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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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Noda says Japan will boost coast security
NationalOct. 30, 2012 – 10:45AM JST( 27 ) TOKYO — Japan will “strengthen security” around its coasts, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Monday, as Chinese ships again plied waters near disputed islands. “While observing the pacifism that is a… Read More ›
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Breast cancer screening saves lives, says study??? that screening only narrowly decreased risks that a 50-year-old woman would die from breast cancer within 10 years — from 0.53 percent to 0.46 percent.
Engineering Evil Note: There seems to be conflicting studies being utilized to favor screening. I found this report stating that they used no current data for the meta analysis. The data they claimed to have used here was over 20… Read More ›
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Spain and Italy criticise Berlin plan for EU to police budgets
Europe divided over German proposals for a ‘super commissioner’ who could punish nations with large deficit Giles Tremlett in Madrd The Guardian, Monday 29 October 2012 16.53 EDT Spain’s prime minister Mariano Rajoy said about plans for an EU ‘super commissioner:… Read More ›
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Germany orders an Audit on its Gold Reserves: Stored in the United States, Britain and France “have never been physically checked”
Monday, 29 October 2012 German federal auditors have requested the Bundesbank checks Germany’s gold reserves, a major part of which has been stored at banks abroad since the Cold War. Germany’s gold bars, stored in… Read More ›
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Iran claims to have images of Israeli military bases taken by a drone launched by Lebanon’s Hezbollah
Iran claims Iranian-made surveillance drones have made ‘dozens of undetected flights’ into Israeli airspace Israel has rejected the account By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:14:19 EST, 29 October 2012| UPDATED:14:19 EST, 29 October 2012 Hezbollah: Leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has said… Read More ›
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Greek magazine editor arrested on live radio for publishing the names of 2,000 wealthy ‘tax evaders’… all with Swiss bank accounts
Kostas Vaxevanis, editor of Hot Docs, was giving a radio interview in Athens when officers stormed into the studio saying he had to go ‘to be arrested’ Today, as he appeared in court, Greek daily Ta Nea reprinted the list… Read More ›
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Medical Examiner keeps thousands of brains for ‘tests’ families call needless
By SUSAN EDELMAN Last Updated: 12:56 PM, October 28, 2012 Posted: 10:30 PM, October 27, 2012 EXCLUSIVE It’s the great brain robbery. The city Medical Examiner’s Office has kept the brains of more than 9,200 deceased New Yorkers — from… Read More ›
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Study Shows Common Pain Cream Could Protect Heart During Attack: 85 percent reduction in cardiac cell death
2009 study posted for filing Study Shows Common Pain Cream Could Protect Heart During Attack CINCINNATI—New research from the University of Cincinnati shows that a common, over-the-counter pain salve rubbed on the skin during a heart attack could… Read More ›
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Popular stomach acid reducer triples risk of developing pneumonia
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Shannon Koontz shkoontz@wfubmc.edu 336-716-2415 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – A popular stomach-acid reducer used to prevent stress ulcers in critically ill patients needing breathing machine support increases the risk of those… Read More ›
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Green tea component may help preserve stored platelets, tissues
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Suong-Hyu Hyon, Ph.D. biogen@frontier.kyoto-u.ac.jpCell Transplantation Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair Tampa, Fla. (September 14th, 2009) – In two separate studies, a major component in green tea, epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG), has been found… Read More ›
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On-the-job pesticide exposure associated with Parkinson’s disease
Contact: Jonathan Friedman jfriedman@thepi.org 408-542-5606 JAMA and Archives Journals Individuals whose occupation involves contact with pesticides appear to have an increased risk of having Parkinson’s disease, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Neurology, one of… Read More ›
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Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development: The brain retains vitamin C
Contact: Professor Jens Lykkesfeldt jopl@life.ku.dk 453-533-3163 University of Copenhagen New research at LIFE — Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen shows that vitamin C deficiency may impair the mental development of newborn babies New research at LIFE –… Read More ›
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65th Health Resarch Report 15 SEP 2009 – Reconstruction
Editors Top Five: 1. 75 percent would consider letting an unsupervised trainee perform surgery if it could be done quicker 2. Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development – 3. Study reveals new role of vitamin C in skin protection… Read More ›
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Scare yourself thin: horror movies help burn calories, study finds
Researchers discover watching horror films can help you burn equivalent of a chocolate bar, with The Shining burning most Ben Child guardian.co.uk, Monday 29 October 2012 09.53 EDT The axe kin diet … Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall) loses about half… Read More ›
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The Libyan Benghazi Assault…58 Pieces of the Puzzle to a terrorist act and political posturing
Engineering Evil: There are more than 58 points ( direct article excerpts) I quickly covered. I focused only on the major ones and not the ones commonly known. There are some time line inconsistencies and you may find some conflicting statements…. Read More ›
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Faster-than-light communication, the hidden influence of inequality and the possibility of infinite speed
Contact: Jenny Hogan jenny.hogan@quantumlah.org 65-651-64302 Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore Researchers look beyond space and time to cope with quantum theory IMAGE: Trying to explain quantum “spooky action at a distance” using any kind of… Read More ›
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Drop in testosterone tied to prostate cancer recurrence
Contact: Diana Quattrone Diana.Quattrone@fccc.edu 215-728-7784 Fox Chase Cancer Center Fox Chase researchers find that men whose testosterone falls after radiation are more likely to experience a rise in PSA BOSTON, MA (October 28, 2012)—Men whose testosterone drops following radiation therapy… Read More ›
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Research dispels myth that sudden cardiac arrests happens mainly during sports
Contact: Jane-Diane Fraser jfraser@hsf.ca 613-569-4361 x273 Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Sudden cardiac death in Ontario under age 40 – is exercise dangerous? It’s a tragic news story that often makes headlines – a young, healthy, fit athlete suddenly… Read More ›
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H1N1 Pandemic Virus Does Not Mutate Into ‘Superbug’ in UMd. Lab Study
2009 study posted for filing COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A laboratory study by University of Maryland researchers suggests that some of the worst fears about a virulent H1N1 pandemic flu season may not be realized this year, but does… Read More ›
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Daily aspirin does more harm than good: study
2009 study posted for filing LONDON (AFP) – Healthy people taking a daily dose of aspirin to prevent heart attacks may be doing themselves more harm than good, according to a new study by British scientists. Researchers found… Read More ›
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Heat forms potentially harmful substance in high-fructose corn syrup: Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF)
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Michael Woods m_woods@acs.org 202-872-6293 American Chemical Society Researchers have established the conditions that foster formation of potentially dangerous levels of a toxic substance in the high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) often fed to honey bees…. Read More ›
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Unlocking the body’s defenses against cancer : ‘kinase inhibitors’ cancerous cells in a flask the diseased cells stopped multiplying and began acting like normal cells again
Contact: Aeron Haworth aeron.haworth@manchester.ac.uk 44-161-275-8383 University of Manchester Scientists have discovered a way of allowing healthy cells to take charge of cancerous cells and stop them developing into tumours in what could provide a new approach to treating early-stage cancers…. Read More ›
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Hormone therapy for prostate cancer patients with heart conditions linked to increased death risk : Doubles risk of dying
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Lori J. Shanks ljshanks@partners.org 617-534-1604 JAMA and Archives Journals Men with coronary artery disease-induced congestive heart failure or heart attack who receive hormone therapy before or along with radiation therapy for treatment of prostate… Read More ›
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Long-term tamoxifen use increases risk of an aggressive, hard to treat type of second breast cancer: 4 fold increase
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Kristen Woodward kwoodwar@fhcrc.org 206-667-5095 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Study finds a more than four-fold increased risk of ER negative second cancers SEATTLE – While long-term tamoxifen use among breast cancer survivors decreases their… Read More ›
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64th Health Research Report 01 SEP 2009 – Reconstruction
Editors Top Five: 1. H1N1 Pandemic Virus Does Not Mutate Into ‘Superbug’ in UMd. Lab Study 2. Natural compounds, chemotherapeutic drugs may become partners in cancer therapy 3. Heat forms potentially harmful substance in high-fructose corn syrup 4…. Read More ›
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Air Force makes redaction blunder in Libya report
Christian Wenande October 12, 2012 – 11:53 An under-prepared NATO and the use of Israeli weapons among the issues conveyed in a report sent by the Danish tactical command The FTK report indicated that Denmark obtained Israeli parts… Read More ›
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Secret Report Criticizes NATO’s Command in Libya
Related Post: Air Force makes redaction blunder in Libya report Oct. 28, 2012 – 12:40PM | By GERARD O’DWYER | HELSINKI — The accidental release of a Danish Defense Forces’ (DDF) report critical of NATO’s command structures and inability… Read More ›
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The business of cyber gaming ” enormous economic potential”
Editorial Desk The China Post Publication Date : 28-10-2012 Taiwan government officials and lawmakers agreed to help establish cyber gaming, or “e-sports,” as a national sport that qualifies for government assistance shortly after a Taiwanese team won an international video… Read More ›
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Lagarde-List Leaked: HOT DOC Publishes 2,059 Names from Stolen HSBC-List
Link to the : The “Lagarde List” Just the names Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Politics Monthly magazine HOT DOC managed the impossible: To get what it seems to be the content of the long-missing and infamous Lagarde-list containing the names… Read More ›
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‘€1m from Saddam Hussein’: new light on al-Hilli massacre
Cash in Swiss account raises question: was Saad’s father helping dictator move his fortune abroad? BY Nigel HorneLAST UPDATED AT 10:07 ON Sun 28 Oct 2012 EVER since the massacre of the al-Hilli family in the woods near Lake Annecy … Read More ›
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Tories will change relations with European courts after prisoner vote row, says Justice Secretary
The Tories will go into the next election promising a new relationship with the European Court of Human Rights after rows over prisoner voting and foreign criminals, the Justice Secretary has said. Mr Grayling has suggested the Conservatives will loosen… Read More ›
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Critical infrastructure managing software vulnerable to Unauthorized access
Posted by Mohit Kumar on 10/25/2012 08:57:00 AM | Reid Wightman from security firm ioActive reported that there is an undocumented backdoor available in CoDeSys software that actually used to manage equipment in power plants, military environments, and nautical ships…. Read More ›
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Anonymous going to lauch wikileaks like project called TYLER
Posted by Mohit Kumar on 10/23/2012 10:42:00 AM | International hacker group Anonymous is going to create a WikiLeaks competitor scandalous leak portal called Tyler, for the publication of secret information from governments of various countries. One of the group’s… Read More ›
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Around three thousand Spanish police rally against loss of Christmas bonus
Sunday, 28 October 2012 Around three thousand off-duty police officers rallied outside the Interior Ministry in the Spanish capital to protest austerity measures and budget cuts that will see their Christmas bonuses hit the chopping block. Plain-clothes police donning blue… Read More ›
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Japan says four Chinese ships in disputed waters
NationalOct. 28, 2012 – 03:00PM JST( 0 ) TOKYO — Four Chinese maritime surveillance ships were spotted in territorial waters around disputed Tokyo-controlled islands on Sunday, Japan’s coast guard said. The ships were earlier sailing in the contiguous zone near… Read More ›
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EU rules are driving maternity and casualty closures
European rules limiting doctors’ working hours have played a part in the closure of hospital departments across Britain, a Sunday Telegraph investigation has found. The maximum 48-hour-week for doctors was introduced in August 2009. Since then, plans to close or… Read More ›
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Claims emerge Alps murder victim may have had access to part of Saddam Hussein’s fortune
A British engineer murdered in the French Alps may have had access to part of a multi-million pound fortune once belonging to Saddam Hussein, it has been claimed. Police around the BMW at the scene of the shooting in woods… Read More ›
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Street lights turned off in their thousands to meet carbon emission targets
Huge swathes of Britain are being plunged into darkness as more and more streetlights are switched off by councils and roads authorities. By Claire Duffin 9:00PM BST 27 Oct 2012 Lights are being turned off on motorways and major roads,… Read More ›
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Anti-austerity protesters urge Spain government to resign in Madrid rally
By Agence France-Presse Saturday, October 27, 2012 18:08 EDT Topics: budget cuts ♦ demonstrators ♦ Spain government Thousands of anti-austerity demonstrators marched in the Spanish capital Saturday calling for the conservative government to resign because of its severe budget cuts…. Read More ›
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List of Swiss Accounts Turns Up the Heat in Greece
Update: The ” Lagarde List ” Linked Here October 27, 2012 By RACHEL DONADIO and LIZ ALDERMAN ATHENS — The speaker of the Greek Parliament, several employees of the Finance Ministry and a number of business leaders are on a… Read More ›
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Greek editor’s arrest sought over list with Swiss accounts
Posted 2012/10/27 at 7:47 pm EDT ATHENS, Oct. 27, 2012 (Reuters) — Greek police are seeking to arrest the editor of a weekly magazine for publishing a list of more than 2,000 names of wealthy Greeks who have placed money… Read More ›
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Video Health Research Report #3 27 OCT 2012
Topics: Pthalates in consumer products and early menopause Clostridium difficle 027 and probiotic eradication Flame Retardent ” Firemaster 550 ” Endocrine disruption & Massive Weight Gain Sepsis Survival using Mung Bean Extract
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Active ingredients in marijuana found to spread and prolong pain : Transforms transient normal pain into persistent chronic pain
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Jim Kelly jpkelly@utmb.edu 409-772-8791 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Research has implications for medical use of drug and concepts of chronic pain GALVESTON, Texas — Imagine that you’re working on your back… Read More ›
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