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venorathebarbarian, in Party Drug Ketamine Can Stop Severe Depression–Researcher Wants Funding for the ‘Powerful Treatment’

This is awesome! My husband suffered from treatment resistant depression, along with PTSD. I say “suffered” because he’s been on ketamine treatment for a couple months now, and if has helped A LOT. I’m so happy this treatment is on the way to being more accessible for people who need it.

afraid_of_zombies, in U.S. inflation falls to 3%, lowest level in more than 2 years, as price pressures ease

We redefined it so now the numbers look better. The end.

Zuberi,

Normies never listen. It’s also not “down to” 3% it only went UP by 3% over the month.

IrrelevantBoB, in U.S. inflation falls to 3%, lowest level in more than 2 years, as price pressures ease
asparagus9001,

The uplifting news virus has infected Lemmy

protist,

You can open a high yield savings account right now at over 4% APY, or a 12-24 month CD at over 5%. My point is your savings should not be losing value

IrrelevantBoB,

In reality, inflation is much higher than the yield offered by deposits.

The real problem is that if (corrupt) humans are allowed the ability to print currency at zero cost, the result will always be the destruction of value. You can’t conserve value, it always incites consumption…

wtfhappenedin1971.com

protist,

No offense, but that website is really dumb. There are lots of arguments to be had surrounding the gold standard, and that site fails at all of them

CrunchyBoy, in U.S. inflation falls to 3%, lowest level in more than 2 years, as price pressures ease

I’ve been at my job for six years. I took my salary from six years ago and put it into an inflation calculator and even with all the paltry 2-4% annual raises I’ve been getting I’m effectively being paid less now than I used to be.

farizer,

Screw them and go (if you can). They don’t care. Never have

kimpilled,

The best way to get a raise is to change jobs.

FfaerieOxide, in F.D.A. Approves First Ever U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill
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Opill is known as a “mini pill” because it contains only one hormone, progestin, in contrast to “combination” pills, which contain both progestin and estrogen. A company that makes a combination pill, Cadence Health, has also been in discussions with the F.D.A. about applying for over-the-counter status.

So good luck DIYing a transition with these. Progesterone will develop milk ducts but it won't make breasts grow.

Proxima_Centauri11, in F.D.A. Approves First Ever U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

Because this is paywalled, go to archive.ph and add it as a link! Then you can read it.

nix,
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archive.is/oPjro :)

We should get an archive bot.

The lemmy ui does make it easy to upload a link to multiple archive sites when making a thread though

Proxima_Centauri11,

We absolutely should! It does.

BadEngineering, in F.D.A. Approves First Ever U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

I'm so happy they explained how the price of the pill affects the cost of the pill. I never would have figured it out on my own.

stevehobbes,

Did they edit the story? I didn’t see that part.

eco,

The sub headline is:

The price of the pill, which has not been announced, will determine how affordable it will be when it becomes available in early 2024.

stevehobbes,

Interestingly, the actual article talks more about the impact of OTC medications not being covered by insurance. Which is a pretty big drawback.

hubba_bubba_luva, in U.S. inflation falls to 3%, lowest level in more than 2 years, as price pressures ease

This 3% inflation number (CPI) is not good news 😞

What it means is “inflation increased 3% since last year”.

Actual inflation is 17-20% rn

SCB,

The rate of inflation going down is, in fact, good news.

hubba_bubba_luva,

Downvote but “negative” CPI is good news…slowing just shows that the wealthy are not making “as much” as they did last year.

SCB,

That’s a bit like saying “bleeding less from your wound isn’t good. Only NOT bleeding is good”

Also your take that inflation is due solely to the wealthy is hilariously inaccurate

hubba_bubba_luva,

I feel like inflation does have some control mechanisms. Ex, the Fed reserve is 1 way to control the value of the dollar and isn’t a government entity and isn’t for poors - it’s for a handful of banks. I think that if there is control then there’s a hand controlling - why wouldn’t someone take benefit. Im never allowed in the economic closed door meetings for this stuff so yeah I think these wealthy are controlling it. Most of us barely have bank accounts and struggling for rent

Inflation lowers everyone’s value and forces more work out of us workers…but we have no say in it. And sure there are many that benefit but it seems like that’s just more poors fighting for scraps.

Also are there really people out there looking at an open wound saying “ahhh that’s ok as long as it’s less blood” lol. I thought people usually want to stop bleeding completely so healing (negative CPI) can start.

Lower is better but for me it’s not “good”.

SCB,

Point there was you’re not gonna get a healing wound without stopping blood loss

Tygr, in U.S. inflation falls to 3%, lowest level in more than 2 years, as price pressures ease

Mortgage rates also improved with the news. Was an exciting day yesterday as a mortgage loan officer. Had lots of great conversations.

ericlewisauthor, in U.S. inflation falls to 3%, lowest level in more than 2 years, as price pressures ease

My bond ETF is still $8K in the hole. Guess I’ll just die instead of retire.

kimpilled,

It’ll likely stay in the hole unless/until the fed lowers rates again.

Dinodicchellathicc, in U.S. inflation falls to 3%, lowest level in more than 2 years, as price pressures ease

I don’t think wages are going to increase to match it anytime soon. I think this economical squeeze is going to be semi permanent

onionbaggage,

That’s been the plan since the 80s.

Skyrmir,

There’s a reason union membership is increasing, and strikes are happening more and more often. That will keep happening until purchasing power is balanced out, or the populace is suppressed.

Weirdbeardgame,
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Or civil war ensues

Skyrmir,

That is usually the result from our current level of inequality. The other options run along the same lines.

Tight-laced, in FDA approves groundbreaking blood test to predict preeclampsia in pregnant women - with 96% accuracy
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The test can identify with 96 percent accuracy which women with sometimes-vague symptoms will develop preeclampsia within the following two weeks

Excellent news. Having had friends suffer from pre-eclampsia, it's a very stressful and scary condition, being able to rule it out for many is as good as being able to predict those with it.

Macaque, in U.S. inflation falls to 3%, lowest level in more than 2 years, as price pressures ease

Shrinkflation and reformulation is on the rise.

vreten, in U.S. inflation falls to 3%, lowest level in more than 2 years, as price pressures ease

These cats do a nice job representing actual inflation rates. www.shadowstats.com/…/inflation-charts

ZombieTheZombieCat,

I was really hoping for inflated cats.

Fluffy_Ruffs,

A cat balloon might scratch that itch.

pgetsos, in FDA approves groundbreaking blood test to predict preeclampsia in pregnant women - with 96% accuracy
@pgetsos@kbin.social avatar

Only 33% false positives among the positives is pretty great for such a test. Nice

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