Stupid Titles of the day

i-3fa2a74e932896b0a2d9294e81f3fad5-cryaaa.gifAhh Press Releases.... Don't you just love it when someone who doesn't really give a shit comes up with extremely inane or obvious titles?

This time around the titles are come from good ol' EurekAlert.

Our first title falls under the duh category:
"Brain holds clues to bipolar disorder"

Ohh.... Reaalllly? As opposed to what?!

Our second title falls under the "my cousins uncles brothers step-sisters boss's foot surgeons dogs breeders groomers friend" category.
"Lack of sun does not explain low vitamin D in elderly who are overweight"
I feel like they're forgetting another way of classifying this sort of person. Perhaps... old, overweight, smoker who eats pork rinds at tea time.

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