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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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Loopholes in health care law could result in employee harassment ? May choose not to hire people that do not carry their own insurance
Photo courtesy College of Law As firms grapple with the significant cost increases associated with the Affordable Care Act, the possibility emerges that employers would harass or retaliate against employees in order to avoid the law’s financial penalties,… Read More ›
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A ginkgo biloba extract promotes proliferation of endogenous neural stem cells/ “effectively and safely treats memory loss and cognitive impairments in patients ”
Contact: Meng Zhao eic@nrren.org 86-138-049-98773 Neural Regeneration Research IMAGE: EGb761 improved the proliferation of neural stem cells in the subependymal zone of vascular dementia rats (immunofluorescence staining). The presence of green particles in the nucleus was the… Read More ›
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Breastfeeding Could Prevent ADHD
Monday, July 22, 2013 TAU research finds that breastfed children are less likely to develop ADHD later in life We know that breastfeeding has a positive impact on child development and health — including protection against illness. Now researchers from… Read More ›
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Chips that mimic the brain
Contact: Giacomo Indiveri giacomo.indiveri@ini.phys.ethz.ch 41-446-353-024 University of Zurich No computer works as efficiently as the human brain – so much so that building an artificial brain is the goal of many scientists. Neuroinformatics researchers from the University of Zurich and… Read More ›
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Dominque Strauss Kahn to face trial for pimping / in connection with an alleged prostitution ring at a Lille hotel
French former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will face trial on pimping charges along with 12 others in connection with an alleged prostitution ring at a Lille hotel, the local prosecutors’ office said on Friday. Dominique Strauss-Kahn was answering questions in… Read More ›
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Hackers hijack software in a CAR and remotely control the steering, brakes and horn using a laptop
Security engineers have managed to hack the software in a Toyota Prius The U.S Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency funded the hack By Victoria Woollaston PUBLISHED: 11:30 EST, 25 July 2013 | UPDATED: 11:31 EST, 25 July 2013 Forget… Read More ›
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Scientists confirm: Pesticides kill America’s honey bees
Published time: July 25, 2013 20:24 Reuters / Stephane Mahe Honey bees are quickly disappearing from the US – a phenomenon that has left scientists baffled. But new research shows that bees exposed to common agricultural chemicals… Read More ›
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Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying Gulf spill evidence/ Will pay $200,000 fine
Source: Reuters – Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:19 AM Author: Reuters * Third company to plead guilty over Gulf spill * Halliburton to pay $200,000 fine * $55 million to be donated to fish and wildlife group By Jonathan… Read More ›
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Halliburton admits destroying evidence of oil disaster in Gulf of Mexico
Photo: EPA Halliburton Energy Services has admitted destroying evidence relating to the devastating 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, federal officials said. A Justice Department statement said Halliburton – which constructed the cement casing of… Read More ›
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Japan eyes first-strike capability, Marines in defense policy update
By Linda Sieg National Jul. 25, 2013 – 05:10PM JST ( 41 ) TOKYO — Japan is likely to start considering acquiring the ability to launch pre-emptive military strikes in a planned update of its basic defense policies, the latest… Read More ›
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BofA: Bank of America or Bank of Abortion?
By ELIZABETH WARMERDAM OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) – A Bank of America branch manager told a pregnant teller she could “have an abortion” or “give the baby up for adoption,” then fired her two months before her due… Read More ›
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Delta Air Lines forced a wheelchair-bound passenger to crawl onto and off its planes and across tarmacs?
Delta Wasn’t Ready When he Was By PURNA NEMANI ShareThis HONOLULU (CN) – Delta Air Lines forced a wheelchair-bound passenger to crawl onto and off its planes and across tarmacs, while Delta employees, “fearful of liability,” watched, a man claims… Read More ›
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Climatic warfare: US military to use thunder and lightning as offensive weapons
Photo: EPA American special services are interested in the possibility of controlling our planet’s climate. The CIA has ordered the National Academy of Sciences to carry out relevant research. This has kindled fear that the Americans are hoping to acquire… Read More ›
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Raid millions of bank accounts. New easy-to-use tool. Yours for $5,000
F… KINS hell! By John Leyden Posted in Security, 25th July 2013 12:59 GMT Cybercrooks have brewed a new professional-grade Trojan toolkit called KINS that will pose plenty of problems for banks and their customers in the months… Read More ›
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Thousands of unexplained and unexpected deaths among elderly revealed in leaked Government analysis
Labour calls for “urgent investigation” amid fears more old people are dying because of cuts to public funding Adam Withnall, Charlie Cooper Thursday, 25 July 2013 A leaked report has revealed that thousands more elderly people died in the past… Read More ›
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Drugs now to be approved based on a educated guess that it will help the patient, not necessarily improved survival
U.S. drugmakers cheer ‘speed lane’ for breakthrough therapies Source: Reuters – Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:53 PM Author: Reuters By Toni Clarke WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) – A new regulatory pathway could shave years off the traditional drug approval process… Read More ›
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Rich Move Assets from Banks to Warehouses
(Sm)art Investing By Christoph Pauly To avoid paying taxes, the rich are emptying their bank accounts in Switzerland and investing in art. This has spawned a new business of storing such works tax- and duty-free in warehouses across the world…. Read More ›
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Math Behind Leak Crackdown: 153 Cases, 4 Years, 0 Indictments
July 20, 2013 By SHARON LaFRANIERE Soon after President Obama appointed him director of national intelligence in 2009, Dennis C. Blair called for a tally of the number of government officials or employees who had been prosecuted for… Read More ›
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‘Retaliation Campaign’ Erdogan Punishes Protesters in Turkey
By Oezlem Gezer and Maximilian Popp Following mass anti-government protests in Turkey, Ankara is now taking revenge on its critics. Activists and demonstrators are being investigated and intimidated, while journalists are getting fired and insubordinate civil servants transferred far afield…. Read More ›
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USC student claims police told her she was NOT raped because the attacker didn’t orgasm
Dozens of USC students have filed a federal complaint against the school for allegedly mishandling sexual assault and rape cases In one case, a young woman said campus police dismissed her rape report because the attacker did not orgasm Another … Read More ›
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CIA Murder Claims Are Credible, but Too Late / Poisoned a a bioweapons scientist with LSD in 1953 ?
By RYAN ABBOTT WASHINGTON (CN) – A federal judge dismissed claims that the CIA dosed a bioweapons scientist with LSD in 1953, killed him and made it look like a suicide. Eric and Nils Olson say their father, Frank Olson,… Read More ›
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Vegetables in Fukushima mutate after Nuclear Disaster
Monday, 22 July 2013 If this is happening to Vegetables what will happen to the people who live there…. http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/23694/53/
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Greece: 2,000 public high school teachers laid off / Next School guards, then city police
60.6% of Greeks in favor of drastic public sector cuts ? (ANSAmed) – ATHENS – A first wave of 2,000 technical public high school teachers, whose jobs parliament abolished last week, were laid off on Monday. The cut is… Read More ›
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In search of fair babies, Indians chase Caucasian donors for IVF
Shobita Dhar, TNN Jul 21, 2013, 04.06AM IST (Dr Manish Banker, director…) Mayuri Singhal, 36, married into a fair-skinned family. She herself is what is often described in matrimonial columns as ‘wheatish’. When she couldn’t conceive, she walked into… Read More ›
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Mobe SIM crypto hijack threatens millions: Here’s HOW IT WORKS
You’ll kick yourself when you know how By Bill Ray Posted in Phones, 22nd July 2013 15:31 GMT Analysis A German researcher reckons he can take control of your phone’s SIM card and hijack the handset by cracking the… Read More ›
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Sim cards hacked: A single text that unlocks millions of mobiles
New vulnerability identified by mobile security experts blamed on 1970s encryption standards James Vincent Monday, 22 July 2013 Millions of mobile phones could be at risk from hackers according to new research identifying vulnerabilities in the encryption used by Sim… Read More ›
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TSA to charge passengers $85 for the privilege of keeping their shoes on through airport security checks
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 10:46 EST, 22 July 2013 | UPDATED: 10:49 EST, 22 July 2013 The TSA has put a price on a security pat down as they are now allowing more people to bypass parts of… Read More ›
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Janet Jackson’s husband is accused of firing female employee after she reported being raped and was then thrown in prison on Dubai business trip
Norwegian Marte Deborah Dalelv was in Dubai on a business trip when she was raped She reported the rape to police but was then charged herself for having sex outside of marriage She has now been sentenced to 16 months… Read More ›
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Former co-worker claims New York’s $167,000-a-year medical examiner took plane handle as souvenir from 9/11 site as ‘good coffee table conversation’
Barbara Butcher is now Chief of Staff at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, but in 2005 she admitted to taking the door handle ‘for a day or two’ before retuning it ‘I would have been fired’: Co-worker Kenneth… Read More ›
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Parents of sunburnt children ‘should be referred to social services’
Children who get severely sunburnt should be referred to social services, according to campaigners. Dozens of hospitals across the country have reported a rise in the number of severe sunburn cases among children during the recent heatwave. Photo: ALAMY By… Read More ›
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What comes up when I type ” White People Shou” – “Black People Shou” – “Mexican People Shou”
Hmmm. Is it Racism, or Inciting? Yes When I typed Hispanic or Mexican there was no predictive behavior… I myself like everyone who has a good heart 😉
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India school lunch deaths: pesticide found in cooking oil
Alexander BesantJuly 20, 2013 14:36 The children died after eating a free school lunch of lentils, potatoes and rice in the Bihar region on Tuesday. School lunch that killed 23 children in India was found to have contained agricultural pesticide…. Read More ›
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83 percent of radiologists did not report seeing the LARGE gorilla in a lung nodule detection task
Contact: Jessica Maki jmaki3@partners.org 617-534-1603 Brigham and Women’s Hospital If you’re not looking for it, you probably won’t see it Brigham and Women’s Hospital study examines sustained inattentional blindness in expert observers Boston—If you were working on something at your… Read More ›
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Ketamine as anesthetics can damage children’s learning and memory ability
Contact: Meng Zhao eic@nrren.org 86-138-049-98773 Neural Regeneration Research Recent studies have found that anesthesia drugs have neurotoxicity on the developing neurons, causing learning and memory disorders and behavioral abnormalities. Ketamine is commonly used in pediatric anesthesia. A clinical retrospective study… Read More ›
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PFC exposure tied to altered thyroid function
Contact: Jenni Glenn Gingery jgingery@endocrine.org 301-941-0240 The Endocrine Society Endocrine-disrupting chemicals may increase odds of women developing mild hypothyroidism Chevy Chase, MD—Exposure to perfluorinated chemicals is linked to changes in thyroid function and may raise the risk of mild hypothyroidism… Read More ›
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Prostate cancers are fewer, smaller on walnut-enriched diet
Contact: Will Sansom sansom@uthscsa.edu 210-567-2579 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio SAN ANTONIO (July 16, 2013) — New research from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio indicates that eating… Read More ›
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A close Bond: how the CIA exploited 007 for gadget ideas and public relations
The real-life CIA copied outlandish gadgets from Goldfinger and From Russia With Love, according to a University of Warwick analysis of declassified letters and interviews revealing the bond between Ian Fleming and Allen Dulles. However the relationship between the former… Read More ›
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RNA-interference pesticides will need special safety testing
Contact: Tim Beardsley tbeardsley@aibs.org 703-674-2500 x326 American Institute of Biological Sciences A new technology for creating pesticides and pest-resistant crops could have effects on beneficial species that current toxicity testing will miss Standard toxicity testing is inadequate to assess the… Read More ›
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Statins risk for women: Taking cholesterol-lowering drug for more than ten years ‘doubles chances of the most common breast cancer’
Previous studies had shown cholesterol-lowering drugs can reduce the risk of certain cancers Research had only looked at women on drugs for less than five years Experts say drugs could affect hormone regulation which could lead to breast cancer By … Read More ›
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Never-before-seen GIANT virus found that’s so unusual it may have come from Mars
The Pandoravirus is one micrometre big – ten times the size of other viruses It is found underwater but is not considered a threat to humans The virus has been spotted off the coast of Chile and in an Australian … Read More ›
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What Killed This ? Warning Graphic
On my typical trail run this 19 Jul 2013 at 8:30 PST, when I came across this freshly killed carcass . The weather has been clear with no rain or wind to distort any tracks or wash away blood. The… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 