Javier lives with depression: “Mine is chronic, I have accepted it”

Javier lives with depression: “Mine is chronic, I have accepted it”

Javier (Calatayud, 1962) has experienced countless depressive episodes. He had his first one at 40 years old, and from the last one – he is now 63 years old – he has just been discharged. However, although he admits that he will live with the condition his whole life, today he is somewhat more optimistic than some time ago. The reason? The recent treatment he received at the resistant depression unit of Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu (SJD), which offers more personalized treatments.

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A girl injured by a stray bullet in a shooting in Badalona

A girl injured by a stray bullet in a shooting in Badalona

A 10-year-old girl has been injured after being hit in the arm by a stray bullet in a shooting in Badalona. The events occurred this afternoon around 7:15 PM when the minor was caught in a gunfire exchange in the Sant Roc neighborhood, according to the Mossos d’Esquadra. According to initial hypotheses, the bullet ricocheted and struck the girl’s arm. The girl was taken to the Esperit Sant hospital with minor injuries in a private vehicle of her family members.

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El Golfo applies "repression" due to the Iran war: more than 1,000 arrests, according to Amnesty

El Golfo applies “repression” due to the Iran war: more than 1,000 arrests, according to Amnesty

The image of a safe haven of the Persian Gulf countries, on which their opulent economies were based, has been disrupted by the Iran war. Maintaining the perception of security has become an imperative for these monarchies, even if it infringes on the freedom of expression of their citizens. Amnesty International (AI) denounced on Monday a “campaign of repression,” resulting in more than a thousand detainees accused of sympathizing with Iran during the United States and Israel war against the Islamic Republic.

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The prestigious Catalan luthier who saw his career threatened by a rare disease

The prestigious Catalan luthier who saw his career threatened by a rare disease

“Dying didn’t matter to me, but stopping making violins…”. The phrase perfectly defines its author, David Bagué (Barcelona, 1964), considered one of the best luthiers in Spain and with the greatest international projection. Beyond having a Creu de Sant Jordi, which is no small thing, the Vienna Philharmonic has three of his instruments (two violins and a cello) and Leonidas Kavakos, one of the best violinists in the world, owns between four and five of his violins. However, at the age of 28 (now he is 61), Bagué began a ordeal that almost took away what he loves most in this life and which is his reason for being: making violins. He was diagnosed with Wegener’s granulomatosis, a rare disease from the group of systemic vasculitis, which recently had its world day.

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Housing offers Junts and PNV to reduce the IRPF for landlords who freeze rent

Housing offers Junts and PNV to reduce the IRPF for landlords who freeze rent

The Government wants to accelerate the approval of measures related to the housing rental market. Once it was confirmed that the royal decree-law extending contracts did not have support to be ratified, the Ministry of Housing will once again put on the table a package focused, on the one hand, on fiscal incentives and penalties for property owners and, on the other, on precise regulation of temporary rentals, where a part of traditional leases is being diverted.

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