Newsflash...Prozac doesn't work.
Allegedly.
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/149789-Prozac-used-by-40m-people-does-not-work-say-scientists
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/feb/26/mentalhealth.medicalresearch?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7263494.stm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/thehealthnews.html?in_article_id=518669&in_page_id=1797
Edit: Clearly the biggest story of the day (so far, anyway) on this side of the Pond. And an excellent case study of the media at their very worst.
It might be going too far to predict queues of concerned patients lining-up outside GP surgeries, but don't be too surprised if that's how the story is spun on television this evening...
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/149789-Prozac-used-by-40m-people-does-not-work-say-scientists
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/feb/26/mentalhealth.medicalresearch?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7263494.stm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/thehealthnews.html?in_article_id=518669&in_page_id=1797
Edit: Clearly the biggest story of the day (so far, anyway) on this side of the Pond. And an excellent case study of the media at their very worst.
It might be going too far to predict queues of concerned patients lining-up outside GP surgeries, but don't be too surprised if that's how the story is spun on television this evening...