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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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‘Medical stocks are down by 90 percent’: Greece accuses pharma giants of slashing imports
Published time: February 28, 2013 01:36 AFP Photo / Louisa Gouliamaki The Greek government has reportedly accused 50 leading pharmaceutical companies of cutting off supplies of key medications to the country, sparking a run on pharmacies. Drug companies say… Read More ›
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Inflammatory Beijing restaurant sign triggers online fury
World Feb. 28, 2013 – 06:30AM JST A Beijing restaurant sign that reads, “This shop does not receive the Japanese, The Philippines, The Vietnamese and Dog” AFP HANOI — A sign at a Beijing restaurant barring citizens of nations involved… Read More ›
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APT1, that scary cyber-Cold War gang: Not even China’s best
More B-team than elite team, say security experts By John Leyden Posted in Security, 27th February 2013 13:47 GMT Free whitepaper – IDC Report: Lost in the Cloud? Automate with Cisco Shanghai hackers APT1 – outed this month in a… Read More ›
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Exclusive: Secret war on enemy within – British terror suspects quietly stripped of citizenship… then killed by drones
Chris Woods, Alice K Ross, Oliver Wright Wednesday, 27 February 2013 The Government has secretly ramped up a controversial programme that strips people of their British citizenship on national security grounds – with two of the men subsequently killed… Read More ›
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Russia’s Putin tells army to shape up to face foreign threat
By Alexei AnishchukPosted 2013/02/27 at 10:44 am EST MOSCOW, Feb. 27, 2013 (Reuters) — Vladimir Putin ordered military leaders on Wednesday to make urgent improvements to the armed forces during his new presidential term, saying Russia must thwart attempts by… Read More ›
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Crisis: Greece; over 8 in 10 are unable to repay loans
86% in trouble with mortgage and consumer credit payments 27 February, 16:14 A woman carries bags of goods as she enters the metro station at the main Omonia square in Athens, Greece (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, FEBRUARY 27 – At… Read More ›
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Facebook pays no income tax
Feb 27, 2013 16:39 Moscow Time Photo: EPA It is known that America is the land of the free and the home of the brave. The only problem that the today’s America is the home of corporations which are free… Read More ›
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Cyborg Roaches, Glow-in-the-Dark Fish, and Other Biotechnology Beasts
Cyborg Roaches, Glow-in-the-Dark Fish, and Other Biotechnology Beasts By Emily Anthes Posted Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at 10:34 AM Slate.com A remote-controlled flying flower beetle. Photo courtesy Michel Maharbiz. This article arises from Future Tense, a partnership of Slate, the… Read More ›
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John Kerry: Americans have the right to be stupid
Tuesday, 26 February 2013 ‘In America, you have a right to be stupid, if you want to be… and we tolerate that,’ Kerry said to a packed Internet cafe in Berlin. Kerry stopped in Berlin as part of his nine-country… Read More ›
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Maldives girl gets 100 lashes for pre-marital sex
A 15-year-old rape victim has been sentenced to 100 lashes for engaging in premarital sex, court officials said. The charges against the girl were brought against her last year after police investigated accusations that her stepfather had raped her… Read More ›
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Bank of England mulls negative interest rates
Deputy Governor floats plan that could mean new charges for customers Ben Chu Tuesday, 26 February 2013 People across Britain could see their savings hit or face new charges on their current accounts after a senior official at the Bank… Read More ›
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Your Medical Records Are Part of a $19 Billion Experiment : Fraudulent billing. Identity theft. Greater expense and inefficiency. Loss of privacy
Posted By ANH-USA On February 26, 2013 @ 2:00 pm Fraudulent billing. Identity theft. Greater expense and inefficiency. Loss of privacy. And campaign donations from the companies benefiting most. Electronic medical records (EMR) came into mainstream consciousness after a hardcore lobbying effort… Read More ›
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Increased risk of sleep disorder in children who received swine flu vaccine : Up to 16-fold increased risk
Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Results consistent with findings from Finland and Sweden, but may still be overestimated The results are consistent with previous studies from Finland and Sweden and indicate that the association is not confined… Read More ›
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Fecal microbiota transplantation cures gastrointestinal diseases: 90% cure rate
Contact: Aimee Frank media@gastro.org 301-941-2620 American Gastroenterological Association Stool transplants highly efficient for Clostridium difficile infections and other gastrointestinal conditions — 2nd World Summit ‘Gut Microbiota For Health’ held in Madrid (26 February 2013) Clostridium difficile infections have developed into… Read More ›
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Blueprint for an artificial brain
Published 26. February 2013, 15:18 h Bielefeld physicist Andy Thomas takes nature as his model Scientists have long been dreaming about building a computer that would work like a brain. This is because a brain is far… Read More ›
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‘The country that attacks first will die 27 minutes later’ – Stanislav Petrov
Oksana Zenner Feb 19, 2013 15:58 Moscow Time Stanislav Petrov Photo: RIA Novosti The International Peace Prize ceremony was held in Dresden. Soviet officer Stanislav Petrov became the prize-winner this year. On September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov prevented the beginning… Read More ›
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Italy halts austerity plan leaving EU in turmoil
Fears that deadlock will lengthen Italy’s two-year recession and spill over into rest of the eurozone hit markets across Europe Ian Traynor in Brussels, John Hooper in Rome and Phillip Inman The Guardian, Tuesday 26 February 2013 15.38 EST Italy’s decision… Read More ›
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US Supreme Court throws out challenge to surveillance law
Feb 26, 2013 20:21 Moscow Time Photo: EPA US-based journalists, lawyers and human rights groups cannot challenge a federal law that allows surveillance of some international communications, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in a case touching on government efforts… Read More ›
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Alexander Litvinenko murder: Government accused of cover-up
Terri Judd Tuesday, 26 February 2013 The British government was accused of colluding with the Russians to cover up vital evidence into the murder of Alexander Litvinenko at a pre-inquest hearing into the former KGB agent’s death today. Ben… Read More ›
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Dairy Industry Wants to Put Aspartame in Milk ” would particularly benefit school children “
By NICK MCCANN WASHINGTON (CN) – Dairy industry groups have asked the Food and Drug Administration to be able to put artificial sweeteners in milk, and not change the label, claiming that it is so consumers can “more easily identify… Read More ›
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Bristol-Myers Squibb need not face claims related to 24 New Jersey residents who died after alleged exposure to toxic substances from the pharmaceutical giant
Bristol-Myers Fends Off Suit Over Toxic Deaths By ROSE BOUBOUSHIAN (CN) – Bristol-Myers Squibb need not face claims related to 24 New Jersey residents who died after alleged exposure to toxic substances from the pharmaceutical giant, a federal judge ruled…. Read More ›
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Britain sent nuclear submarines to the Falklands – Argentina’s Eduardo Zuain
Feb 25, 2013 22:37 Moscow Time © Flickr.com/Rita Willaert/cc-by-nc Argentina has accused the UK of sending nuclear-armed submarines to the South Atlantic, after making an official complaint to the UN over the Falklands dispute. The country’s representative at the UN… Read More ›
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Plastic packaging containing chemical BPA ‘harming brain and nerve cell growth in babies’
Steve Connor Monday, 25 February 2013 A chemical widely used in plastic packaging and food containers may be toxic to the central nervous system by interfering with a key gene involved in the development of nerve cells, a study… Read More ›
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Would you be willing to use a living animal as a respirator or dialysis machine?
Feb 23, 2013 8:00 AM Lauren Davis Designers Revital Cohen and Tuur Van Balen use both real and fictional biotechnology to explore the connection between the natural and the man-made, and invite questions about the impact of biotechnology. One of… Read More ›
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Britain to India: Diamond in royal crown is ours
by Reuters|21 February 2013 Queen Alexandra wearing the Koh-i-Noor in her coronation crown (left) and a copy of the new cut of the Koh-i-Noor. Amritsar, India – British Prime Minister David Cameron says a giant diamond his country forced India… Read More ›
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North Korea warns top American commander in South Korea of ‘miserable destruction’ ahead of war drills
North Korea’s Pak Rim Su sent a rare direct message to U.S. general U.S. military preparing for routine joint drills with South Korea Message warned of ‘miserable destruction’ if ‘reckless’ drills go ahead Strong words come after North conducted nuclear… Read More ›
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Oceana Study Reveals Seafood Fraud Nationwide; Dangerous and Contaminated food in the Chain ( Everywhere )
February 21, 2013 From 2010 to 2012, Oceana conducted one of the largest seafood fraud investigations in the world to date, collecting more than 1,200 seafood samples from 674 retail outlets in 21 states to determine if they were honestly labeled…. Read More ›
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Fish mislabeling widespread in U.S. and 84% of ‘white tuna’ is a species which causes distressing gastrointestinal side effects
59 percent of fish sold as ‘tuna’ in restaurants and grocery stores is not actually tuna Fish sold as ‘white tuna’ is usually escolar which causes prolonged, oily, anal leakage when eaten in quantities more than six ounces By Daily… Read More ›
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Revealed: How Then Governor Goodluck Jonathan Gave Obaigbena $1 Million From Bayelsa’s Poverty Alleviation Funds For Beyonce And Jay Z’s Visit To Nigeria
Posted: February 20, 2013 – 22:55 Posted by siteadmin caption: Beyonce and Jayzee in Nigeria in October 2006 By SaharaReporters, New York SaharaReporters has uncovered a document indicating that a million dollars of Bayelsa State’s poverty alleviation fund was… Read More ›
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Killer robots must be stopped, say campaigners
‘Autonomous weapons’, which could be ready within a decade, pose grave risk to international law, claim activists Tracy McVeigh The Observer, Saturday 23 February 2013 16.52 EST A scene from the 2003 film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Scientists… Read More ›
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Will new fed guidelines force companies to hire more employees with criminal pasts?
Published February 23, 2013 | FoxNews.com Employers could be pressured to hire more workers with a criminal background under recent guidelines issued by the federal government. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s guidelines warn businesses about rejecting minority applicants who… Read More ›
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Beef to the rich, horsemeat to the poor? “We can’t just throw away good food” – Germany’s Minister
Feb 24, 2013 00:36 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Horsemeat-tainted food should be given to the poor, Germany’s development minister Dirk Niebel suggested. The opposition dismissed the idea as absurd, but a priest said it should be considered, although horsemeat may… Read More ›
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Macedonia to jail individuals producing or selling GM Foods
Saturday, 23 February 2013 While the Serb Government has promised to find and punish individuals and organizations repsonsible for spreading false stories natural milk was poisonous in order for the population to favor the import of GM milk, Macedonia went… Read More ›
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At least six tanks leaking at US nuclear waste site
23 Feb 2013 LOS ANGELES (AFP) At least six underground tanks containing nuclear waste in the northwestern US state of Washington are leaking, but there is no imminent threat to public health, a spokeswoman said Friday. The US Energy Department… Read More ›
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Wanted: Students to take cocaine – University asks for volunteers to take drugs for study
The email specifies that potential participants must be: ‘Fit and well, have no past medical history and not be users of recreational drugs’ Rob Williams Friday, 22 February 2013 A prestigious London university has asked for volunteers to take part… Read More ›
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Tory MP warned of powerful paedophile ring 30 years ago
New evidence supports claim former backbencher’s life was threatened Friday, 22 February 2013 A burly veteran of scores of amateur boxing bouts, the Tory MP Geoffrey Dickens was best known during his bustling 16-year career in Parliament as a pugnacious… Read More ›
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Health Research Report 22 FEB 2013 – Video
Topics: Walking again after spinal injury Evidence of Diet and Acne Sweat and Dermcidin Resveratrol and Hearing
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149th Health Research Report 22 FEB 2013
Health Research Report 149th Issue Date 22 FEB 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: 1. Infant gut microbiota influenced by cesarean section and breastfeeding practices 2. Analysis finds vitamin D potency… Read More ›
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FBI agents caught sexting and dating drug dealers
Dating drug dealers, harassing ex-boyfriends with naked pictures, and pointing guns at pet dogs: these were just a few of the offences committed recently by serving FBI agents, according to internal documents. Egyptian state security thanked the US for ‘training… Read More ›
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Epicenter of Gulf Oil Spill Says BP Hasn’t Paid It 1 Cent
By SABRINA CANFIELD NEW ORLEANS (CN) – Plaquemines Parish, the “epicenter” of the BP oil spill, sued the company in Federal Court, claiming BP has not paid a single one of its claims for damages arising from… Read More ›
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The ‘leftover’ women: China defines official age for females being left on the shelf as 27
Millions of women say they have been thrown on the scrap heap Chinese government worries that unmarried men could cause social havoc By Peter Simpson PUBLISHED: 09:04 EST, 21 February 2013 | UPDATED: 09:13 EST, 21 February 2013 The derogatory… Read More ›
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Mayor of small city was ‘too stupid and uneducated’ to know his $100k salary was illegal, his lawyer argues
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 20:21 EST, 21 February 2013 | UPDATED: 20:26 EST, 21 February 2013 The former mayor of Bell, California, was too stupid and uneducated to know his $100,000 salary for the part-time city job was … Read More ›
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Court Scoffs at Light Sentence for CEO’s Fraud
By KEVIN KOENINGER CINCINNATI (CN) – The seven-day sentence given to a former CEO whose money-laundering scheme cost investors more $18 million was as “unreasonably low,” the 6th Circuit ruled. Michael Peppel was president, CEO… Read More ›
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