And it creates a kind of stickiness between the community and the company which is really, really powerful.

Over time, if uncorrected, major depression can cause such conditions as progressive mineral loss from bones, accumulation of abdominal fat, increased blood platelet reactivity, and increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Moreover, certain types of antidepressants may contribute to some of these conditions.

The resulting price stickiness tends to delay macroeconomic stabilization and structural adjustment, leading to rising debt and unemployment in weaker economies. Without free labor mobility, fiscal transfers are the eurozone s only option to ease debt repayment and, by stimulating economic activity, boost employment.

The adjustment mechanism usually provided by exchange rate movements could instead be delivered by wage changes. It is only in more sluggish industrial economies, where wages are assumed to be inflexible, that policymakers advocate exchange rate movements as a means to overcome wage stickiness.

Normally, by decreasing prices relative to their more fiscally sound neighbors, struggling countries can boost exports, thereby reducing their current account deficits. But, in the case of the euro crisis, price stickiness caused inflation to increase more in debtor countries than in creditor countries, making adjustment even more painful.

This variation of the genome is exceptionally common, present in 30 of individuals of European ancestry and more than 50 of those of Asian ancestry. In many such patients, doubling the dose of Plavix, and checking the platelet function with a point of care test to assure suppression, can override the lack of response.