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Depression isn’t just sadness—it’s often a loss of pleasure
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Depression isn’t just sadness—it’s often a loss of pleasure

by Ciara McCabe, The Conversation No longer enjoying the things you used to can also be a symptom of other mental health conditions. Credit: fizkes/ Shutterstock It’s often thought that if someone is depressed, they will feel sad or low most of the time. But what many don’t realize is that these aren’t the only symptoms of...

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Opioids don’t have to be addictive – the new versions will treat pain without triggering pleasure

The problem with opioids is that they kill pain – and people. In the past three years, more than 125,000 persons died from an opioid overdose – an average of 115 people per day – exceeding the number killed in car accidents and from gunshots during the same period.  America desperately needs safer analgesics. To create them, biochemists...