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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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Azeri president says Armenia is a country “of no value”
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev took his verbal attacks on arch enemy Armenia onto Twitter on Tuesday, calling his Caucasus neighbor a “colony” run from abroad. Aliyev and his government have tried to boost their presence online, where dissident Azeri… Read More ›
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Data on 9 million Greeks stolen
Nov 21, 2012 07:08 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Greek police have arrested a 35-year-old programmer suspected of stealing the personal data of nine million people or two-thirds of the population of the country. According to investigators he tried to sell… Read More ›
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Police chief killed in Libya’s Benghazi – sources
EEV: Flash Back – ” “Assuming we don’t die tonight. We saw one of our ‘police’ that guard the compound taking pictures,” he wrote hours before the assault.” By Josh Edelson Reuters Wednesday, Nov 21, 2012 BENGHAZI – A top… Read More ›
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Quantum crypto – with nothing more than STANDARD broadband fibre
Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/20/quantum_crypto_breakthrough/ Theoretical un-crackability cracked By John Leyden Posted in Security, 20th November 2012 17:58 GMT Free whitepaper – Blue Coat Systems 2012 Malnet Report Boffins have worked out how to run quantum cryptography systems over a standard broadband… Read More ›
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Flouridation may not do much for cavities
2010 study posted for filing: When it comes to fluoridating drinking water, Ontario and Quebec couldn’t be further apart. Ontario has the country’s highest rate of adding the tooth-enamel-strengthening chemical into municipal supplies, while Quebec has one of the… Read More ›
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Purple periwinkles battle inflammatory diseases – COPD
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Emily Butler emily_butler@urmc.rochester.edu 585-273-1757 University of Rochester Medical Center Natural supplement boasts excellent safety A widely and safely used plant extract acts as a novel anti-inflammatory agent that may one day be used for… Read More ›
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Regular use of aspirin increases risk of Crohn’s disease by 5 times
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Simon Dunford s.dunford@uea.ac.uk 44-160-359-2203 University of East Anglia People who take aspirin regularly for a year or more may be at an increased risk of developing Crohn’s disease, according to a new study… Read More ›
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Researchers recommend pregnant women take 4,000 IU vitamin D a day
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Susan Martin ssmartin@aap.org 847-434-7877 American Academy of Pediatrics VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – Taking vitamin D supplements during pregnancy is not only safe for mother and baby, but also can prevent preterm labor/births and infections,… Read More ›
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Vitamin E effective for ‘silent’ liver disease
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Jennifer Homa jeh9057@nyp.org 212-305-5587 New York- Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center NIH-funded, NEJM study is largest ever to look at nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, an obesity-related condition NEW YORK (April 29, 2010) — Vitamin E has… Read More ›
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Poultry disease vaccine brings short-term results but long-term problems: live vaccines that protect poultry against Newcastle Disease may be altering the genetic makeup of the wild virus strains
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Amitabh Avasthi axa47@psu.edu 814-865-9481 Penn State Attenuated live vaccines that protect poultry against Newcastle Disease may be altering the genetic makeup of the wild virus strains, which could make future outbreaks unpredictable and difficult… Read More ›
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New strain of virulent airborne fungi, unique to Oregon, is set to spread
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Mary Jane Gore mary.gore@duke.edu 919-660-1309 Duke University Medical Center DURHAM, N.C. – A newly discovered strain of an airborne fungus has caused several deaths in Oregon and seems poised to move into California and… Read More ›
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Attorney General will not review case of jailed SAS soldier
The campaign to free jailed SAS soldier Danny Nightingale was struck a blow after the Attorney General said it would be “inappropriate” for him to intervene in either the prosecution or the length of the sentence. Sgt Danny Nightingale with… Read More ›
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Rise of the Machines: Autonomous killer robots ‘could be developed in 20 years’
Militaries around the world ‘very excited’ about replacing soldiers with robots that can act independently U.S. leads the way with automated weapons systems, but drones still need remote control operator authorisation to open fire Human Rights Watch calls for worldwide… Read More ›
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Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson WILL face court over ‘making payments to public officials’: Four News International staff to be charged with conspiracy
Crown Prosecution Service said that five people are to face action as part of Operation Elveden The others are former News of the World royal correspondent Clive Goodman, former Sun chief reporter John Kay and Ministry of Defence employee Bettina… Read More ›
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Israeli minister vows Palestinian ‘holocaust’
Relatives of a Palestinian boy killed in an Israeli rocket attack By Tim Butcher in Jerusalem 2:25PM GMT 29 Feb 2008 A senior Israeli politician provoked controversy today when he warned that Palestinians firing rockets from Gaza would be punished… Read More ›
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SAS war hero Danny Nightingale is in jail while terror suspect Abu Qatada is free. This is a travesty of justice
By Nile GardinerWorldLast updated: November 18th, 2012 Sergeant Danny Nightingale with his wife Sally Sally Nightingale, wife of jailed SAS war hero Danny Nightingale, has made a moving appeal to David Cameron to intervene in the case of her husband’s… Read More ›
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China Challenges West for Arms Trade: ” Over the past 10 years, China has been funneling weapons to some African countries in an effort to secure oil rights “
New, Better Products on Display at Zhuhai Show Nov. 19, 2012 – 09:17AM | By WENDELL MINNICK | Comments Officers of China’s People Liberation Army (PLA) watch planes performing Nov. 13 during the ninth China International Aviation and Aerospace… Read More ›
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Former Top Official Files Scorching Complaint Against SEC : Claims “Cover up” of Catastrophic Security Breach of the SEC
By IULIA FILIP WASHINGTON (CN) – A former assistant inspector general claims the SEC fired and defamed him for reporting misconduct by SEC officers and exposing potential security breaches at the agency. David P. Weber sued the U.S. Securities and… Read More ›
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Israeli Hackers Leak Credit Card Data from Palestine ISP
!!EEV: Again, always proceed with caution when clicking unknown links!! Along war with airstrikes between Israel and Palestine, Cyber war between hackers from both country on fire. . First Hackers from all over world who supporting Palestine start attacking Israeli… Read More ›
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Europhiles get the jitters as anti-EU talk gains momentum
Ken Clarke and Ed Miliband speak up for Europe as all signs point to the Tories taking a populist right turn ColumnLAST UPDATED AT 11:22 ON Mon 19 Nov 2012 THE biggest Europhile in the coalition government,… Read More ›
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Greece, electric company cuts power for unpaid bills: “doubled property tax bills that have been put into their utility charges”
Crisis: Greece, electric company cuts power for unpaid bills (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, NOVEMBER 19 – With winter rapidly approaching, Greece’s Public Power Corporation is cutting off the power to 30,000 customers a month who can’t pay rising bills as their… Read More ›
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Not a single penny more for the EU’s begging bowl
The demand for a budget increase amid such an abuse of public funds is outrageous, says Boris Johnson Herman Van Rompuy wants a rise in spending by Brussels of 5 to 6.8 per cent Photo: REUTERS <!– remove the whitespace… Read More ›
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Prisoners to get the vote regardless, Government human rights adviser says: European Court overrules British Sovereignty
Prisoners will get the vote regardless of David Cameron’s concerns, according to a Government human rights adviser. Lord Lester, a leading member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights as well as the Bill of Rights Commission, told The Daily… Read More ›
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Kuwait detains Twitter users for insulting emir
By Agence France-Presse Sunday, November 18, 2012 20:44 EST Kuwait’s public prosecution on Sunday ordered the detention of four Twitter users for 10 days for allegedly insulting the ruler of the oil-rich Gulf state, a rights group said. The four… Read More ›
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Breakthrough Nanoparticle Halts Multiple Sclerosis in Mice, Offers Hope for Other Immune-Related Diseases
A biodegradable nanoparticle turns out to be the perfect vehicle to stealthily deliver an antigen that tricks the immune system into stopping its attack on myelin and halt a model of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) in mice, researchers report…. Read More ›
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Obesity gene, carried by more than a third of the US population, leads to brain tissue loss
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Mark Wheeler mwheeler@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-2265 University of California – Los Angeles Three years ago, geneticists reported the startling discovery that nearly half of all people in the U.S. with European ancestry carry a variant of… Read More ›
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Vitamin K may protect against developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, say Mayo Clinic researchers
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Karl Oestreich newsbureau@mayo.edu 507-284-5005 Mayo Clinic WASHINGTON — In the first study of vitamin K and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk, researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Minnesota have found that people who have higher… Read More ›
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Substance in breast milk kills cancer cells: ” kills 40 different types of cancer “
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Roger Karlsson rogerk@chem.gu.se 46-317-869-059 University of Gothenburg A substance found in breast milk can kill cancer cells, reveal studies carried out by researchers at Lund University and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Although the… Read More ›
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Vitamin and calcium supplements may reduce breast cancer risk: 30 – 40% reduction
Contact: Jeremy Moore jeremy.moore@aacr.org 267-646-0557 American Association for Cancer Research WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vitamins and calcium supplements appear to reduce the risk of breast cancer, according to findings presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 101st Annual Meeting 2010…. Read More ›
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First evidence that chitosan could repair spinal damage
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Kathryn Knight kathryn@biologists.com 44-078-763-44333 The Company of Biologists Chitosan offers hope for spinal injury patients This release is available in Chinese. Richard Borgens and his colleagues from the Center for Paralysis Research at the… Read More ›
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Study shows potential benefit of dark chocolate for liver disease patients
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Isabelle Scali media.easl2010@cohnwolfe.com 44-771-743-5103 European Association for the Study of the Liver Vienna, Austria, Thursday 15 April: Doctors could soon be prescribing a dose of dark chocolate to help patients suffering from liver cirrhosis… Read More ›
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Health, life insurers hold $1.88 billion in fast-food stocks: AJPH article
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Mark Almberg mark@pnhp.org312-782-6006 Physicians for a National Health Program Harvard researchers say insurers put profits over health Just weeks after the passage of a health bill that will dramatically increase the number of Americans… Read More ›
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Brain Infection from Tapeworn ” Serious Health Concern”
2010 study posted for filing Increasing in Mexico and Bordering Southwestern States MAYWOOD, Ill. — Tapeworm infections of the brain, which can cause epileptic seizures, appear to be increasing in Mexico and bordering southwestern states, Loyola University Health System researchers… Read More ›
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U of I study: Lack of omega-3 fatty acid linked to male infertility: DHA
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Phyllis Picklesimer p-pickle@illinois.edu 217-244-2827 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign URBANA – According to a University of Illinois study, omega-3 fatty acids may be good for more than heart health. A little-known omega-3 may have… Read More ›
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U of I study: Lack of omega-6 fatty acid linked to severe dermatitis
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Phyllis Picklesimer p-pickle@illinois.edu 217-244-2827 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign URBANA –University of Illinois scientists have learned that a specific omega-6 fatty acid may be critical to maintaining skin health. “In experiments with mice, we… Read More ›
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80th Health Research Report 22 APR 2010 : Reconstruction
Editors Top Five: 1. Vitamin K May Protect Against Developing Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Say Mayo Clinic Researchers 2. First evidence that chitosan could repair spinal damage 3. Over half of women in abusive relationships still saw their male partners as dependable… Read More ›
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Here’s a Look at the World’s ‘First Smart Restaurant,’ Kitchen-Free and Run by Robots : Bye Bye Many Fast Food Jobs
November 16, 2012 // 6:12 pm // By: Dominique Zamora Earlier this year, we caught wind of a young robotics company out of San Francisco that had created its very own burger making machine. Just insert tomatoes, pickles, onions, lettuce,… Read More ›
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Bomb materials, weapons found in Ridgewood home : A 60-year-old doctor with ties to the Occupy Wall Street movement
Bomb materials, weapons found in Ridgewood home Saturday, November 17, 2012 Last updated: Sunday November 18, 2012, 9:51 AM BY JEFF GREEN STAFF WRITER The Record RIDGEWOOD — A 60-year-old doctor with ties to the Occupy Wall Street movement… Read More ›
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Mexico’s Zetas drug cartel strikes gold in the coal business
By Agence France-Presse Saturday, November 17, 2012 23:03 EST They may be known for flashy cars and state of the art weaponry, but Mexican druglords have found an earthy new source of wealth: dirty old coal. They are mining it… Read More ›
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Congress to investigate Benghazi ‘talking points’ : Who omitted the CIA’s early conclusion that terrorists were involved?
By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Intelligence Committee chairman says Congress has ordered the Obama administration to explain who exactly created its “talking points” on the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi, Libya, and who omitted… Read More ›
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Dark matter: the underground lab searching for wimps
At Gran Sasso National Laboratory, nearly a mile beneath an Italian mountain range, physicists are trying to isolate the particles they believe hold the universe together Robin McKie The Observer, Saturday 17 November 2012 Construction of the DarkSide detector… Read More ›
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56% of Britons would vote to quit EU in referendum, poll finds: ” voters over 55 were the most critical of the EU, with 59% saying it was a bad thing and 20% a good thing”
Results of survey will make sobering reading for leaders of three major parties, as PM prepares for crucial meeting on EU budget Daniel Boffey and Toby Helm The Observer, Saturday 17 November 2012 14.56 EST NIgel Farage’s anti-Brussels Ukip is… Read More ›
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Plants’ Exposure to Light Influences Organic Weed Control Methods
ScienceDaily (Nov. 15, 2012) — The popularity of organic foods and products continues to climb, creating greater demand for organic agriculture. Effective natural alternatives to synthetic chemical weed and pest management are needed to meet organic standards. Essential oils, such… Read More ›
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Insight: Facing austerity, Europe’s bureaucrats chafe : As EU institutions have cellars stocked with nearly 47,000 bottles of red, white and sparkling wine
By Sebastian Moffett and Claire DavenportPosted 2012/11/18 at 5:21 am EST BRUSSELS, Nov. 18, 2012 (Reuters) — Workers protesting austerity on the streets of southern Europe weren’t to know it, but earlier this month there was also a strike at… Read More ›
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Ambassador Nikovski wants EU Chief in Macedonia (Aivo Orav) Expelled
Saturday, 17 November 2012 “He needs to be ignored, by all, at all levels. No institution should have any contacts, if Aivo Orav does not publicly apologize. If he refuses to apologize and remains isolated as he most certainly will… Read More ›
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Cesium in trout 110 times over limit
Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 Kyodo A mountain trout caught in the Niida River in Fukushima Prefecture contained 11,400 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram, more than 110 times above the government limit for food products, a survey by the Environment… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 