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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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Ghostwritten articles overstate benefits of ( Prempro ) hormone replacement therapy and downplay harms
Public release date: 7-Sep-2010 HRR-Re-Posted at Request – analyzed dozens of ghostwritten reviews and commentaries published in medical journals and journal supplements that were used to promote unproven benefits and downplay harms of Prempro – The analysis revealed that DesignWrite… Read More ›
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Soros bets big on market crash
EEV: Needs additional validation. Market trolling is not uncommon. Tuesday, 18 February 2014 A curious finding emerged in the latest 13F by Soros Fund Management, the family office investment vehicle managing the personal wealth of George Soros. Actually, two curious… Read More ›
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Charles of Arabia: Prince stars in the Saudi dance of the swords
EEV: Guess human rights will not exactly be his forte ? Prince Charles took part a ceremony celebrating culture in Saudi Arabia Heir to the throne joined members of Saudi royal family in a sword dance Prince wore a flowing… Read More ›
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Revealed: The Full Membership List of Wall Street’s Secret Society
EEV: This is the list, that many of you were looking for Kappa Beta Phi Wall Street Chapter An Excerpt from this incredible reporters story: “Once we made it to the lobby, Ross and Lebenthal reassured me that what I’d… Read More ›
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Dosing schedule of pneumococcal vaccine linked with increased risk of getting multiresistant strain
Public release date: 7-Sep-2010 – EEV: Requested Re-Post from the HRR site. – Infants who received heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV-7) at 2, 4, and 11 months were more likely than unvaccinated controls to have nasopharyngeal acquisition of pneumococcal serotype… Read More ›
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‘Prostate cancer test has been misused for money’ Claims Pathologist Richard Ablin who discovered the PSA antigen 40 years ago
“Many men get treated unnecessarily – and risk life-altering side effects including impotence and incontinence” Pathologist Richard Ablin discovered the PSA antigen 40 years ago. He says it should never have been used as a cancer screening tool for all… Read More ›
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‘Potentially hazardous’ asteroid 2000 EM26 to fly close to Earth – Tuesday (2am GMT Feb 18)
EEV: ? Confirmed – Vanished then Just Re-appeared very recently – Posted now as an example of fast these can appear, after tracking has been lost over time. Space rock to pass by Earth 2.1m miles away, but astronomers say… Read More ›
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Mysteriously high number of babies born without brain or skull part in Washington
18 February 2014, 08:34 © Photo: Flickr.com/sean dreilinger/cc-by-nc-sa 3.0 Fatal birth defects that leave babies born without part of their brain or skull have been striking three counties in rural Washington State at a rate at least four times the… Read More ›
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Pharmaceuticals: A market for producing ‘lemons’ and serious harm
EEV: Re-Post Request Public release date: 17-Aug-2010 – they spend two to three times more on marketing than on research to persuade doctors to prescribe these new drugs – Doctors may get misleading information and then misinform patients about the… Read More ›
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Report: Americans completely reliant on China for antibiotics
Posted By Christopher Bedford On 11:57 AM 02/17/2014 The United States is nearly completely reliant on China for it’s supply of lifesaving antibiotics. “The crucial ingredients for nearly all antibiotics, steroids and many other lifesaving drugs are now made exclusively… Read More ›
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Food stamp use among troops skyrockets during Obama admin
Posted By Caroline May On 11:47 AM 02/17/2014 Food stamp redemption at military grocery stores, or commissaries, has nearly doubled since the beginning of the “Great Recession,” topping out at $103.6 million in FY 2013, from $31.1 million in FY… Read More ›
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Switzerland rejects Croatia free movement deal after immigration referendum
Sunday, 16 February 2014 Switzerland has refused to sign a protracted deal with Croatia, initially agreed over a year ago, which would have given Croatians unrestricted access to the Swiss employment market. The Swiss say it’s not viable “in its… Read More ›
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World’s oldest profession still one of the most honest in China
Column Mimi Lau UPDATED : Sunday, 16 February, 2014, 3:52pm Dongguan police are chasing the wrong suspects if corruption and sleaze are the real targets of the massive crackdown on prostitution this week – Guangdong party chief Hu Chunhua is… Read More ›
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Pancreatic cancers use ( HFCS ) fructose, common in the Western diet, to fuel their growth ( Smoking Gun )
Public release date: 2-Aug-2010 HRR: Research was mostly ignored and covered up in 2010 – To date there has been no update on this study – this is the first time a link has been shown between fructose and cancer… Read More ›
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Free statins with fast food could neutralize heart risk, scientists say
Public release date: 12-Aug-2010 HRR: This is not humor, this is a real article. – published in the Sunday 15 August issue of the American Journal of Cardiology 2010 – One statin, simvastatin would cost less than 5p per customer… Read More ›
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FDA fails to withdraw unproven blood pressure drug that has been on the market for 18 years in spite of the manufacturer’s failure to submit evidence that it actually helps patients
Public release date: 16-Aug-2010 – HRR: UPDATE As of 15 FEB 2014 ProAmatine or generic versions are still on the market being prescribed – According to the GAO, the FDA has never once pulled a drug off the market due to… Read More ›
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‘How to date Japanese women who haven’t been exposed to radiation’
EEV: Really? Emily Lodish February 14, 2014 12:52 Readers weren’t too happy with South Korea’s Maxim after they published an article with the inflammatory headline. What’s wrong with this Maxim Korea cover? Let me rephrase that. What is unusually wrong with… Read More ›
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Airborne radiation found at underground levels of nuclear waste storage site in New Mexico
© Flickr.com/Mad House Photography/cc-by Officials are monitoring the presence of airborne radiation at southeastern New Mexico’s nuclear waste repository. The US Department of Energy says personnel are on-site Saturday to assess what officials are calling a “possible radiological… Read More ›
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Termite robots build castles with no human help
Video: Termite robots build castles with no human help A shoe-sized robot, shaped like a VW Beetle and built by a 3D printer, scuttles in circles on a Harvard lab bench. Its hooked wheels, good for climbing and grasping,… Read More ›
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Russian reconnaissance satellite to hit Earth Sunday
By Jeremy Kaplan Published February 15, 2014 FoxNews.com Portions of Russia’s defunct Kosmos-1220 satellite will come crashing back to the planet on Sunday following a fiery, uncontrolled descent through the Earth’s atmosphere, Russian officials said. Fragments of the former reconnaissance… Read More ›
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‘I always wonder if someone is listening’: NSA spied on American lawyers but sometimes got other governments to do the work for them
U.S. law firm advising Indonesia’s government on trade issues was spied on by a foreign government Spying was done by Australia which then passed the info onto the NSA Law firm involved not identified in the latest documents The NSA… Read More ›
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After Avandia: Does the FDA Have a Drug Problem?
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 HRR: How a drug company intentionally kills thousands for profit and no one goes to jail. – the agency decided to keep the drug on the market — a move worth billions of dollars to GSK but that… Read More ›
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10 Technologies That Could Enslave Humanity
Terminator is a true story. Find out how we’re all doomed in 10 technologies that could enslave humanity.
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New system combines control programs so fleets of robots can collaborate
A new system combines simple control programs to enable fleets of robots — or other ‘multiagent systems’ — to collaborate in unprecedented ways Writing a program to control a single autonomous robot navigating an uncertain environment with an erratic communication… Read More ›
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Hackers used previously unknown Internet Explorer flaw in new attacks
– He said planting backdoors on the machines of VFW members and site visitors to collect military intelligence was a possible goal. Source: Reuters – Fri, 14 Feb 2014 01:25 AM Author: Reuters By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 13… Read More ›
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Luxury fashion CEO says normal Americans shouldn’t whine about being poor because they would be rich in India or China
EEV Solution: Ostracise anyone wearing Nicole Miller, until Bud Konheim is rich just like the other 99%. Bud Konheim is boss of Nicole Miller which sells $800 sequined dresses Says U.S poverty level is wealthy in 99% of countries around the… Read More ›
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Non-human sugar in biotech drugs causes inflammation
EEV: Since this initial release from 2010, we believe there has been absolutely no action Public release date: 25-Jul-2010 – sugar molecule common to chimpanzees, gorillas and other mammals * but not found in humans * provokes a strong immune response in… Read More ›
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Benghazi U.S. Naval Fleet Positions – 11 SEP 2012 via OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
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DARPA developing ultimate web search engine to police the internet
Published time: February 12, 2014 22:35 Reuters / Umit Bektas The Pentagon’s research arm that fosters futuristic technology for the military will soon begin working to surpass current abilities of commercial web search engines. Yet, once it masters… Read More ›
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Chase’s ‘Secret’ Deal With Feds Faces Challenge
– The historic agreement gives JPMorgan Chase “complete civil immunity” for its illegal conduct regarding the packaging of “toxic subprime mortgages” and contribution to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression – “This contract was the product of negotiations… Read More ›
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Human trafficking: The EU’s dirty secret
European Union citizens from Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary are the most common victims of human trafficking in Europe. Many of them are women who are sexually exploited. Most Europeans would agree with the first paragraph of the EU’s strategy paper… Read More ›
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Bing censoring Chinese language search results for users in the US
English and Chinese language queries for terms such as ‘Dalai Lama’ return radically different results on Microsoft search engine Dominic Rushe in New York theguardian.com, Tuesday 11 February 2014 16.36 EST A Bing search in Chinese for Bo Xilai,… Read More ›
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ECB paralysed by German court decision as deflation threatens
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European migrants are more likely to work harder than their British counterparts, a senior Brussels official says
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‘Elite’ hacking operation ‘The Mask’ targeted govts, diplomats for 7 years
Published time: February 10, 2014 23:05 Image by Kaspersky Labs Researchers recently detected a highly sophisticated cyber spying operation, active since 2007, that targeted governments, diplomats, and embassies before it was razed last month. Kaspersky Labs in Russia identified the… Read More ›
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EU rules “mean children can’t get life-saving cancer drugs”
Source: Reuters – Mon, 10 Feb 2014 10:00 PM Author: Reuters * Adult medicines not licensed for children under system * Yet such drugs may be effective in paediatric cancers * Researchers want children’s trial opt-out abolished
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WHO and the pandemic flu “conspiracies” – The BMJ and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism report that was covered up
Conflicts of Interest – A joint investigation by the BMJ and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has uncovered evidence that raises troubling questions about how WHO managed conflicts of interest among the scientists who advised its pandemic planning – The… Read More ›
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Canada installs first ever crack-pipe vending machines
A Canadian NGO has installed crack pipe vending machines in the city of Vancouver in a bid to curb the spread of HIV and hepatitis among users. The polka-dot vending machines are operated by the Portland Hotel Society, a drug… Read More ›
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Riots erupt on streets of Istanbul after Turkish government clamps down on internet – Opponents say sweeping new powers are effort to hush-up corruption scandal
Protestors are angry over far-reaching government powers to block web pages ‘within hours’ The demonstrators threw stones and set off fireworks after riot police fired water cannons Prime Minister says new powers have been introduced to protect privacy, not stifle… Read More ›
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Americans Renouncing Citizenship Up 221%
EEV: Still small but surprising, and rising Sunday, 09 February 2014 Record numbers of U.S. citizens and permanent residents are giving up their citizenship or residency. For all the immigrant arrivals the trickle the other direction is increasing. The… Read More ›
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Greenwald promises more shocking news on US surveillance, says he has sources apart from Snowden
Glenn Greenwald Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who broke news of US government surveillance in the Guardian newspaper, promises more revelations on US surveillance, as he has come into contact with more sources besides Edward Snowden, former NSA employee. In an… Read More ›
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Switzerland bucks European Union, votes to limit immigration
GENEVA – Voters in Switzerland on Sunday narrowly backed a plan to limit immigration, in a blow for the government after it had warned that the measure could harm the Swiss economy and relations with the European Union. Swiss public… Read More ›
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Miley Cyrus promises tour will be educational and artistic
In an interview with her sister, singer says kids will learn about different kinds of art from her Bangerz tour Guardian Music theguardian.com, Sunday 9 February 2014 07.12 EST Miley Cyrus … education, education, education. Photograph: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Clear… Read More ›
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Israel PM slams Iran move to send ships towards US
EEV: This may eventually lead to the escalation of Iranian missiles being within striking distance of the U.S. Mainland. 3 hours ago Jerusalem (AFP) – Israel on Sunday denounced an Iranian announcement that it was sending naval ships towards the… Read More ›
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Danish zoo sparks outrage by killing healthy giraffe
Thousands signed petition to save Marius, who was put down to avoid inbreeding and then fed to lions – Warning: some readers may find the images distressing – Lars Eriksen in Copenhagen theguardian.com, Sunday 9 February 2014 04.46 EST Marius the… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 