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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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EU Authorities plan to fight terrorism with censorship and Prozac
EU Authorities Focus on Censorship Instead of Fighting Against Terrorism 20:54 29.07.201 The media coverage of the recent terrorist attacks in Europe have revealed a disturbing tendency as apparently the EU authorities are more than willing to manipulate the facts… Read More ›
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Street Norco looks like the real thing but really, really isn’t
Public Release: 27-Jul-2016 American College of Emergency Physicians IMAGE: Street Norco is dangerous and toxic and can land you in the ER. Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians. WASHINGTON –A paper published online yesterday in Annals of Emergency Medicine… Read More ›
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Black Lives Matter chants interrupt one minute silence for fallen police officers – led by their grieving relatives – at the DNC
Dallas Sheriff Lupe Valdez was paying tribute to cops killed in line of duty She then asked for a moment of quiet reflection from the delegates However, some were heard shouting the controversial slogan Valdez ignored the jeers and… Read More ›
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Texas AG Paxton Defends Taking $100,000 Gift
By DAVID LEE DALLAS (CN) — Embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday denied that he violated the rules of his office when he accepted a $100,000 gift from the leader of a company being investigated for… Read More ›
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Compromised Code Names, Operations and Equipment / Recent and in progress ( Updated 12:37PM PST / 27OCT2013 )
Editors Note: (Ralph Turchiano) Requested Repost from the archives (Oct 2013) EEV: Recently Compromised or exposed Code names, Operations, Software and facilities. The list is in no particular order and is being updated frequently. These are just the discoveries from… Read More ›
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Nearly 80 percent of perpetrators carrying a gun recovered by Pittsburgh Police were not the lawful owners
Public Release: 25-Jul-2016 Vast majority of guns recovered by Pittsburgh police not in possession of legal owners University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences PITTSBURGH, July 25, 2016 – Nearly 80 percent of perpetrators carrying a gun recovered by… Read More ›
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Zika Now Found in Common House Mosquitoes– Though currently unlikely Culex mosquitoes can transmit the virus.
By SEAN DUFFY (CN) — Brazilian researchers have found the “presence of the Zika virus” in common house mosquitoes in Brazil, the nation where the epidemic initially began. The discovery, made in the northeastern city of Recife, is… Read More ›
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Health News in Brief 25 JUL 2016
Health News in Brief 25 JUL 2016 1. To protect yourself from malaria sleep with a chicken next to your bed 2. More than half of US doctors are now rationing healthcare 3. Researchers find that cinnamon turns poor learners… Read More ›
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Let’s hope evil leads to good in Turkey
“The only hope for Turkey is the continuation of this mood, and to let evil work for the good. “ Sunday,July 24 2016 NURAY MERT Turkey has been in turmoil since the bloody coup attempt of July 15 and… Read More ›
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SAS troops poised to EVACUATE Britons from Turkey amid fear of SECOND military coup
THE SAS is poised to swoop into Turkey and rescue thousands of British holidaymakers and expats if the country suffers another military coup. PUBLISHED: 17:23, Sun, Jul 24, 2016 | UPDATED: 17:37, Sun, Jul 24, 2016 With fears rebels… Read More ›
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£50 GPS jammer devices widely available on the market can disrupt modern shipping
Public Release: 21-Jul-2016 GPS jamming: Keeping ships on the ‘strait’ and narrow University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham and Royal Norwegian Naval Academy (RNoNA) are investigating how to prevent shipping Global Positioning Signals (GPS) being jammed in potential cyberattacks… Read More ›
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To protect yourself from malaria sleep with a chicken next to your bed
Public Release: 20-Jul-2016 BioMed Central For the first time, scientists have shown that malaria-transmitting mosquitoes actively avoid feeding on certain animal species such as chickens, using their sense of smell. Odors emitted by species such as chickens could provide… Read More ›
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More than half of US doctors are now Rationing healthcare
Public Release: 20-Jul-2016 Rationing healthcare: More than half of US doctors say no to clinical services Practice setting, political leanings influence how doctors go about rationing treatment options Springer More than half of US physicians included in a national survey… Read More ›
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Reading Harry Potter lowers Americans’ opinions of Donald Trump
Public Release: 20-Jul-2016 A new study finds that Harry Potter books, with their message of tolerance and respect for difference, make Americans less favorable to Donald Trump — and the more books read, the greater the effect. University of… Read More ›
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Russian Attack on Base Used by U.S. in Syria Confirmed by Diplomatic Source
Jul. 22 2016 — 15:02 — Update: 15:06 Russian Defense Ministry Russian jets last month attacked a base in Syria used by U.S. and British forces, the Interfax news agency reported Friday, citing an unidentified military-diplomatic source in Moscow…. Read More ›
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Russian warplanes targeted US, British outpost in Syria: report
Russian warplanes bombed a remote outpost in Syria used by elite US and British forces last month as well as another site linked to the CIA, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The Journal, which cited US officials… Read More ›
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Top French Court International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde Must Stand Trial for corruption
Top French Court: Legarde Must Stand Trial By DAN MCCUE (CN) — France’s top court has ruled that International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde must stand trial in France over a 2008 arbitration ruling that handed 404 million euros… Read More ›
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Indian Military aircraft with 29 aboard disappears over Bay of Bengal, search ops on
Rahul Singh and KV Lakshmana, Hindustan Times, New Delhi/ Chennai | Updated: Jul 22, 2016 20:33 IST In this file photo, Indian Air Force’s (IAF) AN-32 transport aircraft releases chaff as it flies past the IAF Day Parade in… Read More ›
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US offers assistance to Turkey in extradition process of Gülen
The US Department of State offered assistance Turkish authorities in the extradition process of Fetullah Gülen as well as forming a joint team to work through the process. Speaking to reporters Thursday, State Department Spokesperson John Kirby said “We have… Read More ›
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India mobilized tanks to the Chinese border, Beijing has warned that the move could threaten potential investment opportunities.
China Hints at Economic Costs After India Deploys Tanks, Troops to Border 22:01 21.07.2016(updated 03:21 22.07.2016) After India mobilized tanks to the Chinese border, Beijing has warned that the move could threaten potential investment opportunities. On Wednesday, reports surfaced that… Read More ›
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California is about to get hit with a big hike in Obamacare premiums
Eric Pianin, The Fiscal Times Californians have largely escaped big Obamacare premium increases during the past two years, with premium hikes weighing in at roughly 4 percent a year. But rising health care costs and mounting concern among… Read More ›
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Hours Before Military Coup Attempt, Turkey Warned by Russia – Reports
03:02 21.07.2016(updated 05:52 21.07.2016) Get short URL According to Iranian media, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was warned by Russian intelligence of an imminent coup just hours before tanks appeared in the streets of Istanbul and Ankara last Friday…. Read More ›
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California firefighters forced to remove flag honoring cops killed in recent mass shootings ‘as it may incite extremist attacks’
Eric Hille displayed the pro-police flag on his fire truck hours after three Baton Rouge officers were gunned down by a mass shooter on July 17 But he was ordered to remove it the next day by fire chief… Read More ›
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Turkish Higher Board of Education bans all academics from travelling abroad – Edrogan takes a page from Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime
Turkey launches massive dismissal in key organs over coup purge ANKARA, July 20 (Xinhua) — A total of 30 senior staff of Turkish Parliament have been dismissed from posts over suspected involvement in failed Gulenist coup attempt, pro-government media Daily… Read More ›
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Zika Case in Utah Baffles Health Officials – Super Zika
“The deceased patient had traveled to an area with Zika and lab tests showed he had uniquely high amounts of virus — more than 100,000 times higher than seen in other samples of infected people — in his blood,” the… Read More ›
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Mother and three daughters stabbed ‘for being inappropriately dressed’
Richard Hartley-Parkinson for Metro.co.uk Tuesday 19 Jul 2016 1:15 pm A woman and her three daughters have been stabbed in a French resort for being ‘scantily dressed’. An eight-year-old girl was left fighting for her life after the… Read More ›
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Weird quantum effects stretch across hundreds of miles
Public Release: 19-Jul-2016 Massachusetts Institute of Technology CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In the world of quantum, infinitesimally small particles, weird and often logic-defying behaviors abound. Perhaps the strangest of these is the idea of superposition, in which objects can exist… Read More ›
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Turkey revokes licenses of 21,000 Teachers, 1,577 Deans
Tuesday, 19 July 2016 Turkey has revoked the licenses of 21,000 teachers working in private institutions, an Education Ministry official told Reuters. It’s the latest in a string of crackdowns on workers allegedly tied to the exiled cleric blamed… Read More ›
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Obama to voice support for Turkey in upcoming call
Baku-APA. President Barack Obama will telephone Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, “relatively soon”, the White House said Monday, APA reports quoting Anadolu Agency. Obama intends to convey the U.S.’s strong support for Turkey’s “democratically elected civilian government and that… Read More ›
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U.S. probes "unique" Zika case apparently not linked to travel, sex
Source: Xinhua | 2016-07-19 03:37:56 | Editor: huaxia WASHINGTON, July 18 (Xinhua) — U.S. health authorities confirmed on Monday a new case of Zika in Utah and have launched an investigation to determine how the person became infected. The new… Read More ›
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Top Health News 18 JUL 2016
Top Health News 18 JUL 2016 1. Gut bacteria can cause, predict and prevent rheumatoid arthritis 2. Viruses revealed to be a major driver of human evolution 3. Milestone study on pomegranate anti-aging mechanism
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Erdogan’s Folly: Billions for a Palace 30 Times Bigger Than the White House
“Built illegally on a Turkish national heritage site which preserves the memory of the founder of the Turkish Republic.” Requested repost from April 2016 14:37 08.04.2016 Turkey’s government has put yet another $230 million for construction of more buildings next… Read More ›
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Turkey threatens WAR with America over cleric blamed for masterminding failed coup
TURKEY today set itself on a war path with America as tyrant Recep Erdogan attempts to reassert his iron grip on the country following a failed military coup. By NICK GUTTERIDGE PUBLISHED: 11:52, Sat, Jul 16, 2016 | UPDATED:… Read More ›
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Turkish soldiers claim they they believed they were involved in military drill, not coup
Ynetnews|Published: 17.07.16 , 07:47 Soldiers arrested by Turkish authorities who were suspected of taking part in Friday’s attempted coup have claimed during their investigation that they believed they were participating in a military drill and that they were unaware… Read More ›
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Turkish Officials Block Access to Air Base that Houses US Tactical Nukes
02:25 17.07.2016(updated 03:20 17.07.2016) Turkish officials are preventing access to and from the air base until they complete “anti-coup” operations effectively leaving America’s nuclear arsenal in the hands of the same Erdogan regime that just accused Washington of masterminding… Read More ›
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Five Saudi officials, including two intelligence officers, may of helped the 9/11 hijackers–Just Declassified
Declassified 9/11 Report Details Claims of Saudi Ties By ADAM KLASFELD MANHATTAN (CN) — Five Saudi officials, including two intelligence officers, were among those believed by FBI and CIA sources to have helped the 9/11 hijackers, a… Read More ›
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Viruses revealed to be a major driver of human evolution
Public Release: 13-Jul-2016 “The discovery that this constant battle with viruses has shaped us in every aspect–not just the few proteins that fight infections, but everything–is profound. “ Study tracking protein adaptation over millions of years yields insights relevant to… Read More ›
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What free will looks like in the brain
Public Release: 13-Jul-2016 Johns Hopkins University IMAGE: An illustration of the human brain indicates where researchers found activity relating to free-will decisions. Credit: Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University researchers are the first to glimpse the human brain… Read More ›
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More evidence that male and female brains are wired differently
Public Release: 13-Jul-2016 University of California – Los Angeles FINDINGS While measuring brain activity with magnetic resonance imaging during blood pressure trials, UCLA researchers found that men and women had opposite responses in the right front of the insular… Read More ›
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New Russian Secret Service Agents go Wild celebrating Graduation – then get punished
Editors Note: (Ralph Turchiano): WOW !?1? This is just one of many of the videos of the graduating class of Russia’s FSB security service. The only thing better then this would be a class year book to distribute among the… Read More ›
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‘Shampoo Socialism’? Hollande’s Hairdresser Costs French Taxpayers $11k Per Month
Thursday, 14 July 2016 Amid record unemployment, painful labor reforms, economic collapse, and the most serious social unrest in decades, the shockingly ‘let them eat cake’-ish revelations of French President Hollande’s lifestyle will do little to improve the socialist’s… Read More ›
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The Formula for a 1000-year-old antimicrobial that rivals today’s antibiotics: Bald’s Eye Salve
We review the Formula for a 1000-year-old antimicrobial that rivals today’s antibiotics. Bald’s eye salve killed up to 90% of MRSA in mice models. This is the translated formula from the Anglo-Saxon Bald’s Leechbook, courtesy University of Nottingham. Citation: A… Read More ›
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International law dishonored by illegal award on South China Sea arbitration: Chinese diplomat
Source: Xinhua | 2016-07-13 01:07:17 | Editor: huaxia by Xinhua Writers Gan Chuan, Shuai Rong THE HAGUE, July 12 (Xinhua) — The ruling on the South China Sea arbitration issued by a court in The Hague is a disgrace to… Read More ›
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A major escalation: Chinese leaders reject S. China Sea arbitration award
Chinese leaders reject S. China Sea arbitration awardSource: Xinhua | 2016-07-12 20:40:57 | Editor: huaxia BEIJING, July 12, 2016 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R, front) meets with European Council President Donald Tusk (3rd L, front) and European… Read More ›
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If life can make it here, it can make it anywhere
Public Release: 11-Jul-2016 WSU scientist explores the likelihood of complex life existing elsewhere in the universe Washington State University If the origin of life is common on other worlds, the universe should be a cosmic zoo full of complex… Read More ›
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Top health news for 11 JUL 2016
Top health news for 11 JUL 2016 1. Deadly bug strikes in a day – Same bug accidentally released from high-security Louisiana research lab 2. A simple nutritional supplement could be the solution and useful for athletes taking part in… Read More ›
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123 police injured in Berlin riot
BBC 11th July, 2016 Police in Berlin say 123 officers were injured in clashes with leftist protesters over the redevelopment of a district in the east of the city. About 3,500 protesters marched through Friedrichshain on Saturday. Some were… Read More ›
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Runaway Russian intelligence agent dies in the U.S.
Editors note: (Ralph Turchiano) The views presented here are purely from the Russian perspective July 7, 2016 ARTUR GROMOV, GAZETA.RU Russian media reports that former Russian Intelligence Service Colonel Alexander Poteyev has died in the U.S. For 10 years he… Read More ›
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U.S. missile brought down Russian helicopter in Syria: report
BY ALASTAIR WANKLYN STAFF WRITER JUL 10, 2016 Two Russian airmen killed in Syria on Friday were shot down with American weaponry, the Interfax news agency said Sunday, quoting a Russian military source. It said insurgents from the Islamic… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 