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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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Medication may stop drug and alcohol addiction
Public Release: 23-Jun-2015 University of Texas at Austin Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have successfully stopped cocaine and alcohol addiction in experiments using a drug already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat… Read More ›
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Current blood cancer drug prices not justified, MD Anderson study finds
Public Release: 23-Jun-2015 “ Current drug prices could cause extremely large financial burdens, even for the well insured.” University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center The costs associated with cancer drug prices have risen dramatically over the past 15… Read More ›
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Justice system chips away at women’s rights
Public Release: 23-Jun-2015 Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. — Arrests of women increased dramatically in the past two decades, while domestic abuse laws meant to protect female victims have put many behind bars for defending themselves, a new paper… Read More ›
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Cardiac device wearers should keep distance from smartphones
Public Release: 22-Jun-2015 Patients should hold phone to opposite ear and not store phone in pocket over device European Society of Cardiology Milan, Italy, June 22 — Cardiac device wearers should keep a safe distance from smartphones to avoid unwanted… Read More ›
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New report finds Conservatives demonstrate more self control than Liberals
Public Release: 22-Jun-2015 University of Cincinnati Findings from three separate studies link a person’s political ideology and their self-control performance, with conservatives demonstrating greater self-control than liberals. The research led by Joshua John Clarkson, a University of Cincinnati assistant professor… Read More ›
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IS to bomb Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra: monitor
English.news.cn 2015-06-21 19:40:59 DAMASCUS, June 21 (Xinhua) — The Islamic State (IS) militants have rigged the millennia-old city of Palmyra in central Syria with explosives, a monitor group reported on Sunday. The IS militants planted mines and explosive… Read More ›
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Whistleblowers accuse Merck of withholding info on mumps vaccine
June 11, 2015 | By Eric Sagonowsky If Merck ($MRK) has answers regarding the efficacy of its mumps vaccine, it’s not being forthright, says a letter filed by an attorney representing two former Merck virologists who are now whistleblowers…. Read More ›
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Stanford researcher declares that the sixth mass extinction is here
Public Release: 19-Jun-2015 Stanford University There is no longer any doubt: We are entering a mass extinction that threatens humanity’s existence. That is the bad news at the center of a new study by a group of scientists including Paul… Read More ›
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Wastewater injection rate strongest trigger for induced quakes
Public Release: 18-Jun-2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science A new study aiming to provide a better understanding of how injection wells in the U.S. influence earthquake activity cites wastewater injection rate as a critical factor. In the study,… Read More ›
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Titan’s atmosphere even more Earth-like than previously thought
Public Release: 18-Jun-2015 University College London Scientists at UCL have observed how a widespread polar wind is driving gas from the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan. The team analysed data gathered over seven years by the international Cassini probe, and… Read More ›
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Individuals with social phobia have too much serotonin — not too little
Public Release: 17-Jun-2015 Uppsala University Previous studies have led researchers to believe that individuals with social anxiety disorder/ social phobia have too low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin. A new study carried out at Uppsala University, however, shows that the… Read More ›
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High Fructose Sweetener can lead to fatal heart failure
Fructose powers a vicious circle ETH Zurich ‘Walk through any supermarket and take a look at the labels on food products, and you’ll see that many of them contain fructose, often in the form of sucrose (table sugar)’ — that’s… Read More ›
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Hungary to Build a 175km Wall to Keep Migrants Out
Wednesday, 17 June 2015 Hungary says that it will build a fence along its border with Serbia to keep out migrants. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that officials had been told to prepare a plan for a barrier along… Read More ›
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Greek Debt Committee Just Declared All Debt To The Troika "Illegal, Illegitimate, And Odious"
Wednesday, 17 June 2015 It was in April when we got a stark reminder of a post we first penned in April of 2011, describing Odious Debt, and why we thought sooner or later this legal term would become… Read More ›
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Army Required to Allow Sikh Student in ROTC
By AMANDA LOVIZA-VICKERY WASHINGTON, D.C. (CN) – The Army must make an exception to its strict uniform and grooming standards to allow a practicing Sikh to enroll in the Reserved Officers’ Training Corps, a federal judge ruled. Hofstra… Read More ›
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Do insect societies share brain power?
Public Release: 16-Jun-2015 Social brains may have evolved very differently in insects than in vertebrates Drexel University PHILADELPHIA (June 16, 2015) – The society you live in can shape the complexity of your brain–and it does so differently for social… Read More ›
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Black Holes may actually be Hologram generators
blic Release: 16-Jun-2015 What’s on the surface of a black hole? It’s not a ‘firewall’ — and the nature of the universe depends on it, physicist explains Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio–Are black holes the ruthless killers we’ve made them… Read More ›
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Prescription drug benefit doesn’t save money for Medicare
Public Release: 16-Jun-2015 Researchers conclude that Medicare Part D did not save the (Medicare) program any money overall Northeastern University For years, the Medicare prescription drug benefit Part D has been credited with positively impacting national trends in health outcomes… Read More ›
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Tetra-GX Part 1: The Idea – Behind the Scenes
Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano ) For those unfamiliar, this is a pet project that we have been working on for a few years. There are three more parts that will be following over the next few days. Tetra-GX Part… Read More ›
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First full genome of a living organism assembled using technology the size of smartphone
“the methods lay the groundwork for using it to sequence genomes in increasingly more complex organisms, eventually including humans” Public Release: 15-Jun-2015 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research TORONTO, June 15 — Researchers in Canada and the U.K. have for… Read More ›
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Researchers Highly Correlate Rheumatoid Arthritis with Solar Storms
Public Release: 15-Jun-2015 Researchers correlate rheumatoid arthritis and giant cell arteritis with solar cycles DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory IMAGE: A coronal mass ejection is hurled from the sun. view more Credit: NASA What began as a chat between husband and… Read More ›
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ABC pressured to withdraw valid study critical of statins
Editors Notes: ( Ralph Turchiano) Two articles are posted here the first one explaining the validity of the study. The second how ABC was pressured to withdraw the episodes in regards to the valid study. Australians cut back on… Read More ›
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Top Ramen, Ching’s and Foodles don’t mention MSG as ingredient–India
– “Doctors say that the consumption of MSG may cause problems like burning sensations in mouth, head and neck. It may cause weakness in arms or legs, headaches and upset stomach approximately 15 minutes after MSG is consumed. Other problems… Read More ›
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Hacked US Security Clearances Are Giving Beijing Insanely Personal Information About American Citizens
By Jeff Stone @JeffStone500 j.stone@ibtimes.com on June 12 2015 2:20 PM EDT Hackers believed to be from China hacked into the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and lurked there for at least a year. It’s just the latest infiltration into… Read More ›
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs inhibit ovulation after just 10 days
Public Release: 11-Jun-2015 Data suggest short-term use of over-the-counter drugs could negatively impact fertility European League Against Rheumatism Rome, June 11 — The results of a study presented today at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress (EULAR 2015) show… Read More ›
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Invasive Candida reversed by Common Herb (In Vitro)
Invasive Candida reversed by Common Herb (In Vitro) C. albicans cells exist in different morphological states (yeast, pseudohypha, hypha) and can undergo white-opaque phenotype switching in certain conditions. The ability to convert from yeast or pseudohyphal states to the hyphal… Read More ›
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Five companies control more than half of academic publishing
Public Release: 10-Jun-2015 At great expense to scientists across all fields, Reed-Elsevier, Springer, Wiley-Blackwell, Taylor & Francis, and Sage now publish more than 50 percent of academic articles University of Montreal A study at the University of Montreal shows that… Read More ›
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Impact of insecticides on the cognitive development of 6-year-old children
blic Release: 10-Jun-2015 INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale) In an article published in the journal Environment International, researchers from Inserm (Inserm Unit 1085 – IRSET, the Institute of Research in Environmental and Occupational Health,… Read More ›
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Heart attack risk increases 16-21 percent with use of common antacid
Public Release: 10-Jun-2015 Houston Methodist HOUSTON — ( June 4, 2015 ) – Adults who use proton pump inhibitors are between 16 and 21 percent more likely to experience a heart attack than people who don’t use the commonly prescribed… Read More ›
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Man sues Chinese actor over her intense stare in TV show
AP Beijing , June 10, 2015 | UPDATED 08:13 IST Actor Zhao Wei Rules making it easier to file lawsuits in China have led to a new concern over frivolous claims, such as one in which a man says… Read More ›
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Mayo Clinic Proceedings: There is no scientific foundation to past or present U.S. Dietary Guidelines ?
Public Release: 9-Jun-2015 Are the data underlying the US dietary guidelines flawed? Opposing views regarding the validity of widely-cited what we eat in America and NHANES dietary data presented in Mayo Clinic Proceedings Elsevier Health Sciences Rochester, MN, June 9,… Read More ›
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Some hospitals marking up prices more than 1,000 percent
Public Release: 8-Jun-2015 Researcher: ‘What other industry can you think of that marks up their prices by 1,000 percent and remains in business?’ Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health The 50 hospitals in the United States with the… Read More ›
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Surgical anesthesia in young children linked to effects on IQ, brain structure
Public Release: 8-Jun-2015 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center CINCINNATI – Children who received general anesthesia for surgery before age 4 had diminished language comprehension, lower IQ and decreased gray matter density in posterior regions of their brain, according to a… Read More ›
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The Lancet: Over 95 percent of the world’s population has health problems — with over a third having more than 5 ailments
Public Release: 8-Jun-2015 The Lancet Just one in 20 people worldwide (4·3%) had no health problems in 2013, with a third of the world’s population (2·3 billion individuals) experiencing more than five ailments, according to a major new analysis from… Read More ›
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Injectable electronics
“demonstrated that the scaffolds could be used to create “cyborg” tissue” Public Release: 8-Jun-2015 New system holds promise for basic neuroscience, treatment of neuro-degenerative diseases Harvard University It’s a notion that might be pulled from the pages of science-fiction… Read More ›
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All Guelph students diagnosed with mumps had been vaccinated
CTV KitchenerPublished Wednesday, June 3, 2015 5:56PM EDTLast Updated Wednesday, June 3, 2015 6:34PM EDT All five recent cases of the mumps virus in Guelph involved students who had received their vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella, public health… Read More ›
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Patients Get Extreme to Obtain Hepatitis Drug That’s 1% the Cost Outside U.S.
by Shannon Pettypiece Ketaki Gokhale June 1, 2015 — 2:01 PM PDT Joel Roth, 65, of San Rafael, Calif., is a long-suffering Hepatitis C patient who is taking Sovaldi, which costs $1,000 per pill, or $84,000 for a… Read More ›
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Malaysian Officials Blame Naked Tourists for Deadly Quake
Sunday, 07 June 2015 This week’s devastating earthquake, which rocked Malaysia’s highest peak, Mount Kinabalu, was a result of Western tourists stripping naked near the mountain’s summit last month, according to the state of Sabah’s Deputy Chief Minister Tan… Read More ›
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Tetra-GX Behind the Scenes
Tetra-GX Behind the Scenes This gives you a brief glimpse of some of the thoughts and obstacles that we had with product development. This is Part 1 of a short series of how we came up with the original idea…. Read More ›
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Powerful people are quick to notice injustice when they are victimized, research finds
Public Release: 5-Jun-2015 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Powerful people respond quickly to unfair treatment when they are the victims, but they are less likely to notice injustice when they benefit or when others are victimized, according to new… Read More ›
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Farmers Say Oil Firms & Governor Brown Colluded to Pollute Aquifer
Brown and other officials “suppressed research, destroyed documents, and refused to provide all information requested” to conceal evidence of permitting for injection wells, the group claims. Friday, June 05, 2015 By MATT REYNOLDS LOS ANGELES (CN) – Chevron and Occidental… Read More ›
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Greece near Collapse as Citizens Withdraw €700m from Banks in 1 day
Friday, 05 June 2015 While the Greek government believes it may have won the battle, if not the war with Europe, the reality is that every additional day in which Athens does not have a funding backstop, be it… Read More ›
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Artificial intelligence discovers planarian regeneration model
Public Release: 4-Jun-2015 PLOS An artificial intelligence system has for the first time reverse-engineered the regeneration mechanism of planaria–the small worms whose extraordinary power to regrow body parts has made them a research model in human regenerative medicine. The discovery… Read More ›
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Bee warned — Study finds pesticides threaten native pollinators
Public Release: 4-Jun-2015 Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. – A new Cornell study of New York state apple orchards finds that pesticides harm wild bees, and fungicides labeled “safe for bees” also indirectly may threaten native pollinators. The research, published June… Read More ›
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Common method to lower lead levels in drinking water may have opposite effect
Public Release: 4-Jun-2015 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News New Rochelle, NY, June 4, 2015–New research has shown that pH lowering of municipal water supplies, a common strategy used to control the release of soluble lead from plumbing materials, can… Read More ›
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Common Medications associated with Homicide
The newly published study analysed the pre-crime use of prescription drugs among all persons convicted of a homicide in Finland between 2003 and 2011 “Benzodiazepines can weaken impulse control, and earlier research has found that painkillers affect emotional processing. 1…. Read More ›
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George Soros Hacked E-mails in Regards to the Ukraine ?
Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano ) These are Alleged, and need confirmation to their validity Letter 1 : Short letter in regards to Financial Assistance PDF 1 267364476-Priority-To-Fix-Financial-Markets Letter 2: His Strategy for the Ukraine PDF 2 267364428-Soros-Ukraine-Strategy Letter 1 GEORGE SOROS… Read More ›
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New England Journal of Medicine says Conflicts of Interest are a Good Thing?
Public Release: 2-Jun-2015 Are commercial conflicts of interests justifiable in medical journals? Experts criticize a leading journal’s backtrack regarding policies on conflict of interest BMJ A group of former senior editors, writing in The BMJ today, criticise a “seriously flawed… Read More ›
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Young children from wealthy families are less giving than those who are poorer
Public Release: 2-Jun-2015 Kids’ altruism linked with better physiological regulation, less family wealth “This implies that certain aspects of high-SES culture that have been observed in adults, such as increased self-focus and decreased social sensitivity, might be present in children… Read More ›
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Are you taking too much NyQuil? The surprising futility of drug labeling
Public Release: 2-Jun-2015 American Marketing Association Any box or bottle of over-the-counter (OTC) medicine lists its active ingredients prominently on the label. But are consumers using that information to make wise choices about taking two or more OTC drugs at… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 