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  • An Overview of Bipolar Disorder and How Genetics Can Increase Hereditary Risk

    09/03/2023 7:41:24 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 5 replies
    verywelljealth ^ | 10/29/21 | Geralyn Dexter, PhD
    Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition characterized by extreme changes in mood and energy levels. Genetics are not the only cause of bipolar disorder, but research shows that its strong genetic component can increase your risk, making the condition one of the most heritable mental health disorders. Read on to learn more about bipolar disorder and its causes, symptoms, and treatment.
  • A mysterious brain network may underlie many psychiatric disorders

    01/17/2023 12:32:24 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 16 replies
    Live Science ^ | Nicoletta Lanese
    Scientists have uncovered a mysterious network of brain connections that is linked to ... schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, addiction, OCD and anxiety — that share this underlying circuitry... Some "nodes" in the circuit have been linked to psychiatric disorders in the past, while others...are instead linked to key aspects of cognitive function, like selective attention and sensory processing... The team pinpointed brain regions where gray matter had atrophied, or shrunk, in the context of psychiatric disorders. [T]he disorders still had something in common: the tangled network of wires that runs between all these pockets of atrophy in the brain. The...
  • Twitter reportedly asking some fired employees to return to work

    11/06/2022 5:54:49 PM PST · by Coronal · 43 replies
    Fox Business ^ | November 6, 2022 | Paul Best
    Elon Musk wasted no time in reshaping Twitter's workforce, cutting about half of the company's 7,500 employees on Friday, but now the social media platform is reportedly trying to bring some of those workers back. Dozens of workers are being asked to return, some of whom were laid off by mistake and others who have experience building features that the new Twitter owner wants. Musk tweeted on Friday that Twitter's layoffs were necessary because the company was losing more than $4 million per day. The Tesla CEO hinted at big changes in the lead-up to closing the deal, tweeting in...
  • Genes Link Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Once Thought Unrelated

    11/01/2022 5:00:56 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 9 replies
    AP News ^ | October 22, 2022 | Laura Ungar
    When Chastity Murry had her first psychotic break, she went into her bathroom and downed a whole bottle of pills, hoping to die. Her teenage daughter had to perform CPR to save her life. Around that same time more than a decade ago, the man who would become her husband, Dante Murry, also lost touch with reality and considered suicide. Different illnesses led them down similar paths – bipolar disorder in her case and schizoaffective disorder in his – conditions long considered by many to be distinct and unrelated. But a growing body of research shows that bipolar disorder, schizophrenia...
  • Could a common diabetes drug ease bipolar disorder? (Metformin for insulin resistance)

    07/27/2022 1:04:56 PM PDT · by ConservativeMind · 33 replies
    A half-century-old diabetes drug appears to help treat bipolar disorder by reversing patients' insulin resistance. Bipolar patients who responded to the drug metformin experienced improvement in their mood disorder as their insulin resistance decreased, said Dr. Cynthia Calkin. "We saw this improvement as early as week six in the study," she said. "Week 14 was the study endpoint, and patients remained significantly improved or in remission." Calkin noted that some patients who started off in the trial are still in remission, six or seven years later. Metformin helps treat type 2 diabetes by reducing production of glucose by the liver...
  • Did reefer drive the Highland Park parade ‘killer’ Robert Crimo to madness?

    07/07/2022 5:17:08 AM PDT · by T Ruth · 72 replies
    New York Post ^ | July 6, 2022 | Miranda Devine
    You don’t need to be a psychiatrist to know that the Highland Park shooter is sick in the head. His evil act is unfathomable, but he does fit a familiar pattern of mass killers: alienated young male stoners who appear to be in the grip of a distinctively American madness. Those who knew the 21-year-old suspect, Robert Crimo III, say he habitually smoked cannabis, a habit he appeared to share with young mass shooters, including at Uvalde, Dayton, Parkland and Aurora. Obviously weed didn’t make them commit their evil acts, but it may have scrambled their brains enough for empathy...
  • [VIDEO] The Hits Just Keep Coming! BLM Rioter Snags 10-Year Sentence for Trying to Burn Cops Alive

    06/24/2022 2:49:04 PM PDT · by Signalman · 27 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 6/24/2022 | Kevin Downey Jr.
    Malik Fard Muhammad, 25, and his girlfriend Kristin McGuire traveled from Indianapolis, Ind., to Portland, Ore., to fight with cops. Muhammad will be extending his stay for an extra ten years, compliments of the feds. Muhammad is alleged to have traveled to Portland with his girlfriend from their home in Indianapolis for the specific purpose of violently engaging in civil disorder during recent area riots. On September 5, 2020, during a large civil disturbance in east Portland, demonstrators threw dangerous objects at police, including commercial grade fireworks, Molotov cocktails, and bottles. At least one demonstrator was seriously burned by a...
  • Richard Dreyfuss health: Star wondered if marijuana caused his bipolar disorder - can it?

    06/22/2022 6:22:26 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 59 replies
    Express (U.K.) ^ | Sat, Jun 18, 2022 | Luke Whelan
    RICHARD DREYFUSS, the Close Encounters of the Third Kind actor, first recognised he was a manic depressive as a teenager. Over his life, he has spoken candidly about the condition - including how he questioned whether marijuana was the cause. The Jaws actor, who was in plenty of popular films in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, first figured out he had bipolar at the age of 11, although he thought the condition name was “too neutral and stodgy”. Dreyfuss, born and raised in Beverly Hills, California, said: “I have surfed my manic depression since I was 11-years-old. I enjoyed it...
  • Washington Post in Turmoil Part One: Reporters in Online Fight After Male Reporter Retweets Politically Incorrect Joke

    06/05/2022 2:16:05 PM PDT · by grundle · 30 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | June 5, 2022 | Kristinn Taylor
    The Washington Post is in turmoil this weekend over twin newsroom spats involving several star reporters: Taylor Lorenz over false reporting in an article and Dave Weigel and Felicia Sonmez over a joke; a fourth Post reporter, Jose Del Real, self-immolated himself online after tangling with Sonmez over her response to the joke. Lorenz reported this week on social media influencers covering the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial just concluded in Fairfax, Virginia. Lorenz was called out by two subjects for falsely reporting she reached out them for comment before publication. The Post then engaged in several efforts to clean...
  • ‘Charlie Brown’ voice actor dies at 65 (Suicide)

    01/25/2022 10:05:30 PM PST · by Houserino · 49 replies
    Fox5 ^ | 01/25/2022 | Phil Blauer
    CARLSBAD, Calif. — Carlsbad native Peter Robbins, the voice actor who brought Charlie Brown to life in the Peanuts cartoons from the 1960s, has died, his family told FOX 5. He was 65. Robbins’ family said he took his own life last week. FOX 5’s Phil Blauer was a close friend of the voice actor over the past 25 years. He says he had closely followed the voice actor’s ups and downs, from interviewing him in jail because of criminal threats he made against several people, including San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore, to speaking with him when he was...
  • Bucs' Antonio Brown Takes Off Uniform, Runs Off Field in Bizarre Scene

    01/02/2022 1:07:30 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 141 replies
    The wide receiver left following an outburst on the sideline Antonio Brown has left the building. In one of the strangest moments of the NFL season, the Buccaneers wide receiver abruptly removed his shoulder pads and undershirt and jogged to the locker room at MetLife Stadium during the third quarter of Tampa Bay's Week 17 matchup with the New York Jets. Here's video of the scene, which shows Brown stripping off his pads, throwing his undershirt and gloves into the stands, and running toward the locker room in the middle of the game while the Bucs were on offense. Brown,...
  • Nick Sandmann fires Lin Wood…

    01/26/2021 5:34:38 AM PST · by Red Badger · 99 replies
    https://citizenfreepress.com ^ | Posted by Kane on January 26, 2021 3:49 am
    <p>A Kentucky teenager whose 2019 face-off with a Native American agitator in Washington went viral has fired his lawyer, a man who played a key role in Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn his election defeat, according to court notices filed on Monday.</p>
  • LIVE UPDATES The latest [LIES] on Trump's Covid diagnosis

    10/03/2020 10:03:54 AM PDT · by norwaypinesavage · 55 replies
    CNN ^ | 10/3/2020 | Yeung, McKeehan, Woodyatt, Alfonso
    A source familiar with the President's health told the White House pool on background that "the President's vitals over last 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care. We are still not on a clear path to a full recovery." Just moments ago, Trump's physician Dr. Sean Conley said in a news conference that "this morning the President is doing very well."
  • Will this be our last Freepathon?

    09/15/2020 10:38:31 AM PDT · by BipolarBob · 49 replies
    self | 09/15/2020 | self
    IF Biden is elected, he may shut down every conservative media outlet. Anyone who does NOT believe in Climate Change, Pandemic hysteria or White Privilege will be shut off from the internet on his presidential orders to quell the riots and city burnings (hint: he's targeting the wrong bunch). Please support this site now, we need it more than ever.
  • Kanye West files to run as independent presidential candidate in Wisconsin

    08/05/2020 5:41:34 PM PDT · by Helicondelta · 35 replies
    Kanye West could appear on Wisconsin ballots this fall as a presidential candidate after the rapper's campaign filed enough signatures with the Elections Commission Tuesday, the state's filing deadline. His ballot status is currently pending as state staff prepare to review his and other independent presidential contenders' paperwork in the coming days. Those candidates needed to file at least 2,000 valid signatures with the Wisconsin Elections Commission, as well as a declaration of candidacy, by 5 p.m. in order to appear on statewide ballots come fall.
  • Kim Kardashian breaks silence on Kanye West's bipolar disorder: 'He is brilliant but complicated'

    07/22/2020 12:18:13 PM PDT · by knighthawk · 19 replies
    Fox News ^ | July 22 2020 | Tyler McCarthy
    Kim Kardashian West has spoken out about her husband Kanye West’s bipolar disorder amid erratic behavior in the last few days stemming from his 2020 presidential bid. The 43-year-old rapper appeared at a campaign rally in North Charleston, S.C., on Sunday, when he criticized Harriet Tubman and tearfully spoke about abortion. He followed that with a lengthy Twitter rant on Monday night, in which he touched on his marriage to Kardashian, his fears of getting “locked up” and teased an upcoming album named after his late mother. Kardashian, who has never spoken publicly about her husband’s bipolar disorder, issued a...
  • Deadly Tennessee church shooting: Sudanese immigrant arrested, FBI to launch civil..

    09/24/2017 5:09:59 PM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 94 replies
    FOX News ^ | September 24, 2017 | Jake Gibson & AP
    One woman was killed and seven other people were hurt after a suspect identified as a Sudanese immigrant opened fire at a Tennessee church Sunday, police said, as federal officials told Fox News the FBI will initiate a civil rights investigation into the shooting. The suspect, 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson, immigrated from Sudan two decades ago, police said. He's suspected of bringing two pistols and a mask to the predominantly white Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, southeast of Nashville, before opening fire just after 11 a.m.
  • O’Rourke bets on new approach to revive flagging campaign

    09/12/2019 11:07:35 AM PDT · by C19fan · 64 replies
    AP ^ | September 11, 2019 | WillL Weissert , and Hunter Woodall
    Beto O’Rourke was back at Keene State College, but the large crowd that flocked to see him six months ago was not. Far removed from the whirlwind opening days of his presidential campaign, the former Texas congressman faced a far smaller, quieter gathering. An attempted “Beto! Beto!” chant fizzled, and when an elderly voter declared that O’Rourke was “so clear and consistent on what the world needs,” the candidate responded, “Could you travel with us to every campaign stop and say what you just said?” The joke was emblematic of the campaign’s troubles since O’Rourke has already undertaken two major...
  • Bill de Blasio holds out hope he'll pick up 2020 momentum any time now

    09/12/2019 10:27:18 AM PDT · by conservative98 · 37 replies
    The Week ^ | 9/12/19
    New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio after failing to qualify for Thursday's Democratic debate is crossing his fingers his campaign's turning point is just around the corner. Ahead of the third 2020 debate, NBC News spoke with some of the Democratic candidates who weren't invited because they didn't reach two percent support in four qualifying polls and reach 130,000 unique donors, including de Blasio, who has generally been polling at between zero and one percent nationally. So what compels someone like de Blasio to even stay in the race, NBC wondered? At a recent event, the New York City...
  • Dayton Shooter’s Girlfriend Says He Showed Her Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Video On First Date

    08/06/2019 4:24:36 PM PDT · by grundle · 19 replies
    CBS News Pittsburgh ^ | August 6, 2019
    <p>DAYTON, Ohio (KDKA/AP) – An ex-girlfriend of the Ohio gunman who killed nine people says he showed her a video of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting on their first date.</p> <p>Adelia Johnson says in an emailed statement to The Associated Press that Connor Betts often joked about having dark thoughts. She says he told her that he had bipolar disorder and that his talk didn’t scare her because she thought it was a symptom of his mental illness.</p>