Author: Lance Garrison
George Santos, we hardly knew ye — because ye was buried under such a gargantuan pile of gaudy fabrications.But we wrote about ye and how.In The Washington Post, Dana Milbank wrote that “Santos showed just how far one could go with a lie, right down to the knee injuries he didn’t sustain while not playing volleyball on a scholarship he did not receive for the college he did not attend.” (Thanks to Susan Casey of Palm City, Fla., and Melissa Guensler of Fredericksburg, Texas, among many others, for nominating that.)In The Times, Michelle Goldberg used her farewell to Santos to…
Consider this: The most dangerous place to be a child in the world today is Gaza.That’s the assessment of Catherine Russell, the executive director of UNICEF, who is not a bleeding-heart radical but a former ambassador and veteran lawyer who worked for Presidents Biden and Barack Obama.Already it appears that more than twice as many children have died in Gaza just since the war started on Oct. 7 than in all the conflicts worldwide in 2022, according to United Nations figures.“Almost one out of every 150 Palestinian children in Gaza have been killed in just two months,” noted Dr. Zaher…
Psoriasis treatment has come a long way. New medications like biologics have helped more people achieve clearer skin. But everyone with psoriasis is different. What works for one person won’t always help someone else. A certain medication might clear your skin for you for a while, then stop working. Some may have side effects that you find bothersome. Women with psoriasis say it can take time and experimentation to find what works best for you. That might mean medications, lifestyle changes, or home remedies. It can also mean adopting a new mindset — to stress less, reach out for support, and practice…
If all of these analyses suggest that the gap between fundamentals and mood represents a negative vibe, it is probably worth considering, alongside the economic factors, the way that vibes of widespread social dislocation, illness and death have contributed, as well. But it is remarkable how invisible the pandemic has been in recent debates about American gloom, with only a few economists even considering the role that recent mass death and social disorder may be playing in our moods. America’s worst year for Covid deaths ended just 23 months ago.There were secondary effects: mass unemployment, G.D.P. contraction and a stock-market…
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The investor Charlie Munger, who died last week at age 99, liked the word “lollapalooza.” The word appears 27 times in the new abridged edition of “Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger.”I think Munger’s fondness for that fanciful term — which he meant as either a big gain or a big loss — reveals a lot about his investing philosophy and that of his longtime partner, Warren Buffett. It’s worth pondering what he meant, even though the style of investing he did isn’t suitable for most of us.Lollapalooza effects “can make you rich, or…
Learn about ways that major depressive disorder may affect you, including changes in energy level and appetite.
There’s been a bombardment of bad news for drug supplies. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists found this summer that nearly all of the members it surveyed were experiencing drug shortages, which generally affect half a million Americans. Cancer patients have scrambled as supplies of chemotherapy drugs dwindle. Other shortages include antibiotics for treatable diseases, such as the only drug recommended for use during pregnancy to prevent congenital syphilis (a disease that is 11 times more common today than a decade ago), and A.D.H.D. medications, without which people struggle to function in their day-to-day lives. The toll on Americans is…
Major depressive disorder is the most widespread mood disorder in the world. Also called clinical depression, or just depression, it’s when you have symptoms of low mood or hopelessness for at least 2 weeks. Scientists still don’t know what causes it. But they know that treating it is complex and that people who have it need more ways to feel better faster.For about half a century, scientists have put a lot of effort into improving medications that target a small set of neurotransmitters. Those are chemicals in the brain — serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine in particular — that affect how…