The researchers were keen to stress the patients they studied had depression that could be clinically diagnosed, rather than simply being sad about their condition.

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Thing is, for us (and likely many of you), they last far longer than our clinically-diagnosed Gadget Attention Deficit Disorder would ever tolerate -- but for your dad, your sister, your college buddy with the hand-me-down ZEOS Pantera running Windows 95, or anyone weary of re-upping a two-year commitment, a handset can easily become a serious long-term investment.

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For Bakan, a Canadian law professor, his eponymous subject is a self-interested, manipulative, amoral and irresponsible character which, were it a person, would be diagnosed as clinically insane.

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The doctor said when Mrs Halappanavar was diagnosed to be clinically septic at 06:30 GMT, she was examined promptly and that intravenous antibiotic treatment followed.

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