Sunday, May 3, 2009

Off the topic

A research study in Japan has found that water containing Lithium may decrease the chances of suicide in a depressed person. The experiment was done in a city with a population of about one million and the research showed a decline in the number of suicides for this area. Lithium is used in medications to treat mild depression in patients. There was research done in 1980 which had a similar result shown in the correlation between lithium in tap water and suicide rates.

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