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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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High radiation levels detected in Tokyo park
APR. 24, 2015 – 07:30PM JST TOKYO — A high level of radiation has been detected in a park in Tokyo’s Toshima Ward, municipal government officials said Friday. Officials have closed the park, located in a residential area of… Read More ›
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The Clinton connection to Russia’s claims on uranium
Jo Becker,NYT News Service | Apr 23, 2015, 04.28 PM IST The headline in Pravda trumpeted President Vladimir Putin’s latest coup, its nationalistic fervor recalling an era when the newspaper served as the official mouthpiece of the Kremlin: “Russian… Read More ›
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Milk Thistle Inhibits Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells ( Video )
Oral milk thistle extract stops colorectal cancer stem cells from growing tumors “It’s very simple: tumors from mice that were initially fed silibinin had fewer cancer stem cells, were smaller, had lower metabolisms and showed decreased growth of new blood… Read More ›
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NEJM perspective: ‘Patient CARE Act’ Medicaid block grant likely unconstitutional
Public Release: 22-Apr-2015 George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health WASHINGTON, DC (April 22, 2015)–The Medicaid block grant proposed as part of the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility and Empowerment Act (“Patient CARE Act”) would radically transform Medicaid without… Read More ›
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Alcoholic hepatitis treatments found to be useless
Public Release: 22-Apr-2015 Imperial College London The main drugs used to treat alcoholic hepatitis are not effective at increasing patients’ survival, a major study has found. In a trial of over 1,000 patients, prednisolone and pentoxifylline, treatments recommended in international… Read More ›
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Global Hepatitis B epidemic can be treated for $36 (£24) per person per year University of Liverpool
Public Release: 22-Apr-2015 IMAGE: The dose of entecavir for one year is less than a fifth of one gram. Credit: Dr Andrew Hill, University of Liverpool Scientists at the University of Liverpool have demonstrated that a drug for treating hepatitis… Read More ›
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Guardsmen’s Army Leak Claims Sent to Alaska
By JEFF D. GORMAN (CN) – Claims over the leak of information on National Guard debauchery to the media belongs in Alaska, a federal judge from Washington, D.C., ruled. The Tuesday decision transfers two cases against the U.S…. Read More ›
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Calif. Vaccination bill clears with no public comment and with a hand picked committee
By NICK CAHILL SACRAMENTO (CN) – California lawmakers advanced a hotly contested and controversial vaccination bill Wednesday, accepting changes that give more home-schooling options to unvaccinated children. State Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, was given a second chance to… Read More ›
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Link between serotonin and depression is a myth, says top psychiatrist
Public Release: 21-Apr-2015 BMJ The widely held belief that depression is due to low levels of serotonin in the brain – and that effective treatments raise these levels – is a myth, argues a leading psychiatrist in The BMJ this… Read More ›
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UK doctors unlikely to be able to repay student loans over a lifetime
Public Release: 20-Apr-2015 Clear gender differences in total amounts needed to service debt BMJ UK doctors are unlikely to be able to repay their student loans over the course of their working lives, amassing debts of more than £80,000 by… Read More ›
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Up to 41 percent of 17000 drug samples studied did not meet quality standards
Public Release: 20-Apr-2015 Global pandemic of fake medicines poses urgent risk, scientists say NIH/Fogarty International Center Poor quality medicines are a real and urgent threat that could undermine decades of successful efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, according to… Read More ›
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A ‘cingular’ strategy for attack and defense
Public Release: 20-Apr-2015 RIKEN IMAGE: Attack value was associated with the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), defense value with the rostral anterior cingulate cortex (rACC), and the difference in value with the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). Credit: RIKEN We often make… Read More ›
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A somber anniversary: 100 years of chemical weapons (video)
Published on Apr 20, 2015 April 22, 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the first large-scale use of chemical weapons in modern warfare. Some of the best minds in chemistry at that time, including a Nobel Prize winner, used their… Read More ›
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US Government Sued for Refusing to Evacuate 1000s of American Citizens in Yemen
Monday, 20 April 2015 The US government has been sued over abandoning its citizens in Yemen, where up to 4,000 Americans are feared stranded. Pentagon officials claim an evacuation would be too dangerous for military personnel to carry out.After… Read More ›
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Germany To Buy Back Tanks Amid Russia Threat
By Deanne Corbett11:18 a.m. EDT April 18, 2015 (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images) BERLIN — The German military has announced plans to bring 100 mothballed tanks back into service amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and the Ukraine. Defense Ministry… Read More ›
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FBI chief: Poles partly responsible for Holocaust
Polish Embassy in US and Foreign Ministry already reacted to comments by FBI director James Comey. 18.04.2015 20:22 “In their minds, the murderers and accomplices of Germany, and Poland, and Hungary, and so many, many other places didn’t do… Read More ›
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US Will Not Survive a Nuclear War Against Russia – Jean-Paul Baquiast
© Sputnik/ Iliya Pitalev 14:22 17.04.2015(updated 14:38 17.04.2015) Get short URL A nuclear strikes exchange between the United States and Russia will lead to the complete destruction of the United States, leaving Russia and China in a far better… Read More ›
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Botox shown to escape in its active form into the central nervous system
Public Release: 15-Apr-2015 Botox makes unnerving journey into our nervous system New research might bring a frown to even the most heavily botoxed faces, with scientists finding how some of the potent toxin used for cosmetic surgery escapes into the… Read More ›
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Young offenders in Victorian times were much less likely to re-offend than today
Public Release: 15-Apr-2015 Young offenders in Victorian times were much less likely to re-offend after sentence than their counterparts today, research shows British Sociological Association Young offenders in late Victorian times were much less likely to go on to commit… Read More ›
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BPA exposure affects fertility in next 3 generations of mice
Public Release: 15-Apr-2015 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IMAGE: BPA exposure during pregnancy was associated with reproductive problems in the next three generations of mice, researchers report. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — When scientists exposed pregnant mice to levels of bisphenol A… Read More ›
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Japan bumps China as top holder of U.S. Treasury debt
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER BUSINESS APR. 16, 2015 – 06:55AM JST WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department said Wednesday that Japan overtook China in February as the top foreign holder of U.S. Treasury securities, a position Japan last held in August… Read More ›
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Minnesota Senate votes to keep ban on eye contact
Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk said allowing senators to look at one another during floor debates could lead to a breakdown of decorum. By Ben Hooper April 14, 2015 at 12:59 PM ST. PAUL, Minn., April 14 (UPI)… Read More ›
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TSA employees manipulated security body scanner so male employee could grope men’s genitals at Denver airport
The male employee and a female accomplice worked as a team to manipulate a screening system at Denver International Airport in 2014 She would indicate a female was being screened when it was a male passenger after a signal… Read More ›
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National Expenditure For False-Positive Mammograms And Breast Cancer Over diagnoses Estimated At $4 Billion A Year
Abstract Population wide mammography screening has been associated with a substantial rise in false-positive mammography findings and breast cancer over diagnosis. However, there is a lack of current data on the associated costs in the United States. We present… Read More ›
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At least 29 million health records breached by overt criminal activity
Public Release: 14-Apr-2015 Increase seen in data breaches of health information The JAMA Network Journals Between 2010 and 2013, data breaches of protected health information reported by HIPAA-covered entities increased and involved approximately 29 million records, with most data breaches… Read More ›
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Russia Evacuates US Citizens from Yemen
Tuesday, 14 April 2015 The US Secretary of State expressed appreciation for Russia’s action in evacuating Americans from Yemen, after the United States refused to engage in evacuation efforts for its citizens. The US government has thanked the Russian authorities… Read More ›
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Your pain reliever blunts positive emotions
Public Release: 13-Apr-2015 Acetaminophen reduces both pain and pleasure, study finds Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio — Researchers studying the commonly used pain reliever acetaminophen found it has a previously unknown side effect: It blunts positive emotions. In the study,… Read More ›
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Mechanism outlined by which inadequate vitamin E can cause brain damage
Public Release: 13-Apr-2015 Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered how vitamin E deficiency may cause neurological damage by interrupting a supply line of specific nutrients and robbing the brain of the “building blocks”… Read More ›
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Iran suspends pilgrim trips to Mecca amid rising tensions
DEBKAfile April 13, 2015, 12:26 PM (IDT) Iran’s Culture Ministry announced Monday that “minor hajj” trips to Mecca had been suspended by Tehran over alleged abuse suffered by two male Iranian pilgrims at Jeddah airport in March. Some 500,000… Read More ›
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Russian man volunteers for world’s first-ever head transplant surgery
08.04.2015 Pravda.Ru Source: dailymail.co.uk The first human being in the world, who agreed to become a subject of an experimental head transplant surgery is a man from the city of Vladimir, Russia. His name is Valery Spiridonov, and he is… Read More ›
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Swedish parliament votes to keep law banning dancing in public
Dancing in public spaces without a permit is a criminal offence in Sweden Photo: Getty Members of the Swedish parliament have voted to keep a controversial law that bans dancing in public spaces. Owners of public spaces must obtain… Read More ›
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Change in Human Social Behavior in Response to a Common Vaccine
– Human social behavior does, indeed, change with exposure – Compared to the 48 hours preexposure, participants interacted with significantly more people, and in significantly larger groups, during the 48 hours immediately post-exposure. – However, social behavior at the 4-week… Read More ›
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U.S. Bails on Citizens Stranded In Yemen
By ROBERT KENNEDY DETROIT (CN) – The United States told citizens stranded in war-torn Yemen that they’re on their own, as bombing from regional powers intensifies warfare in that remote but strategically important country, according to two federal… Read More ›
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China to blacklist poorly-behaved tourists
English.news.cn 2015-04-11 17:18:16 BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) — China is starting to blacklist poorly-behaved tourists as it seeks to rescue the image of its citizens as holidaymakers. According to a regulation by the China National Tourism Administration (NTA) that… Read More ›
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Mass beaching fuels fears of imminent quake
APR. 12, 2015 – 06:55AM JST Local government officers stand beside melon-headed whales washed up on the shore of Hokota, northeast of Tokyo, April 10, 2015AFP TOKYO — The mass beaching of more than 150 melon-headed whales on Japan’s… Read More ›
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Iran, Saudi Arabia in tense buildup opposite Yemen’s Gulf of Aden shore: US air tankers refueling Saudi jets
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 10, 2015, 8:30 AM (IDT Saudi-Iranian saber-rattling over Yemen has reached a dangerous peak, Thursday, April 9, the Saudi army spokesman, Brig. Gen. Ahmad Al-Assiri, warned: “Iranian ships have the right to be present in… Read More ›
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Sprint to Pay Feds $15.5M for Wiretap Overcharges
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Sprint has agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle allegations that it overcharged law enforcement agencies for court-ordered wiretaps, the Justice Department said Thursday. A joint investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the… Read More ›
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Sellers of Fake Amazon Reviews Face Lawsuit
By JUNE WILLIAMS SEATTLE (CN) – Leaving little to the imagination, four websites with names like “buyamazonreviews.com” are giving rave reviews on Amazon for a price, the online retail giant claims in court. Amazon.com says in the April 8… Read More ›
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China may build rail tunnel under Mount Everest
Ananth Krishnan Beijing, April 9, 2015 | UPDATED 18:58 IST Mount Everest China is planning to extend its Tibet railway up to the Nepal border within the next five years, including a line that may pass through tunnels under Mount… Read More ›
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Increased levels of radon in Pennsylvania homes correspond to onset of fracking
Public Release: 9-Apr-2015 Levels of radon, a known carcinogen, rising since 2004, around the time that drilling for a new type of natural gas well began Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public… Read More ›
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Delicate magnolia scent activates human pheromone receptor
Public Release: 9-Apr-2015 Scent molecule Hedione triggers different brain activities in men and women Ruhr-University Bochum The question if humans can communicate via pheromones in the same way as animals is under debate. Cell physiologists at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have… Read More ›
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Hepatitis C drugs for RI prisons may break the budget
Public Release: 9-Apr-2015 Study tallies huge cost of hepatitis C drugs for RI prisons Sticker shock for states Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A new study finds that effective new hepatitis C drugs are so expensive the state… Read More ›
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Unknown virus may be infecting corn and wheat
First report of a new crop virus in North America Public Release: 9-Apr-2015 Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The switchgrass exhibited mosaic symptoms–splotchy, discolored leaves–characteristic of a viral infection, yet tested negative for known infections. Deep… Read More ›
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Dispersant used to clean Deepwater Horizon spill more toxic to corals than the oil
Public Release: 9-Apr-2015 Temple University The dispersant used to remediate the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is more toxic to cold-water corals than the spilled oil, according to a study conducted at Temple University. The… Read More ›
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Terrifying Flesh Eating Disease Hits ISIS Thursday
09 April 2015 As global powers continue to debate the best way to deal with the threat of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, the terrorist group appears to be suffering its own internal problems. Poor hygiene and pollution has led to… Read More ›
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Every third teenager has suffered from one mental disorder and one physical disease.
Public Release: 8-Apr-2015 Mental disorders and physical diseases co-occur in teenagers University of Basel Every third teenager has suffered from one mental disorder and one physical disease. These co-occurrences come in specific associations: More often than average, depression occurs together… Read More ›
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Could a dose of nature be just what the doctor ordered?
Public Release: 8-Apr-2015 Exposure to the outdoors is linked with improved human health, but little is known about how much we really need American Institute of Biological Sciences Numerous studies over the past 30 years have linked exposure to nature… Read More ›
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Breast cancer research uncovers the fountain of youth
Public Release: 8-Apr-2015 University of Toronto The Fountain of Youth has been discovered and it’s not in Florida as Ponce de Leon claimed. Instead, it was found in the mammary glands of genetically modified mice. A research team led by… Read More ›
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Investigators unsure whether hackers still have access to the State Department’s system
White House Hack Is Proof Russia Is ‘Reassembling Its Evil Empire,’ Congressman Claims By Thomas Halleck @tommylikey t.halleck@ibtimes.com on April 07 2015 7:43 PM EDT CNN reports that Russian hackers were able to access a sensitive White House computer system,… Read More ›
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Washington State flies Chinese Communist Flag at State Capitol US Patriots Take It Down
Communist Chinese flag, as universally recognized symbolof Mass Murder & Oppression, flown at Washington Statecapital in Olympia – Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee flies Chinese Communist Flag at the State Capitol building in Olympia. U.S. Patriots come out, assisted by… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 