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books, health, learning, religion

Book Review: Against Depression (Peter D. Kramer).

Introduction:
Against Depressionby Peter D. Kramer is an astonishing volume. It is not your standard work on a mental disorder - in fact, the title is both misleading and exactly on point. Against Depression is not so much about explaining and treating depression as it is a polemic literally against depression. Kramer effortlessly skips across a [...]

health, learning, productivity, religion

The Case for Psychological Medications & Treatment.

Today I’m not going to talk about a product or service in a specific sense, but rather a more underlying philosophical approach to the mind. My hope in this post, in conjunction with the series of posts on books relevant to the major mental disorders, is to raise awareness of mental illness and remove some [...]

charity, health, productivity, software, web

World Community Grid.

Introduction:
Sometimes the problem with accomplishing a charitable objective is not convincing people to support an endeavor but simply making them aware of the need and how they can be a part of the solution1. I believe this is the case with the World Community Grid and I want to share with each of you about [...]

health

Coromega - Those fish foods…

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I don’t know about you but I hate seafood. I like shrimp and I don’t mind halibut - but don’t try feeding me salmon or just about any other type of seafood. Thats unfortunate for me healthwise, as seafood appears to be extremely good for you - if you get the kind without [...]

health

eHealthInsurance.com…needs improvement.

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Well, I don’t plan to blog too often about products or services I don’t like, but for the sake of humanity I think it is worthwhile to talk for a few minutes about eHealthInsurance. Choosing a health insurance provider is like pulling teeth - there are dozens of them and they all use [...]

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