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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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Turkey fires artillery into Syria after shelling: fifth consecutive day of Turkish retaliation
12:21pm EDT By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish forces fired across the frontier into Syria on Sunday after a shell launched from Syria landed in Turkey’s border town of Akcakale, underlining Ankara’s warning that it will respond with force… Read More ›
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Suspicions, doubts linger after pope’s butler verdict
9:47am EDT By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The swift conviction of Pope Benedict’s former butler leaves lingering suspicions that he was a pawn in a much larger Vatican intrigue involving infighting in the papal court and alleged corruption… Read More ›
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NPR anchor ties term ‘illegal immigrant’ to Nazi Germany: “I don’t think I’ve known a single person who hasn’t broken the law,”
Engineering Evil: Comments on this article are turned off…..This article has impact due to an attempt to control the language of the debate. Control the language and you influence the outcome. Even though there may be historical inaccuracies as well as… Read More ›
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales marries Tony Blair’s former diary secretary in star-studded ceremony… and Alastair Campbell played the bagpipes!
Ceremony in London attended by Tony Blair and his former spin doctor Alastair Campbell wearing a kilt and playing bagpipes Celebrities including former Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall invited Marriage to Kate Garvey was updated on Jimmy Wales’ Wikipedia page… Read More ›
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Philippines appeals to hackers to cease attacks
By Agence France-Presse Saturday, October 6, 2012 19:00 EDT Topics: Abigail Valte ♦ Benigno Aquino ♦ philippines Hackers incensed by the Philippines’ controversial cybercrime law have attacked government sites that deliver emergency information during natural disasters, an official said Saturday…. Read More ›
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Bhutan aims to be first 100% organic nation
Sapa-AFP | 07 October, 2012 08:27 Lyonchoen Jigmi Yoezer Thinley, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan Image by: MIKE SEGAR / REUTERS The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, famed for seeking “happiness” for its citizens, is aiming… Read More ›
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Not just all in the mind: How a vitamin a day helps boost memory
By Roger Dobson PUBLISHED:16:00 EST, 6 October 2012| UPDATED:16:01 EST, 6 October 2012 The cost of health: About £140 million a year is spent on multivitamins in the UK A daily multivitamin tablet may boost the memory and slow mental… Read More ›
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Secret spy telescopes’ new role: helping Nasa hunt for life beyond solar system: Each as large as the Hubble observatory
Giant instruments designed to keep watch on Soviets have been given over to space research Robin McKie, science edito The Observer, Saturday 6 October 2012 The Carina nebula: the new telescopes given to Nasa by spy chiefs could help… Read More ›
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Training Computers to Understand the Human Brain
The activation maps of the two contrasts (hot color: mammal > tool ; cool color: tool > mammal) computed from the 10 datasets of our participants. (Credit: Image courtesy of Tokyo Institute of Technology) ScienceDaily (Oct. 5, 2012) — Tokyo… Read More ›
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Patients starve and die of thirst on hospital wards (U.K.)
Forty-three hospital patients starved to death last year and 111 died of thirst while being treated on wards, new figures disclose today. There were 558 cases last year where doctors recorded that a patient had died in a state of… Read More ›
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Sick of intrusive airport security already? Just wait for the next generation of scanners which can read EVERY molecule in your body
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:13:41 EST, 6 October 2012| UPDATED:13:41 EST, 6 October 2012 Security staff at airports can already force us to go through metal detectors and use X-rays to see under our clothes. But a new technology being… Read More ›
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‘Food terrorism’ a new concern in China-Japan rift
KuchikomiOct. 07, 2012 – 06:30AM JST( 2 ) TOKYO — In a matter of weeks from mid-September, Japan-China relations have chilled to a level not seen in recent memory. “In China, Japanese nationals have been singled out for attacks, such… Read More ›
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Genes remember sugar hit: Australian research: ” capable of permanently altering DNA “
2009 study posted for filing Genes remember sugar hit: Australian research SYDNEY (AFP) – Human genes remember a sugar hit for two weeks, with prolonged poor eating habits capable of permanently altering DNA, Australian research has found. A team… Read More ›
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Study links water pollution with declining male fertility : Anti-androgen Contamination
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Sarah Hoyle s.hoyle@exeter.ac.uk 44-013-922-62062 University of Exeter New research strengthens the link between water pollution and rising male fertility problems. The study, by Brunel University, the Universities of Exeter and Reading and the Centre… Read More ›
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HHS Report Slams FDA’s Conflict of Interest Oversight: 42% were missing the required financial disclosures
2009 report posted for filing By Emily P. Walker, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 — The FDA fails to ensure that scientists conducting clinical trials on investigational products disclose financial conflicts of interest, found a review… Read More ›
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Misuse of Vicks VapoRub may harm infants and toddlers: Irritant causes the body to produce more mucus
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Jennifer Stawarz jstawarz@chestnet.org 847-498-8306 American College of Chest Physicians Toddler in respiratory distress after popular salve used Vicks® VapoRub®, the popular salve used to relieve symptoms of cough and congestion, may be harmful for… Read More ›
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Most heart attack patients’ cholesterol levels did not indicate cardiac risk: half of the patients with a history of heart disease had LDL cholesterol levels lower than 100 mg/dL
Contact: Rachel Champeau rchampeau@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-2270 University of California – Los Angeles A new national study has shown that nearly 75 percent of patients hospitalized for a heart attack had cholesterol levels that would indicate they were not at high risk… Read More ›
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Study shows California’s autism increase not due to better counting, diagnosis: seven- to eight-fold increase in the number children born in California with autism since 1990
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Phyllis Brown phyllis.brown@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu 916-734-9023 University of California – Davis Health System (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A study by researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has found that the seven- to eight-fold increase in the… Read More ›
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48th Health Research Report 20 JAN 2009 – Reconstruction
Editors Top Five: Not enough research to justify a top five yet. In this issue: 1. Maslinic acid provides a natural defense against colon cancer 2. Chemopreventive agents in black raspberries identified 3. Study shows California’s… Read More ›
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World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row
5 October 2012 Last updated at 06:29 ET Playing WoW leads people to live a “bizarre double life” say Maine Republicans The gaming hobby of a political candidate has become an issue in a state senate race in New England,… Read More ›
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U.S. Needs Offensive Weapons in Cyberwar: General
Oct. 4, 2012 – 08:06PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON — The United States needs to develop offensive weapons in cyberspace as part of its effort to protect the nation from cyber attacks, a senior military official said Oct…. Read More ›
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You wouldn’t think the undead would be so good at CPR! Zombies save dying woman from cardiac arrest in creepy PSA video
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:21:44 EST, 5 October 2012| UPDATED:23:49 EST, 5 October 2012 With Halloween just around the corner, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada has decided the time is right for an hilarious Zombie-themed public service announcement…. Read More ›
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INTERVIEW-Armenian president says Azerbaijan threatens new war
Fri Oct 5, 2012 6:06pm GMT * Armenia and Azerbaijan dispute Nagorno-Karabakh * Yerevan says Baku threatens new war * Azerbaijan says it is not the aggressor By Nigel Stephenson and Hasmik Mkrtchyan YEREVAN, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Armenian President… Read More ›
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Archaeologists return to ancient Greek ‘computer’ wreck site: official
By Agence France-Presse Friday, October 5, 2012 9:19 EDT Topics: ancient Greek ♦ Antikythera ♦ Antikythera mechanism A new search has begun at a Greek island where an ancient device known as the world’s “oldest computer” was found over a… Read More ›
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Catholic theologian: Unseat pope and push ‘authoritarian’ church to radical reform
By Kate Connolly, The Guardian Friday, October 5, 2012 14:26 EDT Topics: Joseph Ratzinger ♦ Ratzinger Hans Küng urges confrontation from the grassroots to unseat pope and force radical reform at Vatican One of the world’s most prominent Catholic theologians… Read More ›
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National Bank of Canada foreclosing Americans’ homes over credit card debt
By Stephen C. Webster Friday, October 5, 2012 13:15 EDT Topics: California ♦ credit card debt ♦ National Bank of Canada The National Bank of Canada is attempting to foreclose upon hundreds of American families’ homes in California over old… Read More ›
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Researcher: wave of cyber attacks to target U.S. banks
By Agence France-Presse Friday, October 5, 2012 17:30 EDT Topics: cyber attacks ♦ RSA ♦ Trojan attacks As many as 30 US banking firms are expected to be targeted in a wave of cyber attacks as part of “a large-scale… Read More ›
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Swedish Internet sites unreachable after warning from Anonymous
By Agence France-Presse Friday, October 5, 2012 20:00 EDT Topics: swedish authorities ♦ Swedish Central Bank ♦ Swedish government Several Swedish government websites could not be accessed Friday after they had received a warning the evening before from a group… Read More ›
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Tree Nut Research May Unexpectedly Lead to Medical Advances/ Thyme
By Marcia Wood October 5, 2012 Prescription drugs that today help patients fight severe fungal infections might tomorrow be even more effective, thanks to unexpected findings from agriculture-based, food-safety-focused studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues…. Read More ›
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What number is halfway between 1 and 9? Is it 5 — or 3?
For Immediate Release:October 5, 2012 contact: Caroline McCall, MIT News Office email: cmccall5@mit.edu phone: 617-253-1682 A new information-theoretical model of human sensory perception and memory sheds light on some peculiarities of the nervous system. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Ask adults… Read More ›
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Whether we like someone affects how our brain processes movement
Contact: Suzanne Wu suzanne.wu@usc.edu 213-740-0252 University of Southern California Hate the Lakers? Do the Celtics make you want to hurl? Whether you like someone can affect how your brain processes their actions, according to new research from the Brain and… Read More ›
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Why We Need Insects–Even “Pesky” Ones
A large natural population of evening primrose (yellow flowers) in Ithaca, New York. Credit and Larger Version October 4, 2012 View a video interview with Anurag Agrawal of Cornell University. View Video Hard evidence of evolution. Credit and Larger Version… Read More ›
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Study finds faults in proposed mental disorder diagnosis: ” attenuated psychosis syndrome (APS), a new diagnosis that would identify those impaired by preliminary psychotic symptoms that do not meet the threshold for an existing diagnosis as having a psychotic disorder”
Contact: Holly Brown-Ayers hbrownayers@butler.org 401-455-6501 Women & Infants Hospital Providence, RI – A much anticipated addition to the revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fifth edition (DSM-5) is questionable according to research findings. The newly revised DSM-5, the… Read More ›
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Doctors speak out about unnecessary care as cost put at $800 billion a year
Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Prominent doctors are challenging the assumption in US healthcare that more is better Leading doctors are calling for action to tackle unnecessary care that is estimated to account for up to $800bn… Read More ›
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BPA’s Real Threat May Be After It Has Metabolized: Chemical Found in Many Plastics Linked to Multiple Health Threats: “MBP has a 100-fold to 1,000-fold stronger bond to the estrogen receptor than BPA”
Contacts between the ends (red) of estradiol and the estrogen receptor are critical for biological activity. BPA is too short to have both contacts; MBP is longer and can mimic the sex hormone estradiol in the estrogen receptor. (Credit: Image… Read More ›
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Turkey returns fire after mortar bomb from Syria hits farmland – state news agency
Published: 5 October, 2012, 21:03 Edited: 5 October, 2012, 21:03 Ankara’s military forces have struck back after a mortar bomb fired from Syria hit a farmland in the Turkish province of Hatay, reports Reuters quoting the state news agency. MORE… Read More ›
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TSA steals $500 from traveler as punishment
Thu Oct 4, 2012 1:34PM GMT A former TSA worker has pleaded guilty to stealing over $500 in cash from a man who complained about the TSA’s invasive pat down procedure, with the TSA agent admitting the theft was a… Read More ›
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Chinese video-sharing sites crack down on Japanese TV shows and movies
By Ida Torres / October 5, 2012 / Major Chinese video-sharing websites are noticeably lacking one country in their categories list: Japan. Sites like Youku, Tudou and PPS have deleted Japan from the list of countries, although you could still search… Read More ›
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Two Carrier Groups Are Now Operating In The China Sea
Robert Johnson|Oct. 4, 2012, 9:43 PM|4,209|31 Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Summer M. Anderson USS George Washington The USS George Washington and the USS John C. Stennisaircraft carrier strike groups (CSGs), a flotilla of five ships and more than 10,000 Navy… Read More ›
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Tokyo governor risks Chinese outrage with disputed island construction plan
The hawkish governor of Tokyo intends to push ahead with a plan to construct port facilities on disputed islands, a move that would inevitably trigger renewed outrage in China. Uotsuri Island, one of disputed Senkaku islands in the East China… Read More ›
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Meningitis warning spreads to 23 states as investiagtors focus in on cause: fungal contaminate/foreign material in the contaminated steroid solutions
Officials said all of those infected received spinal injections of a steroid solution sold by a Massachusetts-based facility Karen McVeigh in New York guardian.co.uk, Thursday 4 October 2012 17.11 EDT Dr Robert Latham, chief of medicine at Saint Thomas, said… Read More ›
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