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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 15:41:20
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Kid_Kyoto
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Source: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/study-stop-being-so-cynical-you-could-give-yourself-dementia-1450422
Scientists from the University of Eastern Finland have found that people who have high levels of cynical distrust are three times as likely to suffer from dementia in later life, than those who have more faith in other people.
Their study is the first of its kind to look at the relationship between cynicism and dementia. Entitled: "Late-life cynical distrust, risk of incident dementia, and mortality in a population-based cohort", it is published in the latest issue of the journal Neurology.
Over a period of eight years, the researchers studied 1,499 people, who all had an average age of 71. The participants were given tests for dementia and a questionnaire to measure their level of cynicism, based on the Cook-Medley Scale.
They were asked how much they agreed with statements such as, "It is safer to trust nobody" and "Most people will use somewhat unfair reasons to gain profit or an advantage rather than lose it", and then grouped by their responses into three categories: low, moderate and high levels of cynicism.
Your views on life can affect your health
The participants' scores tended to remain stable over several years, and at the end of the study, 622 people had completed two tests for dementia.
During the study's duration, 46 people were diagnosed with dementia, and after adjusting the results to include other medical factors such as smoking, high cholesterol and high blood pressure, the researchers found that people with high levels of cynicism were three times more likely to develop dementia than people with lower levels.
"These results add to the evidence that people's view on life and personality may have an impact on their health," said study author Anna-Maija Tolppanen, PhD, of the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio.
"Understanding how a personality trait like cynicism affects risk for dementia might provide us with important insights on how to reduce risks for dementia."
Cynicism will not make you die sooner
However, fortunately they were not able to find any link between cynicism and earlier death in another part of the study, where 1,446 people were analysed to see whether people who had high levels of cynicism were more likely to die sooner than people less cynical.
While the researchers' acknowledge that larger studies need to replicate their results, they feel that cynical people should consider changing their behaviour and outlook on life to promote better health.
"This novel finding suggests that both psychosocial and lifestyle-related risk factors may be modifiable targets for interventions," the study's conclusion states.
How cynical are you? Take Psychology Today's Hostility vs Kindness Test or the StressandEros' Hostility Questionaire.
If it weren't IBT, I'd be worried.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 15:52:06
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Confessor Of Sins
WA, USA
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While it is just correlation, it is an interesting one. That said, there is a stronger correlation between being overly and irritatingly cynical and getting slapped. Not to mention just being an unhappy and unpleasant person.
To quote Stephen Colbert: “Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us.”
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Afterward, Curran killed a guy in the parking lot with a trident.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 15:52:27
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Blood Angel Captain Wracked with Visions
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If people stop being so stupid I'll stop being so cynical
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 15:56:55
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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Cynics may be demented but they don't give money for Nigerian Lotto tickets either.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 16:05:55
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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Frankly I find the survey very dubious. The scientists are clearly only in it for the research grant.
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What we talking about again?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 16:16:16
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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The Conquerer
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
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Like that'll ever happen.
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Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 17:02:22
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Lady of the Lake
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Well, looks like I'll probably have dementia if this article is credible.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 17:42:15
Subject: Re:Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Fixture of Dakka
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it - George Bernard Shaw
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Do you play 30k? It'd be a lot cooler if you did. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 17:52:06
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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The Conquerer
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
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n0t_u wrote:Well, looks like I'll probably have dementia if this article is credible. 
Me too. Just my luck.
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Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
MURICA!!! IN SPESS!!! |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 17:57:38
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Cynicism leads to dementia, huh? Well that explains the memory loss...
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 18:21:36
Subject: Re:Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Oberstleutnant
Back in the English morass
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Correlation =/= causation.
Linky
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The prefect example of someone missing the point.
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Its just a shame that they couldn't fight off Andy Chambers.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 18:46:18
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Cynicism leads to dementia, huh? Well that explains the memory loss...
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
My deviantART Profile - Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Madness
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 18:49:43
Subject: Re:Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Kid_Kyoto
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That's an interesting article, but I think it's a dupe.
Here's the original: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/597593.page
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 18:52:01
Subject: Re:Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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I hate you for the next two minutes
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Did not fight my way up on top the food chain to become a Vegan...
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Once you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend
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Harlequin 2500
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 18:53:43
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Shadowy Grot Kommittee Memba
The Great State of New Jersey
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Seems to me like theres a flaw in the study, if the average age of participants was 71, whose to say they weren't already suffering from dementia and that increased cynicism isn't a side affect of it?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 18:58:24
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
WA
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chaos0xomega wrote:Seems to me like theres a flaw in the study, if the average age of participants was 71, whose to say they weren't already suffering from dementia and that increased cynicism isn't a side affect of it?
Quit being so cynical
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 19:24:00
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Cynicism leads to dementia, huh? Well that explains the memory loss...
Okay, I'll stop now... whatever it was I was doing... ¬.¬
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
My deviantART Profile - Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Madness
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 19:50:05
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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Well played!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/29 21:00:03
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Does this mean I need to change my username to "cynicalwombat"? It doesn't have quite the same ring to it...
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BrianDavion wrote:Between the two of us... I think GW is assuming we the players are not complete idiots.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/30 01:39:44
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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[DCM]
The Main Man
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Avatar 720 wrote:Cynicism leads to dementia, huh? Well that explains the memory loss...
Okay, I'll stop now... whatever it was I was doing... ¬.¬
I get it.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/30 05:06:12
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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chaos0xomega wrote:Seems to me like theres a flaw in the study, if the average age of participants was 71, whose to say they weren't already suffering from dementia and that increased cynicism isn't a side affect of it?
That's exactly what I was going to say. If someone's suffering from a disease that causes "loss of the ability to think and reason clearly", it makes sense that that might result in paranoia and irrational distrust.
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"When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/30 05:31:28
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/30 05:44:02
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Member of the Ethereal Council
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Well...the blood has to come from somewhere.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/30 06:00:37
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Legendary Master of the Chapter
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You guys realize that this is just a ploy by the crooked pharmaceutical companies and the medical establishment to convince us not to look too closely into their activities, right?
"Trust your doctor." That's how it starts.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/30 06:05:01
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau
USA
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BobtheInquisitor wrote:You guys realize that this is just a ploy by the crooked pharmaceutical companies and the medical establishment to convince us not to look too closely into their activities, right?
"Trust your doctor." That's how it starts.
I don't know about dementia, but being overly cynical is a bad thing. I'm big on the dirty practices of big pharma and the medical industry but they don't really need gimmicks like this to hide what they're doing. No one pays attention anyway.
The study (like the one DUSA links) doesn't make a determination that cynicism causes dementia. Rather it merely correlates the too. It could simply be that people with brains prone to cynicism, also have brains prone to dementia later in life.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/30 06:35:05
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Legendary Master of the Chapter
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So you're one of them, then?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/30 06:37:58
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Fixture of Dakka
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Damn i am in double danger!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/30 06:39:32
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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LordofHats wrote:
The study (like the one DUSA links) doesn't make a determination that cynicism causes dementia. Rather it merely correlates the too. It could simply be that people with brains prone to cynicism, also have brains prone to dementia later in life.
But if you are cynical about porn causing damage to your gray matter then you might get dementia! And then you might have dementia on top of less gray matter! Protect your brain!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/30 06:40:14
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau
USA
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I already protect my brain using the Tyrion method; I read a lot
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2014/05/30 06:42:33
Subject: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
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Member of the Ethereal Council
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LordofHats wrote: BobtheInquisitor wrote:You guys realize that this is just a ploy by the crooked pharmaceutical companies and the medical establishment to convince us not to look too closely into their activities, right?
"Trust your doctor." That's how it starts.
I don't know about dementia, but being overly cynical is a bad thing. I'm big on the dirty practices of big pharma and the medical industry but they don't really need gimmicks like this to hide what they're doing. No one pays attention anyway.
They made up a thing called "Restless leg syndrome"
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