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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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Licorice licks herpes virus infection
The embargo on this press release has changed since it was originally posted Many of the viruses that infect people can sit suppressed in cells for long periods of time, but when they are reactivated can cause painful symptoms and… Read More ›
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Babies born naturally ‘have higher IQs than those delivered by caesarean section’
By Sarah Johnson PUBLISHED:16:00 EST, 8 August 2012| UPDATED:16:00 EST, 8 August 2012 Babies born naturally may have higher IQs than those delivered by caesarean section, new research claims. According to scientists, when women give birth naturally there are higher… Read More ›
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How taking antibiotics can make you fat, ill and prone to auto-immune diseases
By Jerome Burne PUBLISHED:18:39 EST, 6 August 2012| UPDATED:19:31 EST, 6 August 2012 At first glance it sounds like an ad for a dodgy herbal supplement. Two years ago Chinese microbiologist Dr Zhao Liping revealed at a U.S. conference… Read More ›
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Drugs companies ‘are putting profits ahead of medical discoveries’, claims hard-hitting report
For every £1 spent on basic research a whopping £19 is spent on marketing, claim experts Current reward system discourages innovation, they add By Claire Bates PUBLISHED:10:13 EST, 8 August 2012| UPDATED:11:08 EST, 8 August 2012 Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2185437/Drugs-companies-putting-profits-ahead-medical-discoveries.html#ixzz23E8u5ocy The… Read More ›
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Cure-all? Statins have had no effect on Britain’s heart disease rate, study claims
Benefits of statins are exaggerated and not always the best way to prevent heart disease, study claims NHS spends £450million a year on cholesterol-lowering drugs Most are prescribed as a preventative measure for heart disease, however experts admit they find… Read More ›
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44% of Former Propecia, Proscar ( finasteride ) users now suffer from Suicidal thoughts and major Depression
GW Researcher finds depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts in former finasteride users WASHINGTON — (Aug 7, 2012) New research, to be published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, finds that men who developed persistent sexual side effects while on finasteride… Read More ›
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Government Searches Facebook to find Illegal Birthdays for 10 year olds without a permit. In addition prohibit farmers from selling produce directly to the public..
At 54 Seconds into the video is where it gets more disturbing There are so many areas where county administrators willingly overreached their authority. The question really is, what message are these administrators trying to send? Also what are they… Read More ›
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Will Microsoft’s Police Surveillance System Violate Your Privacy? – Domain Awareness System
By Alex Fitzpatrick | Mashable – 9 hrs ago securitycameras600 The Microsoft-powered police surveillance system being installed in New York City is an impressive bit of innovation: It connects a wide variety of technology already in use by the New… Read More ›
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DOJ Will Not Prosecute Goldman Sachs in Financial Crisis Probe
By Jason Ryan@JasonRyanABC The Justice Department has decided it will not prosecute Goldman Sachs or its employees for their role in the financial crisis, following an investigation by senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and Tom Coburn (R-OK). The congressional investigation found… Read More ›
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Scientists confirm there were two other species of early human beings
We weren’t alone! Scientists confirm there were two other species of early human beings Skulls from flat faced early humans found in ‘cradle of life’ near Lake Turkana in Kenya Scientists believe the new species eventually came to an… Read More ›
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Mark Worsfold, 54, says he was handcuffed by Surrey police officers ‘for not smiling’ while watching men’s cycling road race
Olympics spectator with Parkinson’s wants ‘exoneration’ after arrest Mark Worsfold, 54, says he was handcuffed by Surrey police officers ‘for not smiling’ while watching men’s cycling road race ‘for not smiling’ while watching men’s cycling road race Lizzy Davies guardian.co.uk, Wednesday… Read More ›
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Quercitin Blocks Androgen activity preventing prostate cancer growth – Otherwise 80% of prostate cancers re-appear after 1 – 2 years
Contact: Mary Lawson lawson.mary18@mayo.edu 507-284-5005 Mayo Clinic Natural substances in fruits and vegetables may be potential treatment for prostate cancer ROCHESTER, MINN. — Quercetin (kwer-se-ten), a natural substance found in apples, onions, tea and red wine, may be a potentially… Read More ›
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How Huge Food Corporations Will Make Upcoming Food Price HIkes Even Worse
Published on Alternet (http://www.alternet.org) Home > How Huge Food Corporations Will Make Upcoming Food Price HIkes Even Worse AlterNet [1] / By Jill Richardson [2] How Huge Food Corporations Will Make Upcoming Food Price HIkes Even Worse August 7,… Read More ›
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Vitamin C: A potential life-saving treatment for sepsis
Contact: Kathy Wallis kwallis3@uwo.ca 519-661-2111 x81136 University of Western Ontario Vitamin C: A potential life-saving treatment for sepsis Physicians caring for patients with sepsis may soon have a new safe and cost-effective treatment for this life-threatening illness. Research led by… Read More ›
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2 Quick Abtsracts Showing the Measles Virus Protects Against Developing Asthma
For some unusual reason the first abstract (1) went through a re-write, as well as a link chnage in order to change the outcome 1.Abstract (original) ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY Does Measles in Childhood Reduce Risk of Asthma? Source: Paunio M, Heinonen OP, Virtanen… Read More ›
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Measles, Mumps, Rubella vaccine linked with 2-fold risk of seizures
Contact: Danielle Cass danielle.x.cass@kp.org 510-267-5354 Kaiser Permanente Combination MMRV vaccine linked with 2-fold risk of seizures Electronic health records study of 459,000 children sparked new CDC recommendations Oakland, CA (June 28) – The combination vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and… Read More ›
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Study finds acute measles supresses HIV replication
Contact: Tim Parsons or Ming Tai paffairs@jhsph.edu 410-955-6878 Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Study finds acute measles supresses HIV replication Replication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is briefly suppressed during acute measles, according to researchers at the… Read More ›
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Only 15% of Whistleblower Off Label Drug Complaints have Adequate Financial Disclosure
Contact: Sumrina Yousufzai syousufzai@plos.org 415-568-3164 Public Library of Science COI declarations and off-label drug use Conflict-of-interest statements made by physicians and scientists in their medical journal articles after they had been allegedly paid by pharmaceutical manufacturers as part of off-label… Read More ›
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Boys appear to be more vulnerable than girls to the insecticide chlorpyrifos – Lower IQs
Contact: Timothy S. Paul tp2111@columbia.edu 212-305-2676 Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health Lower IQs seen in boys exposed in the womb to comparable amounts of the chemical A new study is the first to find a difference between how… Read More ›
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Drug company funding of drug trials greatly influences outcome – 35x Better Outcome if Funded by the Drug Company
Contact: Wallace Ravven wravven@pubaff.ucsf.edu 415-476-2557 University of California – San Francisco Drug company funding of drug trials greatly influences outcome In head-to-head trials of two drugs, the one deemed better appears to depend largely on who is funding the study,… Read More ›
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Forget playing fair, cheaters get a natural ‘high’ breaking the rules
Forget playing fair, cheaters get a natural ‘high’ breaking the rules By Suzannah Hills PUBLISHED:20:11 EST, 7 August 2012| UPDATED:07:46 EST, 8 August 2012 Cheaters get a natural ‘high’ from breaking the rules, a new study has found. Far from… Read More ›
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More Children Being Prescribed – Quote “Lobotomizing” Antipsychotics Than Adults Now.
More Kids Taking Antipsychotics for ADHD: Study By By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter | HealthDay – 2 hrs 17 mins ago TUESDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) — Use of powerful antipsychotic medications such as Abilify and Risperdal to control youngsters… Read More ›
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Harvard psychologist Jerome Kagan, offers a scathing critique of the mental-health establishment and pharmaceutical companies, accusing them of incorrectly classifying millions as mentally ill out of self-interest and greed.
SPIEGEL Interview with Jerome Kagan 2 AUG 2012 Harvard psychologist Jerome Kagan is one of the world’s leading experts in child development. In a SPIEGEL interview, he offers a scathing critique of the mental-health establishment and pharmaceutical companies, accusing them… Read More ›
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Want to live longer? Ditch the diet, cancel your gym session – just eat less ( Dangerous Misinformation )
Want to live longer? Ditch the diet, cancel your gym session – just eat less By Liz Thomas PUBLISHED:19:44 EST, 30 July 2012 | UPDATED:03:18 EST, 31 July 2012 Dr Michael Mosley said he did not believe it was necessary… Read More ›
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Progestogen-only contraceptive pills were three times more likely to have a mental illness than women who were not on any medication
Depression alert over progesterone-only Pill as doctors are warned to prescribe with caution By Mail On Sunday Reporter PUBLISHED:16:46 EST, 4 August 2012 | UPDATED:08:50 EST, 5 August 2012 Women who take the most widely prescribed type of contraceptive pill… Read More ›
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Inula helenium ( elecampane ) 100% Effective against MRSA in vitro, 200 Strains
Br J Biomed Sci. 2009;66(4):186-9. In vitro activity of Inula helenium against clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains including MRSA. O’Shea S, Lucey B, Cotter L. Source Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland. Abstract The present study aims… Read More ›
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Creatine aids women rapidly with major depression
Muscle-building supplement vastly improves reponse time, quality of recovery (SALT LAKE CITY)—Women battling stubborn major depression may have a surprising new ally in their fight—the muscle-building dietary supplement creatine. In a new proof-of-concept study, researchers from three South Korean universities… Read More ›
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Traditional herbal medicine kills pancreatic cancer cells, Jefferson researchers report (2nd Confirmation)
(PHILADELPHIA) An herb used in traditional medicine by many Middle Eastern countries may help in the fight against pancreatic cancer, one of the most difficult cancers to treat. Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer at Jefferson in Philadelphia have found that… Read More ›
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An herbal extract inhibits the development of pancreatic cancer
(PHILADELPHIA) An herb recently found to kill pancreatic cancer cells also appears to inhibit development of pancreatic cancer as a result of its anti-inflammatory properties, according to researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson. The data were presented at… Read More ›
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Chemotherapy causes a 30 Fold Increase in WNT16B which drives more cancer and resistance (2nd Confirmation)
Public release date: 5-Aug-2012 [ Contact: Kristen Woodward kwoodwar@fhcrc.org 206-667-5095 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Researchers discover new mechanism behind resistance to cancer treatment Finding could lead to development of better therapies SEATTLE – Developing resistance to chemotherapy is a… Read More ›
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Twitter must tackle trolls say police – (Internet Censorship?)
From the Telegraph – No Reporters Name Social networking site Twitter should take action “as quickly as possible” to deal with any abuse on its website, according to a senior police officer Stuart Hyde, chief constable of Cumbria police who… Read More ›
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Chemotherapy can backfire and boost cancer growth: study
Source: AFP 5AUG2012 Cancer-busting chemotherapy can cause damage to healthy cells which triggers them to secrete a protein that sustains tumour growth and resistance to further treatment, a study said Sunday. Researchers in the United States made the “completely unexpected”… Read More ›
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Top researcher snubs French honour over ‘industrial crimes’
A top researcher and campaigner on industrial health issues has refused France’s highest honour in protest at official inaction over what she described as “industrial crimes” in this sector. Annie Thebaud-Mony, director of research at France’s National Institute for Health… Read More ›
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GPs hand out record 47m Antidepressant prescriptions… a rise of 9% in a year
By Sophie Borland PUBLISHED:19:01 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED:19:43 EST, 31 July 2012 Record numbers of adults are relying on Prozac and other so-called happy pills, according to NHS figures Almost 50million prescriptions were handed out by doctors… Read More ›
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GMO crops so tough that farmers are turning to Kevlar tractor tires
GMO crops so tough that farmers are turning to Kevlar tractor tires By Chris TutorRSS feed Auto News Posted Aug 2nd 2012 6:15PM Farming is one of the most difficult ways to earn a living. You’d think that with all the… Read More ›
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Single dose of hallucinogen may create lasting personality change – psilocybin
Johns Hopkins study of ingredient in ‘magic mushrooms’ found participants exhibited more ‘openness’ A single high dose of the hallucinogen psilocybin, the active ingredient in so-called “magic mushrooms,” was enough to bring about a measureable personality change lasting at least… Read More ›
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Red wine ingredient resveratrol stops breast cancer growth – FASEB Journal
Red wine ingredient resveratrol stops breast cancer growth New research in the FASEB Journal shows that resveratrol blocks the growth effects of estrogen by reducing the specific breast cancer receptors Bethesda, MD—Cheers! A new research report appearing in the October… Read More ›
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Glucosamine-like supplement suppresses multiple sclerosis attacks
Contact: Tom Vasich tmvasich@uci.edu 949-824-6455 University of California – Irvine UCI study shows promise of metabolic therapy for autoimmune diseases Irvine, Calif., Sept. 30, 2011 — A glucosamine-like dietary supplement suppresses the damaging autoimmune response seen in multiple sclerosis, according… Read More ›
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BPA exposure in utero may increase predisposition to breast cancer
Contact: Aaron Lohr alohr@endo-society.org 240-482-1380 The Endocrine Society Study finds perinatal exposure to BPA has effect on mammary hormone response Chevy Chase, MD—A recent study accepted for publication in Molecular Endocrinology, a journal of The Endocrine Society, found that perinatal… Read More ›
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New study shows inflammatory food toxins found in high levels in infants
Contact: Mount Sinai Press Office newsmedia@mssm.edu 212-241-9200 The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine New study shows inflammatory food toxins found in high levels in infants Research also indicates reduction in intake of food… Read More ›
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Researchers Discover Why Steroid Treatment for COPD Is Ineffective
Findings Offer Potential New Drug Target for COPD Therapy Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) leads to persistent inflammation of the airways and is typically managed with corticosteroids, a class of anti-inflammatory medication. However, corticosteroids do not improve survival nor… Read More ›
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High rate of false-positives with annual mammogram
During a decade of receiving mammograms, more than half of cancer-free women will be among those summoned back for more testing because of false-positive results, and about one in 12 will be referred for a biopsy. Simply shifting screening to… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 