings. Ain’t this a great country?
January 8th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Glad to see there is something useful about dust. I have quite a lot of it around.
January 8th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
I don’t know. Less visible sunlight reaching the ground should mean less photosynthesis, and therefore more deadly CO2 in the air.
January 9th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Wouldn’t it be better if everyone could buy the placebos mentioned in a previous post?
January 10th, 2010 at 9:23 am
It’s hard for me to believe the cold remedies are worthless. Afterall, people can tell very quickly if they are getting relief. And if they are not, why do they keep buying them?