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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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Discontinuing statins for patients with life limiting illness
Public Release: 23-Mar-2015 University of Colorado Denver AURORA, Colo. (March 23, 2015) – Discontinuing statin use in patients with late-stage cancer and other terminal illnesses may help improve patients’ quality of life without causing other adverse health effects, according to… Read More ›
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UK GOVERNMENT claims they are legally justified to hack anyone, anywhere in the world, even if the target is not a threat to national security nor suspected of any crime.
UK GOVERNMENT CLAIMS POWER FOR BROAD, SUSPICIONLESS HACKING OF COMPUTERS AND PHONES Wednesday, March 18, 2015 The British Government has admitted its intelligence services have the broad power to hack into personal phones, computers, and communications networks, and claims they… Read More ›
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Mystery royal ‘was part of suspected paedophile ring being investigated by Scotland Yard but the inquiry was shut down for national security reasons’
Officer said royal and MP both identified in child abuse inquiry in late 1980s Investigations into allegations ‘shut down for national security reasons’ Scotland Yard accused of engineering 14 cover-ups of VIP child sex abuse By AMANDA WILLIAMS FOR… Read More ›
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Neighbor Says Justin Bieber threatened to kill him, endangered children
By ROBERT KAHN LOS ANGELES (CN) – Justin Bieber egged his next-door neighbor’s house in Calabasas, doing $80,000 in damage, after threatening to “f—ing kill” him, and spit in his face, the man claimed Thursday in Superior Court. Jeffrey… Read More ›
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Bill Gates predicts a highly contagious epidemic will surface within 20 years
Epidemic Predicted by Bill Gates Who Pleads: Microbes Not Missiles Added by smith.j on March 21, 2015. Bill Gates is making a plea for people to get prepared for a global flu epidemic. Gates said that when he was younger… Read More ›
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U.S. Weapons Worth $500 Million Vanish in Yemen,
1,250,000 rounds of ammunition 200 Glock 9 mm pistols 200 M-4 rifles 4 Huey II helicopters 2 Cessna 208 transport and surveillance aircraft 2 coastal patrol boats 1 CN-235 transport and surveillance aircraft 4 hand-launched Raven drones 160 Humvees The… Read More ›
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Russia delivers nuclear threat to Denmark
A 2008 photo shows Russian Topol ICBMs missiles during a rehearsal for the nation’s annual May 9 Victory Day parade. Photo: Dima Korotayev Published: 21 Mar 2015 15:11 GMT+01:00Updated: 21 Mar 2015 15:39 GMT+01:00 Russia’s ambassador to Denmark warned on… Read More ›
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Russia Warns Denmark It Could Become Nuclear Target
“I do not think that the Danes fully understand the consequences if Denmark joins the U.S.-led missile defense shield,” Russian Ambassador Mikhail Vanin told Jyllands-Posten Danish Warships Could Be Targeted By Russian Nuclear Missiles If Denmark Joins NATO Shield,… Read More ›
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RDA of Vitamin D off by approximately 90% claim researchers (Video Review)
7,000 IUs/daily of Vitamin D needed claim researchers – The recommended intake of vitamin D specified by the IOM is 600 IU/day through age 70 years, and 800 IU/day for older ages. “Calculations by us and other researchers have shown… Read More ›
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US Justice Dept: Withdrawing $5,000 should be Reported to Police
Saturday, 21 March 2015 Something stunning took place earlier this week ini the good ol US of A, and it quietly snuck by, unnoticed by anyone as the “all important” FOMC meeting was looming. That something could have been… Read More ›
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Russia’s Strategic Bomber Fleet on Global Intimidation Drive
Moscow Times By Matthew Bodner Mar. 19 2015 20:45 Last edited 20:46 Yevgeny Stetsko / VedomostiAs tensions rise with the West over Ukraine, Russian bombers forced NATO to scramble jets to intercept Russian military aircraft over 400 times last year…. Read More ›
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Saudis halt Sweden visas as tensions escalate
Saudi King Salman in March 2015. Photo: TT Published: 19 Mar 2015 15:10 GMT+01:00 Saudi Arabia says it will not issue any new visas for Swedish business people in retaliation for comments made by Foreign Minister Margot Wallström. UAE recalls… Read More ›
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Russia said Thursday it had doubled the number of troops taking part in mass drills
Russia Expands Military Exercises To 80,000 Troops Agence France-Presse2:31 p.m. EDT March 19, 2015 (Photo: Alexei Nikolsky/AFP) MOSCOW — Russia said Thursday it had doubled the number of troops taking part in mass drills ordered by President Vladimir Putin this… Read More ›
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Napolitano on Protesting Students: We Don’t Have to Listen to This Crap
00:43 20.03.2015(updated 05:31 20.03.2015) Former US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, who now presides over one of the country’s largest and most prestigious state university systems, told a fellow regent they “didn’t have to listen to this crap,” referring… Read More ›
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Medical expansion has made us feel sicker not healthier
Public Release: 19-Mar-2015 Medical expansion has led people worldwide to feel less healthy In 28 countries, more medicine has unexpected effects Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio – Across much of the Western world, 25 years of expansion of the medical… Read More ›
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Drug that makes us more sensitive to inequality
Public Release: 19-Mar-2015 “giving a drug that changes the neurochemical balance in the prefrontal cortex of the brain causes a greater willingness to engage in prosocial behaviors, such as ensuring that resources are divided more equally.” Altering brain chemistry… Read More ›
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Plot to Kill President Obama Foiled in Missouri
Blog Editors note: (Ralph Turchiano) : Derogatory terms have been edited out. By DEB HIPP JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (CN) – A Missouri man who allegedly plotted to assassinate President Barack Obama with a high-powered rifle was arrested on… Read More ›
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Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Infection may be in the hundreds of thousands since July 2000
“The spread of VDPV infection was most extensive in Egypt, where several million individuals may have been infected by type 2 cVDPV which became endemic following the disappearance, of indigenous wild type 2 virus” Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano… Read More ›
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Russia holds nationwide military drills
English.news.cn 2015-03-18 03:35:36 MOSCOW, March 17 (Xinhua) — Russian Armed Forces have been put on high alert in its western and southern military districts, as well as in the western sector of Arctic, Defense Ministry said Tuesday. According to… Read More ›
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88 police injured, more than 500 arrested in Frankfurt’s anti-austerity protest
English.news.cn 2015-03-18 23:22:18 FRANKFURT/BERLIN, March 18 (Xinhua)– At least 88 policemen were injured and more than 500 people were arrested after anti-austerity protests in Frankfurt turned into clashes between protesters and police on Wednesday, local media reported. Eight police… Read More ›
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Why people with diabetes can’t buy generic insulin–insulin under patent for more than 90 years.
Public Release: 18-Mar-2015 Drug companies’ incremental changes keep drugs patented, costly, Johns Hopkins study shows Johns Hopkins Medicine Fast Facts Drug companies have made incremental improvements that kept insulin under patent for more than 90 years. Insulin can cost $120… Read More ›
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Moral decisions can be influenced by eye tracking
Public Release: 18-Mar-2015 Lund University Our opinions are affected by what our eyes are focusing on in the same instant we make moral decisions. Researchers at Lund University and other institutions have managed to influence people’s responses to questions such… Read More ›
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Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Wants Churches Destroyed
Wednesday, 18 March 2015 After a Kuwaiti parliamentarian proposed a ban on the construction of new churches in that country, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia said it also is necessary to destroy all of the existing churches in… Read More ›
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DOD Secrets Don’t Shield ‘StingRays’ in Buffalo
By ADAM KLASFELD (CN) – The fact that so-called “StingRays” derive from military technology is no reason for the Erie County Sheriff’s Office to stonewall information on how the device tracks New Yorkers’ cellphones, a Buffalo judge ruled on… Read More ›
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No children in the U.S. (statistically) had all the markers for heart health. Sample of 8,961 children that represented about 43.6 million children nationwide
– Researchers examined BMI, healthy diet, total cholesterol and blood pressure — four of the seven components of heart health — in children ages 2-11 who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Surveys (NHANES) in 2003-10. – All children… Read More ›
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Diet soda linked to increases in belly fat in older adults
Public Release: 17-Mar-2015 Wiley A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society shows that increasing diet soda intake is directly linked to greater abdominal obesity in adults 65 years of age and older. Findings raise concerns… Read More ›
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Military alarms ring in the Arctic
March 16, 2015 Both Norwegian and Russian military alarms were sounding over troop levels and movements in the Arctic on Monday, on both sides of the border. It was unclear whether it amounted mostly to sabre-rattling or imminent security concerns…. Read More ›
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Putin Once Casually Said He Could Destroy America In A Half-Hour
EEV: Requested Repost AMANDA MACIAS JAN. 23, 2015, 1:26 PM Maxim Shipenkov/Reuters In December 2011, then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was positioned to reclaim his role as the president of Russia after the formalities of the March 2012 elections. Fittingly, Putin… Read More ›
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UK’s nuclear weapons data and other sensitive internet traffic accidentally sent through Ukraine
Rerouting endangered the data of the many huge companies and government bodies involved ANDREW GRIFFIN Friday 13 March 2015 Internet data from the UK’s Atomic Weapons Establishment and other sensitive information was being sent through Ukraine, by mistake, all… Read More ›
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Winter months SAD for US Treasury securities, study reveals
Public Release: 16-Mar-2015 University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management Toronto – The best time to invest in U.S. Treasury securities may be spring, thanks to seasonal variations in investor risk tolerance linked to depression. A team of finance researchers… Read More ›
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New hepatitis C drugs may break the system at a cost of $1,125 a day.
Public Release: 16-Mar-2015 MD Anderson study, new hepatitis C drugs will place strain on health care system University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center The cost of treating people infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) with newly approved… Read More ›
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Wealth and power may have played a stronger role than ‘survival of the fittest’
Public Release: 16-Mar-2015 Number of reproducing males declined during global growth Arizona State University Caption 4 to 8,000 years ago, there was an extreme reduction in the number of males who reproduced, but not in the number females. Wealth and… Read More ›
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Banco de Madrid Files for Bankruptcy
Tuesday, 17 March 2015 Spain’s Banco de Madrid announced insolvency proceedings on Monday as a large amount of clients withdraw money due to the money-laundering scandal affecting its Andorran mother company. Clients rushed to withdraw their money from Banco… Read More ›
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Putin Orders Northern Fleet to Full Alert for Combat Readiness Drills
10:25 16.03.2015(updated 11:04 16.03.2015) The exercises of the Russia’s Northern Fleet will be held on land, in sea and air and will run for five days beginning March 16, Defense Minister Shoigu said. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin… Read More ›
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World Health Organization Vaccine Recommendations: Scientific Flaws, or Criminal Misconduct?
Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano) The following is from the expert witness Marc Girard, M.D., M.Sc against the alleged vaccine conspiracy and criminal inquiry against the World Health Organization (WHO). At the time of this printing most of the documentation… Read More ›
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A vaccination that is expected to prevent the spread of the disease can instead foster the spread of the disease
Paradox of Vaccination: Is Vaccination Really Effective against Avian Flu Epidemics? Shingo Iwami, Takafumi Suzuki, Yasuhiro Takeuchi Published: March 18, 2009 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004915 Abstract Background Although vaccination can be a useful tool for control of avian influenza epidemics, it might… Read More ›
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The World on the Brink of WWIII
EEV: Russian Opinion piece; political posturing. 20:37 13.03.2015(updated 22:03 13.03.2015) As Washington continues to sound its war drums despite the second Minsk ceasefire, it’s worth asking why NATO continued to remain such a bellicose organization after the end of… Read More ›
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US Lawmakers: Russia’s Military Build-up in the Arctic ‘Disturbing’
“That we would even contemplate taking one soldier away from Alaska is lunacy given Putin’s recent actions in the Arctic,” A Russian patrol submarine passes the reviewing stand during a Russian Navy Day parade of ships, July 25, 2010 (Photo:… Read More ›
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US Declares Venezuela a National Threat, Prompting Argentinian Rebuke
10:47 12.03.2015(updated 11:05 12.03.2015) Argentina slams US for declaring Venezuela “a threat to US national security”, the country’s foreign ministry said in a statement. BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Argentina condemned recent US claims that Venezuela threatens US national security,… Read More ›
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Venezuela Stages Massive Military Drills, Assisted by Russia and China
Sunday, 15 March 2015 The Venezuelan military is conducting massive air defense and artillery drills involving visiting Russian troops and hardware, the nation’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said Saturday. The 10-day war games have been ordered by Venezuelan… Read More ›
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Exposure to fluoridated water significantly correlated with ADHD : New Environmental Health Study
Research Highlights – As reviewed by Ralph Turchiano Artificial water fluoridation prevalence was significantly positively associated with ADHD prevalence, while natural water fluoridation prevalence was either negatively or not significantly associated with it. Silicofluorides appear to react synergistically with lead,… Read More ›
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Majority of Chinese Believe Their Military Could Crush US and Japan
05:36 14.03.2015(updated 05:38 14.03.2015) About three quarters of Chinese believe that their military could best both that of Japan and the United States, according to a recent opinion poll. When asked whether the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) could wrest… Read More ›
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Billion-Dollar Penalty for Bank’s Money Washing
By ADAM KLASFELD MANHATTAN (CN) – Commerzbank must pay $1.45 billion to five state and federal regulators for facilitating Iran and the Sudan’s laundering of money, as well as helping the Japanese optics manufacturer Olympus pull off a… Read More ›
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Secret emails of top Hillary Clinton campaign manager prospects leaked
Requested Repost from Nov.2014 “The emails talk of smiting Republicans “mafia-style” and punishing voters. Also detailed, and perhaps to no ones surprise, is the elitist tone of these possible contenders.” JOE SCHOFFSTALL • NOVEMBER 14, 2014 Robby Mook, a top… Read More ›
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Pentagon chief says anti-IS fight may take longer than 3 yrs
English.news.cn | 2015-03-12 03:17:42 | Editor: huaxia U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry testifies before Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the hearing on Obama’s war authorization request to Congress, using another acronym for the militant group, on Capitol Hill in… Read More ›
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Disgraced Drugmaker’s Lawsuit Infuriates Judge
“Instead, a rushed and confused approval process, conducted with lackadaisical regard for an important public health policy, contributed to an error that took the FDA more than six years to discover. Such a consistent failure of policies and procedures is… Read More ›
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Iceland Officially Revokes Bid to Join EU
Thursday, 12 March 2015 Iceland has dropped its bid to join the European Union, the Foreign Ministry in Reykjavik says. The announcement follows pledges made by the country’s euro-skeptic government since winning the 2013 election. Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, the Icelandic… Read More ›
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Greek Government Passes Law to Plunder Pension Funds
Thursday, 12 March 2015 Having previously hinted that they might ‘dip’ into public pensions funds for some short-term cash to payback The IMF, and then confirming that the plan is to repo that cash from pension cash reserves (raising concerns… Read More ›
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Some genes ‘foreign’ in origin and not from our ancestors
Public Release: 12-Mar-2015 Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign’ genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ancient times, according to research published in the open-access journal Genome Biology BioMed Central Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign’ genes from… Read More ›
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Health law has failed in cutting insurers’ rate of overhead spending: Study
Public Release: 12-Mar-2015 Study finds Affordable Care Act’s requirement that health insurers spend at least 80-85 percent of premiums on actual medical care had no impact in the law’s first 3 years Physicians for a National Health Program Despite claims… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 