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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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Chinese wind-turbine firm charged with stealing US trade secrets
Sinovel Wind Group accused of illegally downloading software from former supplier American Superconductor guardian.co.uk, Friday 28 June 2013 05.38 EDT A worker paints wind turbines in Guangdong, China. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters China‘s largest wind-turbine company has been charged… Read More ›
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US army blocks access to Guardian website to preserve ‘network hygiene’
Military admits to filtering reports and content relating to government surveillance programs for thousands of personnel Spencer Ackerman and Dan Roberts in Washington guardian.co.uk, Friday 28 June 2013 11.42 EDT The Pentagon insisted the Department of Defense was… Read More ›
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Hollywood helped Adolf Hitler, academic claims
Historian Ben Urwand says he has cache of documents that prove Tinseltown enthusiastically cooperated with Nazis’ global propaganda effort Jonathan Paige Friday, 28 June 2013 Hollywood is not widely thought of as providing much support to Hitler’s regime, instead producing… Read More ›
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158th Health Research Report Synopsis 28 JUN 2013
Posted at http://www.healthresearchreport.me Health Research Report 158th Issue Date 28 JUN 2013 Compiled By Ralph Turchiano http://www.vit.bz http://www.youtube.com/vhfilm www.facebook.com/engineeringevil http://www.healthresearchreport.me In this Issue: Dietary supplement linked to increased muscle mass in the elderly Vitamin D supplementation may delay precocious puberty… Read More ›
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Low-power Wi-Fi signal tracks movement — even behind walls
Contact: Sarah McDonnell s_mcd@mit.edu 617-253-8923 Massachusetts Institute of Technology ‘Wi-Vi’ is based on a concept similar to radar and sonar imaging CAMBRIDGE, MA — The comic-book hero Superman uses his X-ray vision to spot bad guys lurking behind walls and… Read More ›
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UT study: Chemical in antibacterial soaps may harm nursing babies
Contact: Lola Alapo lalapo@utk.edu 865-974-3993 University of Tennessee at Knoxville KNOXVILLE—A mother’s prolonged use of antibacterial soaps containing the chemical triclocarban may harm nursing babies, according to a recent study from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The study, which was… Read More ›
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Link shown between Crohn’s disease and virus : 100% of Crohn’s disease had an enterovirus
Contact: Alkwin Wanders alkwin.wanders@igp.uu.se 46-076-226-9430 Uppsala University A new study reveals that all children with Crohn’s disease that were examined had a commonly occurring virus – an enterovirus – in their intestines. This link has previously not been shown for… Read More ›
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Study appears to overturn prevailing view of how the brain is wired
New research in rats shows how brain layers work NEW YORK, NY (June 27, 2013) — A series of studies conducted by Randy Bruno, PhD, and Christine Constantinople, PhD, of Columbia University’s Department of Neuroscience, topples convention by showing that… Read More ›
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Study finds dramatic increase in hospitalization of US children with inflammatory bowel disease
Contact: Alicia Reale alicia.reale@uhhospitals.org 216-844-5158 University Hospitals Case Medical Center Researchers from UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital report reasons behind the increase are unclear The largest investigation to date has found a dramatic increase in the number of hospitalizations… Read More ›
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Drinking excessive amounts of cola and eating honey made from the pollen of Rhododendrons can cause unusual syncope (fainting) and symptoms of arrhythmia
Contact: Jacqueline Partarrieu press@escardio.org 33-492-947-756 European Society of Cardiology Cola and honey: Exploring food riddles in rhythm disturbances Athens, Greece, 25 June 2013. Drinking excessive amounts of cola and eating honey made from the pollen of Rhododendrons can cause unusual… Read More ›
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WikiLeaks volunteer was a paid informant for the FBI
Posted By Wired On 12:22 PM 06/27/2013 In World | On an August workday in 2011, a cherubic 18-year-old Icelandic man named Sigurdur “Siggi” Thordarson walked through the stately doors of the U.S. embassy in Reykjavík, his jacket pocket concealing… Read More ›
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Switzerland charges man with selling bank’s client data to Germany
Source: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 02:17 PM Author: Reuters By Emma Thomasson ZURICH, June 28 (Reuters) – Swiss prosecutors have charged a German IT expert with selling client data from private bank Julius Baer BAER.VX in Zurich to the German… Read More ›
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The UK Bans Two Prominent American Bloggers From Entering the Country
Jun. 26, 2013 11:59pm Mike Opelka (This story has been updated.) On Wednesday, two American citizens were told that their opinions were a danger to the UK and as such, they were banned from visiting the country. Pamela Geller and… Read More ›
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How the NSA is still harvesting your online data
Files show vast scale of current NSA metadata programs, with one stream alone celebrating ‘one trillion records processed’ Glenn Greenwald and Spencer Ackerman guardian.co.uk, Thursday 27 June 2013 11.03 EDT The NSA collects and analyzes significant amounts of data from US… Read More ›
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Turkish PM’s treason claims against BBC reporter chills other journalists
Turkish journalists see Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s attack on presenter for BBC’s Turkish service as a warning to them all Constanze Letsch in Istanbul guardian.co.uk, Thursday 27 June 2013 14.00 EDT Erdogan took offence at the BBC’s coverage of anti-government protests…. Read More ›
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Monsato GMO crops damage red blood cells, organs
Photo: EPA Studies are now showing that Monsanto crops damage red blood cells which are responsible for delivering oxygen to the body. And without functioning red blood cells, our bodies are in critical condition — desperate for life support. The bad… Read More ›
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Hold the Medicinal Lettuce / GMO food may turn off Human Genes ?
June 26, 2013 — In 2011 and 2012, research from China’s Nanjing University made international headlines with reports that after mice ate, bits of genetic material from the plants they’d ingested could make it into their bloodstreams intact and turn… Read More ›
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Name Mix-Up Helped Snowden Leave Hong Kong : U.S. failed to Clarify when requested
June 26, 2013, 1:33 PM HKT AFP/Getty Images Two cars of the Ecuadorian embassy are parked at Moscow Sheremetevo airport, where Mr. Snowden arrived earlier this week. The U.S. Justice Department needs to pay more attention to names and numbers… Read More ›
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Genetic medicine hints at bloodletting and vitamins for astronauts
26 June 2013 by Jacob Aron Magazine issue 2923. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the Space flight and Genetics Topic Guides BLOODLETTING and vitamin pills are the future for astronaut health regimes. So hints a provocative proposal… Read More ›
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IRS accused of granting $500 mln in suspicious contracts to a small business called Strong Castle founded in 2011
Published time: June 26, 2013 16:47 Women walk out of an Internal Revenue Service office in New York (Reuters) A Virginia IT company inappropriately secured $500 million worth of IRS contracts based on false statements and ties to an… Read More ›
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US Senators Warn of Soviet Revival, Want ‘Consequences’ Over Snowden
Jun. 25, 2013 – 06:00AM | By JOHN T. BENNETT | WASHINGTON — Senators from both US political parties on Tuesday urged the Obama administration to take steps forcing Moscow to suffer “consequences” for refusing to hand over NSA leaker… Read More ›
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New Bill Gives Gov. Jerry Brown Power for Secret Talks ( under the guise of public security )
By WILLIAM DOTINGA SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) – Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that adds his name to the list of people with whom local governments can talk secretly, under the guise of public security. Typically, the public… Read More ›
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27 killed as rioting hits Xinjiang
Knife-wielding mobs attacked police stations, the local government building and a construction site, stabbing people and setting fire to police cars. -China Daily/ANN Cui Jia, Wang Xiaodong Thu, Jun 27, 2013 China Daily/Asia News Network XINJIANG – Riots left 27… Read More ›
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New and newly updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online distribution include the following
EEV: Links are still operational as of 26 JUN 2013 – From the FAS.ORG Science and Technology in the 113th Congress, and More from CRS New and newly updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld… Read More ›
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Feds Cracking Down on Classified Gatekeepers / federal contractor pleaded guilty to lying about conducting background checks on government employees
By ADAM KLASFELD WASHINGTON (CN) – A federal contractor pleaded guilty to lying about conducting background checks on government employees – a crime that prosecutors say is becoming increasingly common. The U.S. government had indicted Ramon Davila in 2011 for… Read More ›
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Satellite images show tunnelling at N. Korea test site
AFP Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 SEOUL – Satellite imagery has revealed new tunnelling work at North Korea’s nuclear test site, but nothing that points to an imminent detonation, a US research institute said Wednesday. The activity appears to have begun… Read More ›
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Chinese businessman behind $40 bln Nicaragua canal denies special ties
Tue, Jun 25, 2013 Reuters BEIJING – The mysterious Chinese businessman behind a US$40 billion (S$50.8 billion) plan to build a canal through Nicaragua pledged transparency on Tuesday – but refused to reveal where he attended college. Wang Jing, 40,… Read More ›
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Exclusive: Met supergrass scandal – corrupt private investigators infiltrate witness-protection programme
Police officers knew for years about the crucial security breach – but did nothing Tom Harper Tuesday, 25 June 2013 Scotland Yard is embroiled in a new corruption crisis after it emerged that senior officers knew for years that criminal… Read More ›
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Magnitsky affair: Russia has allowed suspected killers of a whistleblowing lawyer to escape with impunity, says damning report
Council of Europe investigation into death of tax specialist who uncovered a $230m fraud against the state rubbishes Russian version of events Cahal Milmo Tuesday, 25 June 2013 Russia has allowed the suspected killers of a whistleblowing lawyer to escape… Read More ›
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‘I feel like a trapped animal’: U.S. executive is held HOSTAGE by staff at Beijing medical supply plant in dispute over pay
Chip Starnes, 42, said he was being kept captive by scores of workers He said they were demanding severance packages The workers were expecting wire transfers by Tuesday said Mr Starnes By Jill Reilly PUBLISHED: 07:20 EST, 24 June 2013… Read More ›
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Dozens dead as Syrian war spreads to Sidon in Lebanon
Snipers out on the streets as Lebanese army scours city for anti-Hezbollah cleric Richard Hall Monday, 24 June 2013 Sniper fire echoed across the Lebanese city of Sidon last night as violence fuelled by the civil war in neighbouring Syria… Read More ›
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UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) was aware of illegal hacking activity by the wealthy for six years and did nothing. Project Riverside
Media phone-hacking? Tip of the iceberg, says leaked police report Thought the NotW was bad… check out the lawyers, insurers By John Leyden Posted in Security, 24th June 2013 15:58 GMT Agentless Backup is Not a Myth A suppressed report from… Read More ›
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Ancient Egyptian statue has started MOVING sparking fears it has been struck by a ‘curse of the Pharaohs’
10-inch tall relic, is an offering to Egyptian God Osiris, God of the dead It has been filmed on a time lapse, seemingly spinning 180 degrees TV physicist Brian Cox among the experts being consulted on mystery But some now… Read More ›
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Orphans of the EU meltdown: The shocking picture that shows how middle class parents in Greece are dumping their children in orphanages so they won’t starve
By Ian Birrell PUBLISHED: 17:27 EST, 22 June 2013 | UPDATED: 20:04 EST, 22 June 2013 Laughing children play in a pine-scented courtyard on a warm summer’s evening. Excitement rises to fever pitch as a creamy chocolate gateau is sliced…. Read More ›
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Elevated Gluten Antibodies Found in Children with Autism
But No Link to Celiac Disease June 20, 2013 Posted in: Autoimmune diseases, Clinical Research, Gastroenterology, Nutrition, Pediatrics NEW YORK—Researchers have found elevated antibodies to gluten proteins of wheat in children with autism in comparison to those without autism. The… Read More ›
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Dietary fructose causes liver damage in animal model, study finds
Contact: Marguerite Beck marbeck@wakehealth.edu 336-716-2415 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – June 19, 2013 – The role of dietary fructose in the development of obesity and fatty liver diseases remains controversial, with previous studies indicating that the problems… Read More ›
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Nearly 7 in 10 Americans Take Prescription Drugs, Mayo Clinic, Olmsted Medical Center Find
Germ fighters, antidepressants, opioids top list; women, elderly likelier to have prescriptions Wednesday, June 19, 2013 CORRECTION: Corrects fourth most commonly prescribed drugs to drugs used to lower lipids rather than drugs to control blood pressure, and adds Olmsted Medical… Read More ›
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Herbal extract boosts fruit fly lifespan by nearly 25 percent, UCI study finds
Rhodiola rosea promotes longevity separately from dietary restriction Irvine, Calif., June 18, 2013 — The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant long used for stress relief was found to increase the lifespan of fruit fly populations by an average… Read More ›
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US Department of Agriculture probes Oregon Monsanto GM wheat mystery
Company cries foul over appearance of genetically modified wheat plants but scientist who found it doubts claim of sabotage Suzanne Goldenberg in Pendleton, Oregon guardian.co.uk, Saturday 22 June 2013 13.35 EDT The Department of Agriculture is investigating the presence… Read More ›
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How Skype developed a secret program called ‘Project Chess’ to make it easier for law enforcement and government officials to spy on customers’ data
By Hayley Peterson PUBLISHED: 09:56 EST, 21 June 2013 | UPDATED: 09:56 EST, 21 June 2013 The web-based calling service Skype allegedly developed a secret program called ‘Project Chess’ to make it easier for the government to spy… Read More ›
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie orders flags at half-mast for funeral of ‘Sopranos’ star James Gandolfini
EEV: All life is valuable; However, Chris Christie is misunderstanding why we the lower the flags of this country at half-mast. He should apologize to the many who die in service to this country and his kind. Gandolfini’s cause of… Read More ›
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‘YOU WORTHLESS LITTLE S***’: Photographer blasted as ‘poor, miserable social climber’ by wealthy Chilean couple who kept nanny ‘as slave’ after he requested payment for his work
Email came from Micky Hurley, 35 – a New York socialite from a prominent Chilean families who called the photographer ‘lower class’ By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 23:31 EST, 21 June 2013 | UPDATED: 23:31 EST, 21 June 2013 … Read More ›
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GCHQ taps fibre-optic cables for secret access to world’s communications
Exclusive: British spy agency collects and stores vast quantities of global email messages, Facebook posts, internet histories and calls, and shares them with NSA, latest documents from Edward Snowden reveal Ewen MacAskill, Julian Borger, Nick Hopkins, Nick Davies and James… Read More ›
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