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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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Early exposure to bisphenol A might damage the enamel of teeth.
10.06.2013 – Video releases Circulation, metabolism, nutrition Are teeth the latest victims of bisphenol A? Yes, according to the conclusions of work carried out by the research team led by Ariane Berdal of the Université Paris-Diderot and Sylvie Babajko, Research… Read More ›
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Do antidepressants impair the ability to extinguish fear?
Contact: Rhiannon Bugno Biol.Psych@utsouthwestern.edu 214-648-0880 Elsevier Answers from a new study in Biological Psychiatry An interesting new report of animal research published in Biological Psychiatry suggests that common antidepressant medications may impair a form of learning that is important clinically…. Read More ›
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Reducing unnecessary and high-dose pediatric CT scans could cut associated cancers by 62 percent
Contact: Phyllis Brown phyllis.brown@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu 916-734-9023 University of California – Davis Health System (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A study examining trends in X-ray computed tomography (CT) use in children in the United States has found that reducing unnecessary scans and lowering the… Read More ›
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Investigation into safety of new diabetes drugs — will manufacturers release their data?
Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmj.com 44-207-383-6529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Joint BMJ/Channel 4 Dispatches investigation The BMJ and Channel 4 Dispatches investigated and found that evidence suggesting potential harm from the drugs in industry studies has not been published. Some independent studies… Read More ›
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IRS spent more than $121 million on travel charge cards for employees and ‘leniently’ disciplined those who abused them: Report
Report finds that more than 1,000 IRS employees abused their government-issued charge cards IRS officials demonstrated a pattern of being overly lenient when punishing employees who misused charge cards, or who failed to pay their bill on time By Daily… Read More ›
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Tony Blair strongly denies affair with Wendi Deng as outrageous rumours sweep the internet over reason behind Murdoch divorce
Rupert Murdoch filed for divorce in New York Supreme Court on Thursday Wendi Deng is Murdoch’s third wife – they were together for 14 years Pair were married in 1999 after meeting in Hong Kong two years before Previous… Read More ›
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What makes good people do bad things? The mere smell of money can make people behave unethically
Researchers from Harvard and University of Utah found that the mere promise of money is enough to cause people to make unethical decisions Results of the study found people would engage in insider trading and lying if they stood to … Read More ›
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Iceland cuts off ‘negotiations’ to enter EU : “This is how democracy works,”
Friday, 14 June 2013 Unlike Macedonia who seems to be willing to endure just about anything, Iceland shocked the EU last night by… showing self respect!? Iceland’s bid to join the EU is over, the country’s foreign minister told… Read More ›
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We want to put a KILL SWITCH into your PHONE, say Feds
The only good mobe is a dead mobe By Bill Ray Posted in Security, 14th June 2013 11:44 GMT Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup/Recovery US law enforcement is calling for a mandatory kill switch on all mobiles, enabling the shut… Read More ›
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Uri Geller psychic spy? The spoon-bender’s secret life as a Mossad and CIA agent revealed
A new documentary claims the showbiz psychic is involved in global espionage – and that after 9/11 he was ‘reactivated’ as a pyschic spy. Geoffrey Macnab finds out more Geoffrey Macnab Friday, 14 June 2013 We may know him for… Read More ›
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Time to re-write the textbooks: British scientists discover a new part of the human body – hidden deep in the eye
Nottingham researchers found the new layer – which is just 0.001 mm thick – within the cornea, the clear window at the front of the eye Called ‘Dua’s Layer’, it could dramatically improve corneal graft treatments The previously undetected layer… Read More ›
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Rich are running out of mansions to buy
Robert Frank CNBC Sotheby’s International Realty – Palm Beach Brokerage There are fewer mansions available in the richest areas of the country, but this mansion in Palm Beach, Fla. is available for a cool $34.9 million. While housing inventory is… Read More ›
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Revealed: State Department employs ‘TWO THOUSAND agents with criminal records or checkered backgrounds’
Revelations made in memo to State Deputy Inspector General Harold Geisel The 2012 memo was written by a team leader in the IG’s Office The person asserts that the hiring process is flawed Previous memo revealed State Department called off… Read More ›
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NYU accused of KICKING OUT blind Chinese dissident over lucrative building deal with Communist government
NYU booting blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng amid Shanghai expansion: sources By JAMES COVERT Last Updated: 9:04 AM, June 13, 2013 Posted: 3:03 AM, June 13, 2013 EXCLUSIVE NYU isn’t letting a pesky thing like human rights stand in… Read More ›
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‘The smell of burning flesh filled the room’: Workers reveal hellish conditions in Chinese labour camp where man hid letter pleading for help that was found U.S. store’s decorations box
American woman found plea for help in Halloween decorations she bought Letter came from Chinese labour camp worker who has now come forward He wrote workers were suffering ‘torturement, beat and rude remark’ Inmates at the labour camp work seven… Read More ›
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All Hackable from fetal monitors used in hospitals to pacemakers implanted in people
FDA, facing cybersecurity threats, tightens medical-device standards By Lena H. Sun and Brady Dennis, Published: June 12 | Updated: Thursday, June 13, 6:01 AM The Food and Drug Administration is tightening standards for a wide range of medical devices — from fetal… Read More ›
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N.J. Superior Court Judge Suspended After and charged with hindering police who were trying to arrest an armed robbery suspect, her boyfriend,
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (CN) – A recently appointed Superior Court judge was suspended without pay after being arrested and charged with hindering police who were trying to arrest an armed robbery suspect, her boyfriend, the Newark Star-Ledger… Read More ›
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Violence, Corruption in Utah Police Force : Accusations of assassinations and systemic corruption
By JONNY BONNER SALT LAKE CITY (CN) – Police shot a young woman to death “assassination style” as she sat in her car, amid “widespread and systemic corruption” in the undercover drug force, the woman’s… Read More ›
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Silvio Berlusconi ‘asked Italy’s secret service to bump off Muammar Gaddafi’
Michael Day Thursday, 13 June 2013 Silvio Berlusconi asked Italy’s secret services to bump off Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, so the then premier could end his increasingly embarrassing ties with the Libyan dictator, it was claimed today. Mr Berlusconi’s… Read More ›
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Russia’s fifth generation T-50 fighter jet : The T-50 may surpass the F-22 in capability, as an almost fully Autonomous fighter Jet
Russia’s fifth generation T-50 fighter jet through important testing stage © Photo: aviasalon.com The Russian Army is through with the first stage of testing of a multipurpose fifth generation T-50 fighter jet. T-50 has been through years of research and… Read More ›
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Iron Fertilization, Process of Putting Iron Into Ocean to Help Capture Carbon, Could Backfire
Left: a map of silicon distribution in a diatom. Right: a map of the distribution of iron in the same diatom. Lighter colors indicate higher concentrations. Note how the distribution of iron mirrors the distribution of silicon. (Credit: Image courtesy… Read More ›
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The CIA’s deputy director announced his shock retirement following a 33 year career at the agency today. / His replacement will be White House lawyer Avril D. Haines
Michael Morell, 54, made a joint statement with CIA Director John O. Brennan this afternoon explaining that he wants to devote more time to his family. He is married with three college aged children. Departing and arriving: Michael Morell,… Read More ›
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98% of Childhood cancer survivors have significant chronic disease
By Alexandra Sifferlin, TIME.com updated 10:21 AM EDT, Wed June 12, 2013 A new study shows childhood cancer survivors may be more likely to have chronic diseases. STORY HIGHLIGHTS A study shows a majority of childhood cancer survivors have chronic… Read More ›
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Erdogan: Protest ‘will be over in 24 hours’ – Published time: June 12, 2013 19:57
The Turkish Prime Minister says protests at Taksim Square and Gezi Park ‘will be over in 24 hours.’ This comes hours after Tayyip Erdogan met a group of activists, in an attempt to start dialog, and vowed to… Read More ›
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Corruption probe moves closer to IMF chief as aide charged
12 Jun 2013 PARIS (AFP) Stephane Richard, the head of telecoms company Orange and a former aide to IMF chief Christine Lagarde, was charged Wednesday in a corruption probe related to Lagarde’s time as France’s finance minister. In… Read More ›
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Violence of security forces in Taksim Square ‘unprecedented’ says Amnesty International
Demonstrators stockpiling face masks and goggles to protect against tear gas, and rebuilding barricades that have been destroyed Richard Hall Thursday, 13 June 2013 Protesters in Istanbul’s Taksim Square are preparing for further clashes with police, as a leading rights… Read More ›
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Health Research Report 10 JUN 2013
Topics: Vitamin C found to kill Tuberculosis:including MDR-TB, XDR-TB by fenton reaction Statins prevent exercise benefits and erode skeletal muscle mitochondria Phosphatidyl Serine improve Familial Dysautonomia, Parkinsons, and IKAP protein LED lights shown to cause Blindness
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Americans start operation “Troll the NSA”
Tuesday, 11 June 2013 An operation to troll the NSA has started up online in a bid to jam the spy scanners. The plan is to ‘test’ the system by sending a message full of terrorist buzz words to… Read More ›
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GM Goldfish
OAKLAND, Calif. – Pepperidge Farm promotes its Goldfish Crackers as natural though they contain genetically modified soy and other unnatural ingredients, a class action claims in Federal Court. http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/06/11/58402.htm
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Erdogan of Turkey crosses the Rubicon, adopts hard line against demonstrators (Warning Graphic Includes Death)
Turkey: police occupy Taksim, Erdogan adopts hard line Premier attacks, we will cut Gezi Park trees 11 June, 19:50 (ANSAmed) – ANKARA, JUNE 11 – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has adopted a hard line against demonstrators who have… Read More ›
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Greek government has announced that it will shut down the radio and TV services of the state broadcaster ERT
Greek government shuts broadcaster to save money, staff protest Photo: EPA The Greek government has announced that it will shut down the radio and TV services of the state broadcaster ERT. A government spokesman said transmissions would cease early on Wednesday…. Read More ›
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Honoured in Britain, the US psychiatrist who took $1.2m from drug companies
Professor’s invitation to give prestigious lecture in London causes outrage among peers Jeremy Laurance Tuesday, 11 June 2013 Britain’s premier institute for the study of mental illness has become embroiled in a damaging row over its decision to invite a… Read More ›
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Cashier asleep with finger on keyboard launched a €222,222,222 transaction
Employee told industrial tribunal that he had intended to transfer €62.40 from a retired employee’s account Tony Paterson Tuesday, 11 June 2013 It was every bank manager’s nightmare come true: a German bank employee nodded off at his computer terminal… Read More ›
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Exclusive: UK is warned it is losing fight against modern slavery
In many cases, victims of trafficking – rather than the criminal bosses – are prosecuted Emily Dugan Tuesday, 11 June 2013 Britain risks “losing the fight” against human trafficking unless the criminal justice system urgently improves its response to the… Read More ›
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Who is the unnamed U.S. Ambassador who ‘solicited prostitutes in public parks?’ Damning internal memo reveals disgrace of top diplomat
EEV: This article has been updated with the accused Ambassador at the following link: https://engineeringevil.com/2013/06/13/revealed-state-department-employs-two-thousand-agents-with-criminal-records-or-checkered-backgrounds/ An internal memo obtained by CBS News reveals specific instances where investigations were ‘influenced, manipulated or simply called off’ One investigation regarded allegations that… Read More ›
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US diplomatic security accused in sex, drugs cover-up
11 Jun 2013 WASHINGTON (AFP) A US watchdog has launched an inquiry into claims that diplomatic security officials tried to cover up alleged sex-and-drugs charges against agents and diplomats, an official said. State Department diplomatic security agents are responsible for… Read More ›
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Scandal flares up over State Department manipulated investigations/ “called off cases of illegal behavior of diplomatic staff.”
Photo: EPA The State department is trying to cover up a scandal over allegedly altered or dismissed investigations into illegal behavior of multiple government officials worldwide. A memo obtained by CBS from the State Department inspector general showed incidents when… Read More ›
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Hacker who helped find Steubenville rapists threatened with decade in prison
While the rapists get minimum sentence and rehab By Iain Thomson in San Francisco Posted in Security, 10th June 2013 18:13 GMT Free whitepaper – Customer Success Testimonial: Recovery is Everything A security consultant who helped uncover evidence of the… Read More ›
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Assemblyman Vito Lopez accused of trying to pimp out a young staff member to a man on the governor’s staff to get a housing bill passed
Lurid Complaint Against New York Politicos By ADAM KLASFELD MANHATTAN (CN) – Assemblyman Vito Lopez tried to pimp out a young staff member to a man on the governor’s staff to get a housing bill passed, two women claim… Read More ›
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Militants attack NATO headquarters in Kabul International Airport
Afghan security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in the capital, Kabul. (File photo) Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:12AM GMT Kabul International Airport is home to the NATO Joint Command headquarters. Militants have attacked a US-led military… Read More ›
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Denver airport security learn to always let the Wookiee win after confiscating Chewbacca actor’s light saber walking cane
Actor Peter Mayhew uses force of Twitter to get his cane returned Star Wars cast member was returning from Denver Comic Con By Jessica Jerreat PUBLISHED: 13:58 EST, 8 June 2013 | UPDATED: 13:59 EST, 8 June 2013 It’s… Read More ›
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BREAKING NEWS: Defense contractor, 29, who leaked NSA documents reveals himself
Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former CIA technical assistant, says he passed the classified information to The Guardian The documents blew open a number of intense NSA surveillance operations and caused a firestorm over the government’s actions Snowden, a high school… Read More ›
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The spy who came in for your soul – ” We are, like, that far from a turnkey totalitarian state.”
COLUMN – The spy who came in for your soul Source: Reuters – Sun, 9 Jun 2013 08:00 PM Author: Reuters (Jack Shafer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Jack Shafer June 9 (Reuters) –… Read More ›
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William Hague: Law-abiding Britons have nothing to fear from GCHQ
The Foreign Secretary will appear before the House of Commons tomorrow to try to allay concerns about the Prism spy scheme which enables the USA’s spy agency to mine data from Facebook and other web companies Andy McSmith Sunday, 9… Read More ›
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