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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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Disinfectants can make bacteria resistant to treatment: Makes Bacteria Stronger
2008 Study posted for filing Contact: Lucy Goodchild press@sgm.ac.uk 44-011-898-81843 Society for General Microbiology Chemicals used in the environment to kill bacteria could be making them stronger, according to a paper published in the October issue of the journal Microbiology…. Read More ›
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41st Health Research Report 14 SEP 2008 – Recontsruction
Editors Top Five: 1. St. John’s wort relieves symptoms of major depression 2. New Study on Effects of Disclosing Financial Interests on Participation in Medical Research 3. Flu vaccine not associated with reduced hospitalizations or outpatient visits among… Read More ›
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Second lumpectomy for breast cancer REDUCES survival rates
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Karen Finney karen.finney@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu 916-734-9064 University of California – Davis Health System UC Davis researchers find disturbing trend in treating recurrent breast cancer (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A majority of women with breast cancer today are… Read More ›
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Hong Kong tycoon offers $65 million bounty to marry off lesbian daughter
*EngineeringEvil: * Would like 2nd Confirmation of this release. By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 26, 2012 2:46 EDT Topics: Cecil Chao ♦ hong kong ♦ lesbian daughter A Hong Kong tycoon has offered a $65 million “marriage bounty” to any… Read More ›
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Newly spotted comet may outshine the full moon: In +/- 12 months
21:57 25 September 2012 Space Jeff Hecht, contributor (Image: E. Guido, G. Sostero, N. Howes) Today, the newfound comet seen above is just a tiny dot in the sky beyond Jupiter. But in about a year, it might be one… Read More ›
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Outrage as Pennsylvania high school marching band commemorates 1917 Russian Revolution at half time
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:07:56 EST, 25 September 2012| UPDATED:08:12 EST, 25 September 2012 A Pennsylvania high school marching band has caused outrage by commemorating the Russian Revolution in a halftime performance – brandishing red flags, military uniforms, hammers and… Read More ›
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‘He was the da Vinci of mental manipulation’: Guru goes on trial for ‘brainwashing’ French aristocratic family out of £3.6m fortune
Thierry Tilly is accused of defrauding 11 members of theVédrines family He allegedly told them they were in mortal danger and he’d protect them Tilly denies persuading victims to part with property, savings and jewellery By Leon Watson PUBLISHED:04:24 EST,… Read More ›
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Russia suspends import and use of American GM corn after study revealed cancer risk
The European Food Safety Authority orders review in to the research, conducted at a French university Russia’s decision could be followed by other nations Experts at the University of Caen conducted an experiment running for the full lives of rats… Read More ›
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Chinese protester opposing government takeover of village land ‘is crushed to death by state-controlled road-flattening truck’
Protester He Zhu Hua, appears to be crushed in shocking images He opposed being moved after government tried to claim land for commercial use Reports claim government then tried to hide body and sent security to quell anger from residents… Read More ›
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Korea to watch China’s drone use for territory claims: China Mobilizing Drones to go after Korea’s island of Ieodo
Lee calls top security meeting to discuss N.K., regional tension Territorial tension is brewing again between Korea and China after Beijing reportedly devised a plan to mobilize drones to monitor areas outside its jurisdiction, including Korea’s island of… Read More ›
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Cell scientist pushes to clone extinct mammoth
2012-09-24 19:56 A South Korean private bioengineering laboratory led by disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk said Monday it is stepping up efforts to make progress in cloning an extinct woolly mammoth. To that end, the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation… Read More ›
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Tesla promises free solar-powered travel with new ‘Supercharger’ tech
By Stephen C. Webster Tuesday, September 25, 2012 15:38 EDT Topics: elon musk ♦ tesla motors ♦ tesla roadster Electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors announced Monday that it will roll out a network of solar-powered charging stations across the United… Read More ›
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“Biohackers” or “DIY Biologists”, Teams have come together to create the world’s first “public BioBrick”
Amateur scientists build Lego-style synthetic BioBricks in public lab By Joel Winston 24 September 12 While some may believe that science is better left to scientists, hundreds of amateur biologists around the world have been setting-up makeshift biology labs in… Read More ›
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Compelling evidence that brain parts evolve independently
Contact: Morwenna Grills Morwenna.Grills@manchester.ac.uk 44-161-275-2111 University of Manchester An Evolutionary Biologist at The University of Manchester, working with scientists in the United States, has found compelling evidence that parts of the brain can evolve independently from each other. It’s hoped… Read More ›
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BBC apologises to the Queen for Abu Hamza disclosure
Security correspondent Frank Gardner prompts crisis by telling how Queen lobbied home secretary for arrest of radical cleri Dan Sabbagh, Peter Walker and Caroline Davies The Guardian, Tuesday 25 September 2012 15.19 EDT Abu Hamza, who faces extradition to the… Read More ›
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China carrier a show of force as Japan tension festers:”China will never tolerate any bilateral actions by Japan that harm Chinese territorial sovereignty,” Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun said on Tuesday. “
China’s first aircraft carrier, which was renovated from an old aircraft carrier that China bought from Ukraine in 1998, is seen docked at Dalian Port, in Dalian, Liaoning province in this September 22, 2012 file photo. China’s first aircraft carrier,… Read More ›
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Israeli ex-PM Olmert spared jail in corruption case “I leave court today walking tall,” ?
By Dan WilliamsPosted 2012/09/24 at 9:20 am EDT JERUSALEM, Sep. 24, 2012 (Reuters) — An Israeli court spared former prime minister Ehud Olmert a prison term for breach of trust on Monday, opening the door to a political comeback if… Read More ›
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AP IMPACT: Tragedy meant big money for NY minister
By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and DAVID B. CARUSO Enlarge Photo Associated Press/Ryan Freeland – In this March 3, 2010 photo, the Rev. Carl Keyes speaks to an audience in Harrisonburg, Va., about his life experiences relating to his organization,… Read More ›
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UCLA/Pitt scientists uncover virus with potential to stop pimples in their tracks
Contact: Elaine Schmidt eschmidt@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-2272 University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences Going viral to kill zits Watch out, acne. Doctors soon may have a new weapon against zits: a harmless virus living on our skin that naturally seeks… Read More ›
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Military, Government to Train Using Zombie Crisis Scenario
Sep. 17, 2012 – 03:18PM By GIDGET FUENTES Know how to stop the undead? An October exercise in California will pit military trainees against a horde of role-players exhibiting zombielike behavior. Here, participants in a “zombie walk” in Sweden show… Read More ›
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Clinton Aide Philippe Reines fires off an angry expletive to reporter Michael Hastings.” Stevens was worried about the security situation in Benghazi for months before the attack”
State Department Aide Tells Reporter to ‘F**k Off’ by Megan McArdle Sep 24, 2012 1:36 PM EDT I’ve never seen a government official get quite this testy with a reporter. According to BuzzFeed, Clinton aide Philippe Reines sent quite… Read More ›
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Zombie honeybees discovered in Washington state
By Stephen C. Webster Monday, September 24, 2012 15:53 EDT Topics: dead bees ♦ honeybees ♦ washington state A novice beekeeper in Washington state said this week that he’s found evidence that a parasite which takes control of honeybees much… Read More ›
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From the Brixton to the Bristol pound, how towns have turned to printing their own money to beat the High Street crisis
By Dan Atkinson And Vicki Owen PUBLISHED:16:20 EST, 22 September 2012| UPDATED:10:43 EST, 23 September 2012 For anyone fed up with seeing trade and spending power being leached away from their communities – and there seem to be plenty of… Read More ›
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Japanese porn star in workbook (school book) angers Indonesian parents
Indonesian authorities are investigating how a picture of a Japanese porn star came to be printed on a junior high school worksheet, media reports say. An English subject worksheet for third-year students at an Islamic school in East… Read More ›
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Taiwanese fishing flotilla muddies waters in China, Japan territorial dispute
Japan Coast Guard vessels sail along with Chinese surveillance ship Haijian No.66, left, near disputed islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Picture: AP / Kyodo News Source: AP CHINESE ships plied the waters of a disputed island… Read More ›
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Facebook has been flooded with complaints from users who say some of their old private messages have been re-published publicly on the social network.
Even though not validated yet Facebook denies the claim https://engineeringevil.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=3008&action=edit&message=6 Facebook flooded with complaints after messages ‘bug’ Some Facebook users said that messages they had sent privately on the social network between 2007 and 2009 were being republished into their public… Read More ›
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Republican lawmaker quits after being named as brothel client in racketeering case
By David Edwards Monday, September 24, 2012 14:49 EDT Topics: Florida ♦ Florida law ♦ republican state representative A married Republican state representative in Florida announced on Monday that he will resign from office and not seek re-election after Orange… Read More ›
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New study proves that pain is not a symptom of arthritis, pain causes arthritis
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Greg Williams Greg_Williams@urmc.rochester.edu 585-273-1757 University of Rochester Medical Center New treatments will seek to interrupt ‘crosstalk’ between joints and the spinal cord Pain is more than a symptom of osteoarthritis, it is an inherent… Read More ›
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Children with MS were 1.74 times more likely to have received a certain type of hepatitis B vaccine, called Engerix B®. Those children with MS developed symptoms three or more years after the vaccine.
Public release date: 25-Sep-2008 Re-Posted for Filing Contact: Rachel Seroka rseroka@aan.com 651-695-2738 American Academy of Neurology Majority of children vaccinated against hepatitis B not at increased risk of MS ST. PAUL, Minn. – The majority of children vaccinated against hepatitis… Read More ›
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How does ellagic acid exert anti-cancer effect on pancreatic cancer cells?
Contact: Lai-Fu Li wjg@wjgnet.com 86-105-908-0039 World Journal of Gastroenterology Ellagic acid was previousely shown to have anticarcinogenic, antioxidant and antifibrosis properties. The anticarcinogenic effect of ellagic acid was shown in several types of cancers including skin, esophageal, and colon cancers…. Read More ›
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Plant antioxidant may protect against radiation exposure: Acetyl Resveratrol
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Coutney McCrimmon McCrimmonCP@upmc.edu 412-647-3555 University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences PITTSBURGH, Sept. 23 – Resveratrol, the natural antioxidant commonly found in red wine and many plants, may offer protection against radiation exposure,… Read More ›
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Honey effective in killing bacteria that cause chronic sinusitis
2008 Study posted for filing Contact: Matt Daigle newsroom@entnet.org 703-535-3754 American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery New research released at world’s largest ENT meeting Chicago, IL – Honey is very effective in killing bacteria in all its… Read More ›
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Half of trials supporting FDA applications go unpublished
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Andrew Hyde press@plos.org 44-122-346-3330 Public Library of Science Over half of all supporting trials for FDA-approved drugs remained unpublished 5 years after approval, says new research published in this week’s PLoS Medicine. The most… Read More ›
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Statins increase risk of postoperative delirium in elderly patients: 28% Increase
Contact: Kristine Galka kristine.galka@ices.on.ca 416-480-4780 Canadian Medical Association Journal The use of statins is associated with a 28% increased risk of postoperative delirium in elderly patients, found University of Toronto professor Dr. Donald Redelmeier and colleagues in a retrospective cohort… Read More ›
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Taurine has hepatoprotective effects, significantly protected injury form Liver Fibrosis
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Lin Tian wjg@wjgnet.com 86-105-908-0039 World Journal of Gastroenterology Can Taurine be a potent antioxidant drug in the future? Taurine is a potent antioxidant with hepatoprotective effects. Organelle based changes in hepatocytes after taurine treatment… Read More ›
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Montreal water treatment plants dumping as much as 90 times the critical amount of estrogen products into the river
2008 study post for filing Contact: Sylvain-Jacques Desjardins sylvain-jacques.desjardins@umontreal.ca 514-343-7593 University of Montreal ‘Estrogen flooding our rivers,’ Université de Montréal study The Montreal water treatment plant dumps 90 times the critical amount of certain estrogen products into the river. It… Read More ›
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Lipitor drug mismarketed to women
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Amy Molnar journalnews@bos.blackwellpublishing.com 201-748-8844 Wiley-Blackwell Ithaca, N.Y. – September 17, 2008 – Lipitor has been the top-selling drug in the world and has accounted for over $12 billion in annual sales. It has been… Read More ›
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40th Health Research Report 30 SEP 2008 – Reconstruction
Editors Top Five: 1. Higher urinary levels of commonly used chemical, BPA, linked with cardiovascular disease, diabetes 2. Top-selling prescription drug mismarketed to women 3. ‘Estrogen flooding our rivers,’ Université de Montréal study … Read More ›
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Understanding the brain by controlling behavior
Contact: Peter Reuell preuell@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-8070 Harvard University Using precisely-targeted lasers, researchers manipulate neurons in worms’ brains and take control of their behavior In the quest to understand how the brain turns sensory input into behavior, Harvard scientists have crossed a… Read More ›
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Workers beg Romney to stop latest Bain outsourcing ” US flag was taken down before the Chinese engineers arrived “
Engineering Evil: Is there any other credible confirmation of the US flag was taken down before the Chinese engineers arrived? By Agence France-Presse Monday, September 24, 2012 11:52 EDT Topics: bain capital ♦ romney Being told to train his replacement… Read More ›
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Viruses Help MU Scientists Battle Pathogenic Bacteria and Improve Water Supply
Newly developed technique can kill antibiotic-resistant germs Sept. 24, 2012 Story Contact(s): Timothy Wall, walltj@missouri.edu, 573-882-3346 COLUMBIA, Mo. — Infectious bacteria received a taste of their own medicine from University of Missouri researchers who used viruses to infect and… Read More ›
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NZ spy agency under investigation over Kim Dotcom case
Published: 24 September, 2012, 08:20 Edited: 24 September, 2012, 08:22 New Zealand’s prime minister has ordered an inquiry into “unlawful interception of communications” by the country’s intelligence agency in the case of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. The country’s Prime Minister… Read More ›
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