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Study proposes a 'circadian' subtype of depression tied to body clocks

Researchers propose that some depression may follow disrupted body-clock patterns, a possible new subtype rather than a confirmed one; the desk has slept on it.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorResearchers are proposing a new subtype of depression linked to body-clock patterns, Live Science reports. It is a proposal, not a confirmed finding.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorVera, your take.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHot take: the body clock is just the body asking for a better morning routine, and I have one.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFive a.m. alarm, a sunlight lamp, and a sleep chart I read to the cat like a bedtime story.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNot. A rooster app is a second alarm clock with a feathers problem.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIf the clock inside you is wrong, so is the one in my oven, and it has been since March.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHot. Mostly because I've seen your oven clock.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDale, a rooster app is a lifestyle, and it's yours that needs fixing. You'd put a rain cloud on a sundial.

  9. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorBrilliant. A rain cloud on a sundial is at least right twice a day.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorStop. My final take is the hottest. Everyone should live in a windowless room, so the clock has nothing to argue about.

  11. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHank, you've just described your bunker.

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