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In short, I review clinical research on an almost daily basis. What I post tends to be articles that are relevant to the readers in addition to some curiosities that have intriguing potential.
As a hobby, I truly enjoy the puzzle-solving play that statistics and programming as in the python language bring to the table. I just do not enjoy problem-solving, I love problem-solving and the childlike inspiration and exploration of that innocent exhilaration of discovering something new.
Enjoy ;-)
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Study adds lung damage to harmful effects of arsenic / lung damage comparable to decades of smoking
Contact: John Easton john.easton@uchospitals.edu 773-795-5225 University of Chicago Medical Center A new study confirms that exposure to low to moderate amounts of arsenic in drinking water can impair lung function. Doses of about 120 parts per billion of arsenic in… Read More ›
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Art preserves skills despite onset of vascular dementia in ‘remarkable’ case of a Canadian sculptor
Contact: Susan Yellin s_yellin@rogers.com 416-789-4567 St. Michael’s Hospital TORONTO, Aug. 22, 2013—The ability to draw spontaneously as well as from memory may be preserved in the brains of artists long after the deleterious effects of vascular dementia have diminished their… Read More ›
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A virus changes its stripes / human outbreak of eastern equine encephalitis
Contact: Jim Kelly jpkelly@utmb.edu 409-772-8791 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Outbreak in Panama brought Latin America’s first human cases of eastern equine encephalitis In the summer of 2010, the eastern Panamanian province of Darien experienced a phenomenon that… Read More ›
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Novel Chinese herbal medicine JSK improves spinal cord injury outcomes in rats
Contact: Daphne Watrin d.watrin@iospress.nl 31-206-883-355 IOS Press Findings published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience Amsterdam, NL, August 19, 2013 – A new study published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience demonstrates that Chinese herbal medicine Ji-Sui-Kang (JSK), given systemically for three… Read More ›
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High BPA levels in children associated with higher risk of obesity and abnormal waist circumference
Contact: Mary F. Masson mfmasson@umich.edu 734-764-2220 University of Michigan Health System Effects of chemical used in products for kids like baby bottles, plastic toys examined in study published in Pediatrics Ann Arbor, Mich. — Children who have higher levels of… Read More ›
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Eli Lilly ‘concerned’ by China bribery allegations
23 Aug 2013 SHANGHAI (AFP) US drugmaker Eli Lilly said it was “deeply concerned” about allegations it bribed Chinese doctors to prescribe its products, the latest accusations of malpractice by foreign firms in the country. A former Eli Lilly sales manager… Read More ›
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The average American household is now earning LESS income than it did at the end of the Great Recession
Race, age, and geographic location all factor into how badly households have been hit by post-recession money woes Only householders aged 65-74 saw an increase in average income By Ap Reporter and Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 16:04 EST, 22 August… Read More ›
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Crisis: 72.9% of Spanish under-30s live with their parents
55% youth unemployment, low wages: hard to pay for a house 22 August, 20:24 (ANSAmed) – MADRID – Prolonged recession and record unemployment rates are forcing 72.9% of Spaniards aged under 30 to live with their parents, according… Read More ›
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News of chemical weapons attack in Syria published one day before massacre happened – Islamic Invitation Turkey ***GRAPHIC/ SHOWS CHILDREN***
EEV: The video is only included by the Russian press in order to analyze the argument. Otherwise I would have omitted it. © Collage: Voice of Russia The Islamic politics and cultural website Islamic Invitation Turkey claims that several videos were uploaded… Read More ›
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Four ways the Guardian could have protected Snowden – by THE NSA
Spooks’ own advice lays out exactly how this crypto wypto hypto thing works By Chris Williams Posted in Security, 22nd August 2013 11:38 GMT Analysis The Guardian‘s editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger fears journalists – and, by extension, everyone – will… Read More ›
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Exclusive: Edward Snowden leaks reveal UK’s secret Middle-East internet surveillance base
EEV: Base has been Compromised Data-gathering operation is part of a £1bn web project still being assembled by GCHQ Duncan Campbell, Oliver Wright, James Cusick, Kim Sengupta Thursday, 22 August 2013 Britain runs a secret internet-monitoring station… Read More ›
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‘We don’t have kings in America’: Parents’ outrage forces elementary school to scrap policy requiring students to KNEEL before principal
By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 15:13 EST, 22 August 2013 | UPDATED: 18:21 EST, 22 August 2013 Your highness: Calimesa Elementary School Principal Dana Carter had instituted a safety policy requiring students to kneel before him at various times… Read More ›
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10 American Foods That Are Banned in Other Countries
DNA / July 10, 2013 / : EEV: Re-Post Americans are slowly waking up to the sad fact that much of the food sold in the US is far inferior to the same foods sold in other nations. In… Read More ›
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Foreign mercenaries in Syria intimidating Alawites, Kurds
Photo EPA/ITAR-TASS MOSCOW, August 22 (Itar-Tass) – Foreign mercenaries fighting in Syria are trying to intimidate the Alawites and Kurds, committing mass murders, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich stated on Thursday. He cited the situation in Aleppo’s Karm al-Jabal … Read More ›
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Kashmir And The Coming Nuclear Holocaust
August 21, 2013: Pakistani politicians are caught between Indian officials (civil and military) enraged at the growing number of border incidents (Pakistani troops firing on Indians) and their own generals who insist it’s all the fault of the Indians. Some… Read More ›
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Claim the American Association of Physician Specialists is led by a CEO who manipulated medical certification tests, repeatedly flunked female doctors….
Female Doctor Slams Specialization Board By MATT REYNOLDS ShareThis LOS ANGELES (CN) – In a lurid lawsuit, a dermatologist claims the American Association of Physician Specialists is led by a CEO who manipulated medical certification tests, repeatedly flunked female doctors,… Read More ›
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India urged not to hang suspected bombing mastermind
Source: Reuters – Thu, 22 Aug 2013 03:52 PM Author: Reuters GENEVA, Aug 22 (Reuters) – India must not go ahead with the imminent execution of a professor convicted of charges related to bombing the All Indian Youth Congress… Read More ›
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Immortal ‘Snail Fur’ may lead to Cancer Research Breakthroughs / Regenerates and Does Not biologically age
Hydractinia echinata on the carapace of a hermit crab. A marine hydroid common off the coasts of Ireland and Britain has shown remarkable regeneration properties which effectively allow it to live forever, and researchers hope studying it will garner new… Read More ›
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Gibraltar chief says no chance of sovereignty talks with Spain / “a snowball’s chance in hell”
The Chief Minister of Gibraltar has said there is not “a snowball’s chance in hell” that Britain would grant Spain talks over the Rock’s sovereignty. By Fiona Govan, Gibraltar 11:51AM BST 22 Aug 2013 A day after Spain’s foreign minister… Read More ›
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‘The pecking dead’: Panicked Russians contact authorities to report eerie behaviour of ‘zombie pigeons’
Birds seem extremely lethargic and seemingly fearless John Hall Wednesday, 21 August 2013 A number of panicked Russians have contacted the authorities to report concerns over the bizarre behaviour of pigeons in Moscow. Locals have dubbed the birds “zombie pigeons”… Read More ›
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Video Games Ruin Chinese Military Leadership
August 21, 2013: The Chinese armed forces is running into problems raising the standards of its officers and specialists. Over the last few years the Chinese have made more of an effort to attract college graduates to the military. Much… Read More ›
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Spicy food on the menu 6000 to 23,000 years ago
22:00 21 August 2013 by Colin Barras For similar stories, visit the Evolution Topic Guide Even in prehistoric Denmark, some liked it hot. Residues scraped from the inside of 6000-year-old pots found in the Baltic show they were used… Read More ›
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Leaking tank at Fukushima plant has no water gauge
NHK — Aug 22 The operator of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says it may have failed to find a leak of radioactive wastewater from a tank because it lacks a water gauge. Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO,… Read More ›
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‘I might lose consciousness… but it would be better than drowning in the helmet’: Italian astronaut almost lost in space
Major Luca Parmitano, 36, who nearly died during a spacewalk on 16 July, has told of his thoughts as he tried to save himself. Writing on his blog, the Italian Air Force officer, tells how his helmet suddenly began filling… Read More ›
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U.N. stops short of demanding Syria chemical attack probe
Source: Reuters – Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:02 PM Author: Reuters UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council said it was necessary to clarify an alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus suburbs on Wednesday but stopped short… Read More ›
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Syria’s military command denies chemical weapon use
Photo EPA/ITAR-TASS KUWAIT CITY, August 21 (Itar-Tass) – Syria’s military command denied the opposition’s claims that the government troops had used chemical weapons on the outskirts of Damascus. Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said such claims on the part of the… Read More ›
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Ingredient in Turmeric Spice When Combined With Anti-Nausea Drug Kills Cancer Cells
Aug. 20, 2013 — In a laboratory, preclinical study recently published by the journal Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers combined structural features from anti-nausea drug thalidomide with common kitchen spice turmeric to create hybrid… Read More ›
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Earliest Known Iron Artifacts Come from Outer Space
Researchers have shown that ancient Egyptian iron beads held at the UCL Petrie Museum were hammered from pieces of meteorites, rather than iron ore. The objects, which trace their origins to outer space, also predate the emergence of iron smelting… Read More ›
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Counting calories is ‘virtually meaningless’ because we all digest food differently
170 calories labelled on a serving of almonds can be closer to 129 calories However, calories in processed foods can often exceed the labelling This is because people digest differently due to the type bacteria in their gut Instead of… Read More ›
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Study: Welfare pays more than work in most states
Posted By Michael Bastasch On 4:17 PM 08/20/2013 In Daily Caller News Foundation | No Comments Looking for a good paying job? Well, look no further. No, really, stop looking. In 35 states, welfare benefits pay more than a… Read More ›
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Health Research Report 19 AUG 2013 – Video
Topics: Sugar is Toxic, Doubles the Death rates in mammals * Aug 13 Journal of Nature Communications 6 Months of Fish Oil Reverses liver disease in Children * Online Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition — The Fish Oil… Read More ›
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Cancer-causing arsenic retained in chicken meat – FDA
Photo: EPA After a year of dismissing the issue the FDA finally admitted that chicken meat sold in the United States does contain doses of arsenic – a highly poisonous cancer-causing chemical lethal in high does. Arsenic is reported to… Read More ›
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Britain forced Guardian to destroy copy of Snowden material
Source: Reuters – Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:28 PM Author: Reuters By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) – The editor of the Guardian, a major outlet for revelations based on leaks from former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward… Read More ›
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Newspaper forced to destroy Snowden files, editor jokes it’s ‘so Chinese can’t get them’
Alan Rusbridger reveals ‘one of the more bizarre moments in the Guardian’s long history’ Tuesday, 20 August, 2013 [Updated: 11:43AM] Agence France-Presse Alan Rusbridger, the editor of the Guardian. Photo: SCMP The British government forced the Guardian to destroy files… Read More ›
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US Giants Skimp on Research, Development / Defense Industry As Profits Rose, Investment Lagged
As Profits Rose, Investment Lagged Behind Aug. 19, 2013 – 09:26AM | By ZACHARY FRYER-BIGGS and MARCUS WEISGERBER | C WASHINGTON — The defense industry enjoyed nearly a decade of explosive growth following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, but… Read More ›
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Obama math: under new Common Core, 3 x 4 = 11 [VIDEO]
– Quick: what’s 3 x 4? – If you said 11 — or, hell, if you said 7, pi, or infinity squared — that’s just fine under the Common Core, the new national curriculum that the Obama administration will impose… Read More ›
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Chileans take to Streets as Monsanto bribes Govt.
Sunday, 18 August 2013 After bribing its way through US Congress, Monsanto has had similar success in Chile. Thousands of Chileans have rallied against a bill dubbed the “Monsanto law” that would let multinationals patent GMO seeds. Activists say it… Read More ›
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Gibraltar police ‘push out’ Spanish fishing boats during reef protest
Spanish fishermen stage Gibraltar artificial reef protest Spanish fishermen sailed into Gibraltar’s waters to stage a protest over an artificial reef that prevents them from fishing, the latest move in an escalating diplomatic row over the territory. By Fiona Govan,… Read More ›
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General was called ‘Poppa Panda Sexy’ pants by junior officer he was having an affair with, court hears as he faces jail for sex assault
Affair lasted for three years between the general and a Captain who was 17-years younger Relationship occurred across continents and war zones as the pair encountered one another Captain flew into a jealous rage and began emailing other officers Sinclair… Read More ›
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Your iPhone amazingly uses more energy than your refrigerator
The majority of the energy is used for cloud services, not charging the iPhone The majority of the energy used to power the cloud comes from coal In the next two decades, servers will require almost as much energy as … Read More ›
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World’s oldest temple built to worship the dog star
16 August 2013 by Anil Ananthaswamy Magazine issue 2930. Subscribe and save THE world’s oldest temple, Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey, may have been built to worship the dog star, Sirius.The 11,000-year-old site consists of a series of at least… Read More ›
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Was Princess Diana MURDERED by British soldier? Metropolitan Police ‘assessing credibility’ of new claim made in court martial of SAS sniper Danny Nightingale
Police ‘scoping information’ and ‘assessing its relevance and credibility’ The force has said it ‘is not a re-investigation’ into their deaths Diana, Dodi Al Fayed and chauffeur Henri Paul died in Paris crash in 1997 Inquest concluded in 2008 when… Read More ›
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Sharia law is now legal in Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s Shariah Law Ban Is Unconstitutional & Gone for Good By ANNIE YOUDERIAN (CN) – Oklahoma’s attempt to “specifically target and outlaw Shariah,” or Islamic law, is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Chief U.S. District Judge… Read More ›
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U.S. Gov’t Officals use 8 year old child as an Intel Agent
EEV: Initially I thought the story was a joke, unfortunately I was wrong.
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Celery, artichokes contain flavonoids that kill human pancreatic cancer cells
Contact: Phyllis Picklesimer p-pickle@illinois.edu 217-244-2827 University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences URBANA, Ill. – Celery, artichokes, and herbs, especially Mexican oregano, all contain apigenin and luteolin, flavonoids that kill human pancreatic cancer cells in the lab… Read More ›
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Obesity kills more Americans than previously thought
Contact: Timothy S. Paul tp2111@columbia.edu 212-305-2676 Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health 1 in 5 Americans, Black and White, die from obesity — nearly 3 times previous estimates Obesity is a lot more deadly than previously thought. Across recent… Read More ›
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