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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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WHO downplayed health effects of nuclear crisis on Fukushima residents : German physician
Jiji BERLIN — A German doctor and member of a Nobel Peace Prize-winning physicians’ group has criticized a World Health Organization report on the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe for underestimating its impact on human health. In a research paper, Alex Rosen… Read More ›
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Looks like we’ve got allergies all wrong: Allergies required to clear Toxins
14 December 2012 by Noah Palm and Ruslan Medzhitov Magazine issue 2894. For similar stories, visit the The Big Idea and Evolution Topic Guides From pollen to peanuts, we humans are an allergic lot. So could it be that allergies… Read More ›
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Russia Developing New Long-Range Ballistic Missile: “able to overcome any existing missile defense system”
Dec. 14, 2012 – 08:21AM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | 1 Comments MOSCOW — Russia is developing a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the military announced Dec. 14, in an apparent attempt to remind the United States of Moscow’s rocket capacities…. Read More ›
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Internet Explorer flaw allows Hackers to Track your Mouse; “Almost every US-based user of Internet Explorer will have their mouse cursor tracked via this exploit almost every day “
Author : Mohit Kumar on 12/15/2012 05:09:00 AM A vulnerability in different versions of Microsoft‘s widely used browser Internet Explorer can allow hackers to track the movements of your mouse. Microsoft is investigating reports of a mouse-tracking flaw that puts… Read More ›
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McAfee warns of Project Blitzkrieg hack attack on US banks
No, not that McAfee, the other McAfee By Iain Thomson in San Francisco Posted in Security, 15th December 2012 00:52 GMT Free whitepaper – Shutterfly and Cleversafe Partner Case Study Security firm McAfee warns that there is a credible threat of… Read More ›
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Complete Genomics CEO rebuts warnings of national security risks / “a world in which a virus engineered to kill a specific individual can be ordered online for $500 “?
14 Dec 2012 | 20:53 GMT | Posted by Monya Baker | In a letter to employees, sequencing company Complete Genomics CEO Cliff Reid predicts that the acquisition of his company by Chinese sequencing giant BGI will win approval by… Read More ›
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144th Health Research Report 14 DEC 2012
Health Research Report 144th Issue 14 DEC 2012 Compiled By Ralph Turchiano http://www.vit.bz http://www.youtube.com/vhfilm http://www.healthresearchreport.me Editors top five: Too few In this Issue: 1. Extended sleep reduces pain sensitivity 2. Lithium restores cognitive function in Down syndrome mice 3. Food… Read More ›
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CU-Boulder team develops swarm of pingpong ball-sized robots
December 14, 2012 University of Colorado Boulder Assistant Professor Nikolaus Correll likes to think in multiples. If one robot can accomplish a singular task, think how much more could be accomplished if you had hundreds of them. Correll and his… Read More ›
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Changes in the gut bacteria protect against stroke
Contact: Fredrik Bäckhed fredrik.backhed@wlab.gu.se 46-313-427-833 University of Gothenburg Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, demonstrate that an altered gut microbiota in humans is associated with symptomatic atherosclerosis and stroke. These findings are… Read More ›
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Viruses cooperate or conquer to cause maximum destruction: They Change Behaviour to overcome our attempt to control them
Contact: Louise Vennells L.Vennells@exeter.ac.uk 44-013-927-22062 University of Exeter Scientists have discovered new evidence about the evolution of viruses, in work that will change our understanding about the control of infectious diseases such as winter flu Scientists have discovered new evidence… Read More ›
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Frog-in-bucket-of-milk folklore leads to potential new antibiotics
Contact: Michael Bernstein m_bernstein@acs.org 202-872-6042 American Chemical Society Following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour — by putting a frog in the bucket of milk — scientists have identified a wealth of new antibiotic… Read More ›
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Vegetable compound could become ingredient to treating leukemia
Contact: Graciela Gutierrez 713-798-4710 Baylor College of Medicine HOUSTON – (Dec. 12, 2012) – It looks like your mother was on to something when she said, “Eat your vegetables!” A concentrated form of a compound called sulforaphane found in broccoli… Read More ›
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In vitro study finds digested formula, but not breast milk, is toxic to cells
Contact: Catherine Hockmuth chockmuth@ucsd.edu 858-822-1359 University of California – San Diego Findings may help explain development of fatal condition in premature infants IMAGE: This microscopic image of cells shows the effects of breast milk vs. infant formula… Read More ›
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David Cameron has been told he cannot “repatriate” powers from Brussels to Britain because membership of the European Union is “for life”.
Europe is ‘for life’, Francois Hollande tells David Cameron in EU power spat David Cameron has been rebuked by France over his plans to repatriate powers from the EU By Tim Ross, and Bruno Waterfield in Brussels 2:27PM GMT 14… Read More ›
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McChrystal Working for UAE-Owned Arms Brokerage
Dec. 13, 2012 – 11:23AM | By ARAM ROSTON | Gen. Stanley McChrystal is on the strategic advisory board of Knowledge International LLC. (Defense Department) From an office park a few miles south of Washington’s Reagan National Airport, a little-known… Read More ›
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Japan scrambles fighter jets after Chinese plane seen near disputed islands
News On Japan via CNN — Dec 14 Japan scrambled fighter jets after a Chinese plane was seen Thursday near small islands in the East China Sea that are claimed by both countries. This is the first time the dispute… Read More ›
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Central bankers gone wild
Central bankers rarely do radical, or even surprising, things. This week it happened twice. Hold on to your pinstripes. Thomas MuchaDecember 14, 2012 06:19 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke holds a press conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting… Read More ›
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Mistakes found in all radiation projections
Kyodo The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Thursday a thorough review of its mistake-plagued projections for the spread of radiation turned up errors in the data for every atomic power plant in Japan. The regulatory body examined the data in detail… Read More ›
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Top ten signs that your authoritarian regime is in trouble
Posted By Daniel W. Drezner Thursday, December 13, 2012 – 2:01 PM Ellen Barry reports in the New York Times that the Russians see the handwriting on the wall in Syria: Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, Russia’s top envoy… Read More ›
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Jackie Chan: Hong Kong should restrict anti-China protests
Posted By Associated Press On 9:02 PM 12/13/2012 @ 9:02 PM In AP,Entertainment,World | HONG KONG (AP) — Jackie Chan suggests in a recent interview that protests should be restricted in the freewheeling Chinese city of Hong Kong. The action… Read More ›
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Overeating now bigger global problem than lack of food
17:40 13 December 2012 by Jessica Hamzelou Not good for global health (Image: Peter Reali/Plainpicture) The largest ever study into the state of the world’s health has revealed that, for the first time, the number of years of healthy… Read More ›
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Hacker ruined Australian military security in 3 Minutes
Author : Mohit Kumar on 12/12/2012 06:25:00 AM Some 22,300 purported student and staff records held by the Australian Defence Force Academy were stolen and published online last month. A member of the Anonymous group, known as Darwinaire, is claiming responsibility… Read More ›
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MPs condemn Spanish ‘act of war’ over Gibraltar
Theo Usherwood Thursday, 13 December 2012 Spain was accused of an “act of war” today after its naval ships repeatedly entered the territorial waters of Gibraltar. Bob Stewart, Tory MP for Beckenham, said the British Government needed to “respond… Read More ›
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For North Korea, next step is a nuclear test
Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:09 GMT Reuters By David Chance SEOUL, Dec 13 (Reuters) – North Korea rattled the world on Wednesday by putting a satellite into orbit using the kind of technology that appears to demonstrate it can develop… Read More ›
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Japan scrambles fighters after Chinese plane enters disputed airspace
Dec 13, 2012 10:21 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Japan scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after at least one Chinese state-owned aeroplane entered airspace over the islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing. F-15 jets were mobilized… Read More ›
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MPs: ‘Chilling’ new libel law will CENSOR THE TRUTH online
We’re not trolling, you can silence a site with an email By Kelly Fiveash, Networks Correspondent Posted in Law, 12th December 2012 13:57 GMT Free whitepaper – A Paradigm Shift in Digital Asset Storage A proposed overhaul to the UK’s… Read More ›
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Scotland Yard investigating allegations senior politicians abused children in the 1980s and used ‘connections’ to escape justice
Metropolitan Police’s child abuse investigation team have interviewed several adults who claim that they were sexually assaulted as children by MPs in a paedophile ring Martin Hickman Wednesday, 12 December 2012 Scotland Yard detectives are looking into allegations that senior… Read More ›
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Liver defect likely cause of DHA deficiency in Alzheimer’s patients, UCI study finds
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Janet Wilson janethw@uci.edu 949-824-3969 University of California – Irvine Low levels of the omega-3 fatty acid may contribute to the neurodegenerative disease Irvine, Calif. — UC Irvine researchers have discovered that markedly depleted amounts… Read More ›
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Dosing schedule of pneumococcal vaccine linked with increased risk of getting multiresistant strain
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Elisabeth A. M. Sanders, M.D., Ph.D. l.sanders@umcutrecht.nl JAMA and Archives Journals This release is also available in Chinese on EurekAlert! Chinese. Infants who received heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV-7) at 2, 4, and 11… Read More ›
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Compounds in nonstick cookware and drinking water may be associated with elevated cholesterol in children and teens
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Kim Fetty fettyki@wvuh.com 304-293-7087 JAMA and Archives Journals Children and teens with higher blood levels of chemicals used in the production of non-stick cookware and waterproof fabrics appear more likely to have elevated total… Read More ›
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Commercial organic farms have better fruit and soil, lower environmental impact: ozone-depleting methyl bromide, which is slated to be replaced by the highly toxic methyl iodide over the protests of health advocates and more than 50 Nobel laureates and members of the National Academy of Sciences.
2010 report posted for filing Contact: John Reganold reganold@wsu.edu 509-335-8856 Washington State University Study finds commercial organic farms have better fruit and soil, lower environmental impact Research team compared fields and fruits in heart of nation’s strawberry patch … Read More ›
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Physical activity can reduce the genetic predisposition to obesity by 40 percent
2010 posted for filing Contact: Katie Hickling press@plos.org 44-122-346-3330 Public Library of Science Although the whole population can benefit from a physically active lifestyle, in part through reduced obesity risk, a new study shows that individuals with a genetic predisposition… Read More ›
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Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation
2010 report posted for filing Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation By MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer Matthew Perrone, Ap Health Writer Thu Sep 2, 4:01 am ET WASHINGTON – Allergan Inc., the maker… Read More ›
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89th Health Research Report 14 SEP 2010 – Reconstruction
Health Research Report 89th Issue 14 SEP 2010 Compiled By Ralph Turchiano http://www.vit.bz http://www.youtube.com/vhfilm http://www.facebook.com/engineeringevil http://www.engineeringevil.com http://www.healthresearchreport.me Editors Top Five: 1. Ghostwritten articles overstate benefits of hormone replacement therapy and downplay harms 2. Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia 3…. Read More ›
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3-mile-wide asteroid to buzz planet Earth tonight
By Space.com Published December 11, 2012 A giant asteroid will make a flyby of Earth over the next few days, and armchair astronomers can watch the action live on their computers. The near-Earth asteroid 4179 Toutatis, which is… Read More ›
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Officials defend decision not to prosecute in money-laundering case despite HSBC’s ‘blatant failure’ to implement controls
EEV: So the Investors pay while the criminals once again go free HSBC’s record $1.9bn fine preferable to prosecution, US authorities insist Dominic Rushe in New York and Jill Treanor in London guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 11 December 2012 15.37 EST Assistant attorney general Lanny… Read More ›
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Monti resignation announcement causes fears of renewed euro turbulence
News sees Italy’s borrowing costs rise and share prices fall, and EU leaders worry about possible spillover into Spain The Guardian, Monday 10 December 2012 16.14 EST Mario Monti, Mariano Rajoy and Antonis Samaras, the prime ministers of Italy,… Read More ›
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Analysts: NASA needs other countries to explore final frontier
EEV: Nothing rings the warning bells of National decline, than the disintegration of its science programs. Nothing spells inadequate leadership more than leaders who spend more time looking down than up. I myself would of Chose NASA, over J.P. Morgan,… Read More ›
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Hospital scanning ‘costs lives of healthy babies’
More than 200 women who discover they are expecting thanks to ultra-sensitive home testing kits are having their pregnancies ended by mistake because hospital scans cannot pick up the earliest signs of life, doctors warn. Home pregnancy test Photo: ALAMY By… Read More ›
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Politician threatens the Daily Telegraph if it exposes political corruption
The minister and a warning to the Telegraph before expenses story Maria Miller’s advisers warned The Daily Telegraph to consider the minister’s role in implementing the Leveson Report before this newspaper published details of her expenses. Maria Miller Photo: EPA By… Read More ›
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Plantain and broccoli fibers may block key stage in Crohn’s disease development
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmjgroup.com 44-207-383-6529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Translocation of Crohn’s disease Escherichia coli across M-cells: Contrasting effects of soluble plant fibers and emulsifiers Plantain and broccoli fibres may block a key stage in the… Read More ›
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Exposure to low doses of BPA ( within 12 Hours ) alters gene expression in the fetal mouse ovary
Contact: Patricia A. Hunt pathunt@wsu.edu 509-335-4954 Society for the Study of Reproduction Significant changes in gene expression in the fetal ovary are evident in female mice whose mothers are exposed to low doses of bisphenol A A study posted today… Read More ›
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Grapefruit’s bitter taste holds a sweet promise for diabetes therapy
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Jen Laloup jlaloup@plos.org 415-624-1220 Public Library of Science Naringenin, an antioxidant derived from the bitter flavor of grapefruits and other citrus fruits, may cause the liver to break down fat while increasing insulin sensitivity,… Read More ›
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Atrazine (Herbicide) causes prostate inflammation in male rats and delays puberty
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Robin Mackar rmackar@niehs.nih.gov 919-541-0073 NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences A new study shows that male rats prenatally exposed to low doses of atrazine, a widely used herbicide, are more likely to develop prostate… Read More ›
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Prenatal exposure to pesticides linked to attention problems
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Sarah Yang scyang@berkeley.edu 510-643-7741 University of California – Berkeley Berkeley — Children who were exposed to organophosphate pesticides while still in their mother’s womb were more likely to develop attention disorders years later, according… Read More ›
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