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Ingolfthecat t1_j908v9e wrote

Reply to Depression can lead to memory dysfunction. This study may pave way for new drugs. Results of a large study involving brain scans show that patients with moderate to severe depression have 7-10 per cent fewer serotonin 4 receptors in the brain than healthy test subjects. by Wagamaga

So does SSRI treatment reverse memory-loss to any degree? I know from experience that memory loss can make it difficult to engage socially which is important for beating the depression

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tigersharkwushen_ t1_j9088mt wrote

Reply to comment by newnamesam in Depression can lead to memory dysfunction. This study may pave way for new drugs. Results of a large study involving brain scans show that patients with moderate to severe depression have 7-10 per cent fewer serotonin 4 receptors in the brain than healthy test subjects. by Wagamaga

> 90 patients with depression who still had not received treatment

I think that means none of them were on medication.

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Howboutnow82 t1_j9072n6 wrote

Reply to Globally, the total cost of energy for households has likely increased between 62.6% and 112.9% since Russia invaded Ukraine, say international researchers. An additional 78–141 million people worldwide could be pushed into extreme poverty as a result of these increases. by MistWeaver80

Oh boo hoooo the homeless! Won't someone think of the record profits, just for once! The peasantry has grown so selfish these days....

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kptkrunch t1_j9070u8 wrote

Reply to comment by Wagamaga in Religious Hermit Found Buried in The Fetal Position. The woman buried was living with septic arthritis and also advanced venereal syphilis. This would have meant she lived with severe, visible symptoms of infection affecting her entire body, and later on, neurological and mental health decline by Wagamaga

Ah, you see the hypocrisy!? I show up after the funeral processions with a shovel and everyone's up in arms--some fancy college folk start their own "skeleton collection" from unearthed remains and we all nod in approval! At least I was gonna put 'em back

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ethervillage t1_j904a9b wrote

Reply to Globally, the total cost of energy for households has likely increased between 62.6% and 112.9% since Russia invaded Ukraine, say international researchers. An additional 78–141 million people worldwide could be pushed into extreme poverty as a result of these increases. by MistWeaver80

Sort of sounds like Russian propaganda.

“If the world would just support Russia in successfully winning the war with Ukraine, prices would be better for the entire world!” - Russia probably

Russia is not that significant. Also, Ukraine is not Russia

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throneofthornes t1_j902h09 wrote

Reply to comment by Odge in Compared to wolf pups and kittens, dog puppies tend to spontaneously match actions demonstrated by a human — even in the absence of food rewards by marketrent

My kitten figured the front door handle out when she was six months old. She would sit and watch every time we opened it and one fine day while my kid and I were playing in the front yard I hear a wild banging (her body against the door) and then it swings open and dis widdle biddy kitty is standing there all proud of herself. Had to start locking it!

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conventionalWisdumb t1_j9024vw wrote

Reply to comment by FiendishHawk in Religious Hermit Found Buried in The Fetal Position. The woman buried was living with septic arthritis and also advanced venereal syphilis. This would have meant she lived with severe, visible symptoms of infection affecting her entire body, and later on, neurological and mental health decline by Wagamaga

This is crazy early for syphilis in Europe so yeah she had no clue, no one did in Europe at that time.

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pete_68 t1_j90211c wrote

Reply to comment by Ok-Training-7587 in Scientists find people with Long Covid have 2 major cytokines of the immune system (IL-8, IFN-γ) reduced by 100% by sagdiyev1

It says "up to half". This is kind of a tough number to get a handle on and it depends on how you look at it and what time frame. At this moment, of the people who have had COVID, only 11% currently have long COVID symptoms and an additional 17% have HAD long COVID at some point, so that's 28%. Most people who get long COVID have their symptoms resolve within a year.

But in June of 22, that number was 35% (19% current 16% ever).

So it may be based on a specific time period during a certain outbreak.

But again, the vast majority of long COVID cases resolve within a year.

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation

Edit: I forgot to mention, there's also been some discussion that a large number of long COVID cases go unreported. My own daughter had long COVID and we never reported it. It was mild and it eventually resolved itself, but we never took her to a doctor for it, so it never ended up in the stats, so that might be factored in as well.

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conventionalWisdumb t1_j901x8s wrote

Reply to comment by Wagamaga in Religious Hermit Found Buried in The Fetal Position. The woman buried was living with septic arthritis and also advanced venereal syphilis. This would have meant she lived with severe, visible symptoms of infection affecting her entire body, and later on, neurological and mental health decline by Wagamaga

That’s really early in the timeline for syphilis in Europe isn’t it? Is it a known thing that the Colombian Exchange came east prior to Columbus? I know small pox reached the Americas prior due to fishermen, never thought syphilis would have hitched a ride on the trip back.

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bog_w1tch t1_j901ciq wrote

Reply to Depression can lead to memory dysfunction. This study may pave way for new drugs. Results of a large study involving brain scans show that patients with moderate to severe depression have 7-10 per cent fewer serotonin 4 receptors in the brain than healthy test subjects. by Wagamaga

As someone who suffered from clinical depression for ~4 years, my brain does not function like it did before, particularly regarding memory. It feels fundamentally different.

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Discount_gentleman t1_j901ara wrote

Reply to comment by Archaris in Globally, the total cost of energy for households has likely increased between 62.6% and 112.9% since Russia invaded Ukraine, say international researchers. An additional 78–141 million people worldwide could be pushed into extreme poverty as a result of these increases. by MistWeaver80

Speaking as someone who hates oil companies, I disagree. The energy transition is going to be very messy by definition. There are lots of factors and they all have different time scales, which makes it impossible to match them up. Oil and gas investments have minimum payback periods of 5-30 years, and so they can't respond to short term events, even intense ones. As global demand for fossil fuels falls, it will get even messier.

I'm not saying the fossil fuel companies are all acting in good faith, I'm saying it doesn't matter. They couldn't match supply to demand effectively even if they wanted to.

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ciras t1_j8zvprw wrote

Reply to Depression can lead to memory dysfunction. This study may pave way for new drugs. Results of a large study involving brain scans show that patients with moderate to severe depression have 7-10 per cent fewer serotonin 4 receptors in the brain than healthy test subjects. by Wagamaga

> there was a correlation between cerebral 5-HT4 receptor binding and verbal memory (r = 0.29; P = .02)

a correlation of r=0.29 is absolutely abysmal, look at the graphs they provided and tell me with a straight face these "correlations" mean anything

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mrdounut t1_j8zu83e wrote

Reply to comment by FiendishHawk in Religious Hermit Found Buried in The Fetal Position. The woman buried was living with septic arthritis and also advanced venereal syphilis. This would have meant she lived with severe, visible symptoms of infection affecting her entire body, and later on, neurological and mental health decline by Wagamaga

That’s a really really good point, while it’s pure speculation thanks for sharing as it points out how easily we can interpret events that have happened centuries ago.

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RAPanoia t1_j8zqxf0 wrote

Reply to comment by Infamous_Operation85 in Many risky feedback loops amplify the need for climate action by geoxol

Nature doesn't make deals with us and she isn't interested in our politics or our financial constructs.

We either play by her rules and change our society to them or we will face extinction. It is pretty simple.

Right now capitalism is the biggest threat to a lot of needed changes because individuals are profiting from destroying our enviroment. They will try everything to prolong the status quo, because not only do they profit from it but also the shareholders.

So we either have to regulate them asap and as hard as possible, forbid stuff by law or politics around the world have to make state takeovers of these companies. And btw we are missing the time for small changes because the same companies knew about the needed changes for decades and instead of decreasing the enviromental damage they increased it for profits.

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ahfoo t1_j8zoihg wrote

Reply to A review concluded that "with its sustainability as a plant as well as its distinctive useful property of the seed protein, hemp has promising value in the development of new foods." by OregonTripleBeam

I like the fact that this paper is coming out of Japan which recently began making concessions on medical marijuana. The paper mentions the fact that it has long been a part of funeral practices in both Japan and China to use burnt hemp leaves to purify the attendees. Just as with India, hemp has been integral to cultures across Asia but they all jumped on the Inquisition bandwagon when the US was leading the parade. Now that the US is backing off, they're left to deal with the shame of admitting they were acting like fools.

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newnamesam t1_j8znlxk wrote

Reply to comment by Wagamaga in Depression can lead to memory dysfunction. This study may pave way for new drugs. Results of a large study involving brain scans show that patients with moderate to severe depression have 7-10 per cent fewer serotonin 4 receptors in the brain than healthy test subjects. by Wagamaga

Maybe a stupid question, but did it distinguish between individuals on medication to treat depression and those who were not?

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