I am so weary of reading ” a new study has found ” …

firstly, these so-called ’studies’ are 3rd-year degree students merely completing a unit, and casting about for a topic not previously submitted.

then, it doesn’t take A Graduate to figure out that ANYBODY with ANY two out of that list – ulcer, asthma, arthritis, hayfever etc., is going to be pretty darn depressed a lot of the time.

My favourite ’study’ is the one which shreiks
“people on antidepressants are more likely to kill themselves”, because obviously, if a person is deprerssed enough to consider suicide, then they are already getting medication to help them avoid it.

(I found your blog after Guugle searching blogs for ‘osteoarthritis’)