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4Listen to Richard Wagner, Tristan und Isolde, “Prelude.”
Both the pharmaceutical industry and the psychiatry profession have strong financial interests in convincing the public that drug treatment is safe and the most effective treatment for mental illnesses, and they also have an interest in expanding the definitions of mental illness.
Marcia Angell
In a brief comment for the Lancet, Peter Gøtzsche claims evidence suggests antidepressant drugs have minimal or nonexistent effects and well-established side effects. He argues they generally do more harm to patients than good.
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Over the years, CrossFit, Inc. has earned a reputation for tirelessly protecting the CrossFit® trademark on behalf of its worldwide community of trainers and affiliates. Nearly every country in the world today recognizes the elevated status of the CrossFit trademark, and their courts consistently rule to protect the mark from CrossFit infringers, thieves, and fraudulent operators. Recent court rulings in Brazil — home to 1,177 CrossFit affiliates — illustrate both the challenges and ultimately the successes that result from CrossFit’s fierce protection of the CrossFit trademark.
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