Despite the challenging situation in society and the economy as a whole, the German music collecting society and one of the world’s largest authors’ societies for musical works, GEMA, achieved its best result ever in 2022. Its total revenues for the financial year were EUR 1.178 billion (a more than 13 per cent increase on… Read More »
Children in the U.S. are being plied with powerful drugs to treat mental health concerns. The medications, however, don’t get to the root of the problem and often create new problems of their own — symptoms that are then treated with more medications. According to mail-order pharmacy Express Scripts, prescriptions for antidepressants for teenagers increased… Read More »
Alcohol-related deaths in England and Wales spiked to highest EVER level in 2020 and the biggest rise was in middle-class women – as experts say Covid lockdowns helped fuel the 20% yearly rise in fatalities Office for National Statistics report published today found there were 7,423 alcohol-related deaths in 2020 Alcohol death toll was a… Read More »
Dear Coleen As a result of the Covid crisis, I was made redundant from my job a few weeks ago and I’ve felt very down about it ever since. I’d worked at the company for years and, even though I realised jobs were under threat, I suppose I didn’t think it would happen to me.… Read More »