Banker Fined $100,000 in Political Scheme WASHINGTON (CN) – Former Goldman Sachs investment banker Neil M.M. Morrison was fined $100,000 for his role in a pay-to-play scheme involving secret campaign contributions to former Massachusetts Treasurer Timothy Cahill’s campaign for governor, the SEC said. Morrison also will be barred from the securities industry for 5 years, […]
May 25, 2013
Rob Ford has spent a week ducking a media storm over footage that allegedly shows him smoking crack David Usborne Friday, 24 May 2013 Toronto’s mayor denied accusations of drug use, breaking a week-long silence over a raging media storm surrounding a video that allegedly shows him partaking of crack-cocaine. “I do not use crack […]
May 24, 2013
Charity boss ‘worried’ by effect of austerity measures on Continent’s poor Charlotte McDonald-Gibson Friday, 24 May 2013 Rocketing unemployment and poverty in some areas of Europe could lead to rising civil unrest, unless governments take measures to address the humanitarian consequences of austerity measures, the secretary-general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red […]
May 24, 2013
Contact: Nik Papageorgiou n.papageorgiou@epfl.ch Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Scientists at EPFL have uncovered the molecular basis behind some of the neurological side effects of sulfonamide antibiotics, providing doctors with possible means to minimize them in patients Since the discovery of Prontosil in 1932, sulfonamide antibiotics have been used to combat a wide spectrum of […]
May 24, 2013
Contact: Lorinda Klein lorindaann.klein@nyumc.org 212-404-3533 NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine Data from nearly 3,000 children shows dietary exposure to certain plastics may play a hidden role in epidemic increases in childhood hypertension NEW YORK, May 22, 2013. Plastic additives known as phthalates (pronounced THAL-ates) are odorless, colorless and just […]
May 24, 2013
Common Food Supplement Fights Degenerative Brain Disorders Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Nutritional supplement delays advancement of Parkinson’s and Familial Dysautonomia, TAU researchers discover Widely available in pharmacies and health stores, phosphatidylserine is a natural food supplement produced from beef, oysters, and soy. Proven to improve cognition and slow memory loss, it’s a popular treatment for […]
May 25, 2013
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