For Immediate Release Matt Shipman | News Services | 919.515.6386 Dr. Gerald LeBlanc | 919.515.7404 Release Date: 04.22.2013 Filed under Releases North Carolina State University researchers studying aquatic organisms called Daphnia have found that exposure to a chemical pesticide has… Read More ›
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Nearly half of veterans found with blast concussions might have hormone deficiencies
Contact: Donna Krupa dkrupa@the-aps.org American Physiological Society Condition often unrecognized, mimics symptoms of PTSD, depression BOSTON—Up to 20 percent of veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq have experienced at least one blast concussion. New research suggests that nearly half these… Read More ›
Bill Gates ‘casual’ handshake has South Koreans up in arms
Microsoft founder accused of disrespecting the South Korean President, Park Geun-hye Rob Williams Thursday, 25 April 2013 Body language experts would have us believe that you can tell a lot about a person from their handshake. What to… Read More ›
How the rich got RICHER during the economic recovery – while the other 93 percent became worse off
Average net worth of households in the upper 7 percent rose by an estimated 28 percent Households in the lower 93 percent dropped by 4 percent Reason found: Affluent households typically own stocks and other financial holdings that increased in… Read More ›
China calls Japan-U.S. island drill ‘provocative’
Reuters — Apr 25 China said on Wednesday that “provocative actions” would not sway it from defending its territory, after Japan confirmed it would conduct military drills with the United States amid tension between Beijing and Tokyo over disputed… Read More ›
China military on high alert near Korean border
Wednesday, 24 April 2013 China’s military is continuing to mobilize military forces along the North Korean border despite official denials as Pyongyang appears set for a missile test launch this week, according to U.S. officials. U.S. intelligence agencies continued… Read More ›
Mexican Truckers Avert Border Program Dustup
By JACK BOUBOUSHIAN (CN) – U.S. trucking groups lost their challenge in the D.C. Circuit to a pilot program that will let Mexican truckers transport goods across the border. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently reauthorized a… Read More ›
Nexium can cause debilitating spinal injuries
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Astrazeneca failed to warn that its Nexium, for gastroesophageal reflux, can cause debilitating spinal injuries, a patient claims in Jefferson County Court. http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/04/24/56992.htm
Feds Accuse Novartis of Kickback Drug Scheme
MANHATTAN (CN) – Novartis Pharmaceuticals cost Medicare and Medicaid tens of millions of dollars by paying kickbacks to pharmacies to switch transplant patients to one of its drugs instead of cheaper generics, federal prosecutors say. The United… Read More ›
Meds taken during pregnancy increase risk of Autism
Wednesday, 24 April 2013 Women who take valproate (Depacon) during pregnancy may increase the risk of childhood autism and its spectrum disorders in their children, a population-based study showed. In utero exposure to the drug was associated with a… Read More ›
China, Japan tense over disputed islands : Eight Chinese government ships had entered waters near the contested islands
CNN — Apr 24 The fragile relationship between China and Japan came under fresh strain Tuesday as ships from both sides crowded into the waters around a disputed group of islands and nearly 170 Japanese lawmakers visited a controversial… Read More ›
Chinese ships track Japanese nationalist flotilla
canberratimes.com.au — Apr 23 Eight Chinese government ships have entered Japanese territorial waters near disputed islands, the most in a single day since Tokyo nationalised part of the archipelago, the Japanese government says. A flotilla of boats carrying… Read More ›
Abe vows to expel by force any Chinese landing on disputed isles
National Apr. 23, 2013 – 01:20PM JST ( 3 ) A Chinese marine surveillance ship cruises near the disputed islets in the East China Sea.;AFP TOKYO — Prime minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday vowed to “expel by force” any Chinese… Read More ›
Grocers Claim Potato Cartel Fixes Prices : “announced the group’s price-fixing plans to several hundred potato farmers, which prompted a standing ovation,”
By KEVIN KOENINGER KANSAS CITY, Kan. (CN) – A nationwide potato cartel – the “OPEC of potatoes” – fixes prices and production to line its own pockets, a grocers association claims in a federal antitrust complaint. Associated Wholesale… Read More ›
Caught just in time: ‘Bombers were about to plant MORE devices but plot was spoiled by release of CCTV photos’
EEV: There is no doubt extreme and conflicting reports on the Boston event. We expect it should be very easy to track where all these alleged weapons came from. In addition, police footage from the car camera’s should be able to… Read More ›
Boston bombers: FBI hunting 12-strong terrorist “sleeper cell” linked to brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
21 Apr 2013 00:01 Police believe the pair were specially trained to carry out the devastating attack Covered boat: Fugitive was found in back yard AP The FBI was last night hunting a 12-strong terrorist “sleeper cell” linked to the… Read More ›
Gold Nanoparticles Accelerate Aging : “found in everyday items such as personal care products”
Nanoparticles Found in Everyday Items Can Inhibit Fat Storage: Gold Nanoparticles Accelerate Aging New research reveals that pure gold nanoparticles found in everyday items such as personal care products, as well as drug delivery, MRI contrast agents and solar cells… Read More ›
N.Korea deploys more missiles on east coast
Photo: EPA North Korea has moved two mobile SCUD missile launchers to the country’s eastern coast, in addition to seven missile complexes it deployed there early this month, South Korean military officials said on Saturday. Right now there are nearly… Read More ›
Russia sought FBI’s help in 2011 to probe Boston suspect
Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:50 GMT Reuters (Updates with more details throughout) By Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) – Russia asked the FBI in early 2011 to investigate Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev… Read More ›
FBI to older bomber in 2011: ‘We are watching you’
Parents of Boston Marathon bombing suspects defend their sons, and father reveals FBI interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev two years ago Suspects’ mother: ‘I am 100% sure that this is a set-up’ James Legge Saturday, 20 April 2013 The father of the… Read More ›
The United States charged six politicians with fraud, extortion and conspiracy
Six Politicos Charged With Bribes & Extortion WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (CN) – In a lurid indictment, the United States charged six politicians with fraud, extortion and conspiracy, in the plan to run a Democratic state senator for mayor… Read More ›
Judicial investigation launched over claims ex-French president’s election campaign received €50m from Libyan regime
French inquiry opens into allegations Gaddafi funded Sarkozy 2007 campaign Angelique Chrisafis in Paris guardian.co.uk, Friday 19 April 2013 12.39 EDT Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi leaves the Elysée in Paris after a meeting with the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy,… Read More ›
Researchers abuzz over caffeine as cancer-cell killer
UAlberta research team uses caffeine and fruit flies to pinpoint genetic pathways that guide DNA repair in cancer cells. Posted by News Staff April 17, 2013 Images showing the normal eye of a fruit fly (left), versus the disfigured… Read More ›
Common osteoporosis drug slows formation of new bone
Contact: Jenni Glenn Gingery jgingery@endo-society.org 301-941-0240 The Endocrine Society Study results suggest combination treatments may be needed to stop bone loss, fuel growth Chevy Chase, MD––Although the drug zoledronic acid slows bone loss in osteoporosis patients, it also boosts levels… Read More ›
Boston bombings rooted in US, not Chechnya – Kadyrov ” Any attempts to draw a parallel between Chechnya and the Tsarnaevs, if they are guilty, are futile”
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: RIA Novosti Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov has called for looking for the roots of the Boston bombings apparently committed by Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev not in Chechnya but America. “Any attempts to draw a parallel between… Read More ›
Here Are The 18 Names On The Controversial ‘Blacklist’ That Could Derail US-Russia Relations
EEV: Where did Ramzan A. Kadyrov, the president of Chechnya, go? Adam Taylor Apr. 12, 2013, 1:44 PM AP The U.S. Treasury has announced the names of 18 Russian citizens who will have sanctions imposed on them under the Magnitsky… Read More ›
China calls on Japan to stop scrambling its fighters
National Apr. 19, 2013 – 06:40AM JST ( 40 ) BEIJING — China called on Japan on Thursday to stop sending jets up against Chinese aircraft after Japan said it had scrambled its fighters twice as often in the past… Read More ›
Online medical company sues woman for defamation after she posted a negative review on eBay
Amy Nicholls ordered $175 microscope light from Ohio-based Med Express It arrived with $1.40 postage due, so she posted negative feedback on site Firm offered a refund and when she refused, it sued for damaging business Lawyers acting for Ms… Read More ›
Fed and Bank of Japan caused gold crash
Commodity prices have been falling since September, culminating in a rout over the past two weeks. That is a classic warning for the global economy. The upward trend of the great bull market has been broken. The technical damage is… Read More ›
Video footage appears to show dozens of people stealing marathon merchandise in the aftermath of Boston bombings
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:24 EST, 17 April 2013 | UPDATED: 19:19 EST, 17 April 2013 Video footage from the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings appears to show dozens of people stealing merchandise that was meant for runners… Read More ›
Japan scrambled jets against China planes record 306 times in 12 months
National Apr. 18, 2013 – 08:15AM JST ( 29 ) TOKYO — Japan scrambled fighter jets in response to Chinese aircraft a record number of times in the year to March 2013, mostly after the nationalisation of disputed islands, the… Read More ›
Oil Barons Given Pass on Alleged Nigerian Crimes
By BARBARA LEONARD WASHINGTON (CN) – A group of refugees living in the United States cannot sue the foreign oil companies that allegedly conspired with the Nigerian government to torture them, the mostly unanimous Supreme Court… Read More ›
North Korea on Wednesday barred a delegation of South Korean businessmen from delivering food and supplies to 200 of their staff inside the closed Kaesong joint industrial zone.
N. Korea bars South delegation from joint zone South Korean trucks arrive from North Korea’s Kaesong Industrial Complex. AFP Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 SEOUL – North Korea on Wednesday barred a delegation of South Korean businessmen from delivering food and… Read More ›
Letter tainted with ricin or poison sent to Republican senator Roger Wicker
Envelope intercepted before reaching Capitol Hill tests positive three times as politician given extra security protection Dan Roberts in Washington guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 16 April 2013 19.28 EDT Republican senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, who has been sent a letter which… Read More ›
US hospitals make more money when surgery goes wrong
17 Apr 2013 WASHINGTON (AFP) US hospitals face a disincentive to improve care because they make drastically more money when surgery goes wrong than when a patient is discharged with no complications, a study published Tuesday found. “We found clear evidence that… Read More ›
Lockheed to build 10-megawatt thermal power plant off southern China
Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:04 GMT Reuters (Corrects paragraphs 11, 12 to ammonia instead of ammonium) * One of largest facilities to use OTEC technology * Uses heat differences in tropical waters to drive turbines * Plant seen as step… Read More ›
French railway company SNCF accused of banning black and Asian employees during visit of Israeli President Shimon Peres
Alistair Dawber Tuesday, 16 April 2013 A race row has broken out in France over claims that the state railway company, SNCF, made effort to ensure that Israeli President Shimon Peres did not meet black or Asian employees in… Read More ›
Is the NSA building a $1.2billion data center to spy on Americans? Utah desert facility code-named Bumblehive ‘will monitor emails of U.S. citizens’
National Security Agency insists the site will operate according to laws that limit spying on U.S. citizens But civil liberties campaigners warn that the government is seeking to expand these powers The U.S. government operated a secret warrantless wiretapping programme… Read More ›
N. Korea issues ‘ultimatum’ to the South, warns of ‘immediate retaliation’ – reports
Published time: April 15, 2013 18:44 Edited time: April 15, 2013 20:28 AFP Photo / Files / KCNA VIA KNS North Korea’s military supreme command has issued an ultimatum to South Korea demanding apologies for “all the major and… Read More ›
Financial meltdown was caused by too many bankers taking cocaine, says former government drugs tsar Prof David Nutt
Academic, who was sacked for claiming that horse riding was as safe as taking ecstasy, said abuse of cocaine caused the financial meltdown. Rob Williams Monday, 15 April 2013 The former Government drugs tsar, Professor David Nutt, has said the… Read More ›
China breaking UN sanctions to support North Korea
As John Kerry arrives in Beijing, China continues to flout United Nations sanctions in order to prop up Kim Jong-un’s regime, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks with China’s Premier Li Keqiang during… Read More ›
Teacher ‘told fourth-graders to write notes saying they were prepared to give up their constitutional rights to be safer’
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:08 EST, 13 April 2013 | UPDATED: 17:09 EST, 13 April 2013 A Florida father was disturbed to find a note in his ten-year-old son’s backpack that read: ‘I am willing to give up… Read More ›
MMR scare doctor Andrew Wakefield breaks his silence: Measles outbreak in Wales proves I was right
As measles cases rise, experts condemn Wakefield’s outburst Jeremy Laurance Saturday, 13 April 2013 The discredited doctor who triggered the MMR scare 15 years ago has pinned the blame for the outbreak of measles in south Wales on the Government…. Read More ›
North Korea can likely launch nuclear missiles – U.S. spy agency
Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:03 GMT Reuters * Appears to be first time spy agency has reached such a conclusion * Consensus inside U.S. government is N.Korea does not have such a capability * Test-launch by North of medium-range missile… Read More ›
DOJ Wants More for Prisons Than U.S. Security
WASHINGTON (CN) – President Obama’s proposed 2014 budget for the Department of Justice will spend $4.1 billion more on prisons than on “national security,” the Justice Department revealed Wednesday. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday released the… Read More ›
Self-medication in animals much more widespread than believed
Contact: Jim Erickson ericksn@umich.edu 734-647-1842 University of Michigan ANN ARBOR—It’s been known for decades that animals such as chimpanzees seek out medicinal herbs to treat their diseases. But in recent years, the list of animal pharmacists has grown much longer,… Read More ›
Naturally-occurring substance proves effective against deadly skin cancer in laboratory tests
Contact: Joseph Carey jcarey@txbiomed.org 210-258-9437 Texas Biomedical Research Institute For the first time, scientists have demonstrated the mechanism of action of gossypin, a naturally-occurring substance found in fruits and vegetables, as a treatment for melanoma, which causes the majority of… Read More ›
1 in 5 seniors on risky meds; more in US South
Contact: David Orenstein david_orenstein@brown.edu 401-863-1862 Brown University More than 1 in 5 seniors with Medicare Advantage plans received a prescription for a potentially harmful “high risk medication” in 2009, according to a newly published analysis by Brown University public health… Read More ›
The adult generations of today are less healthy than their counterparts of previous generations
Contact: Jacqueline Partarrieu press@escardio.org 33-492-947-756 European Society of Cardiology Results from a large cohort study suggest that exposure to metabolic risks of cardiovascular disease is increasing Sophia Antipolis, 10 April 2013. Despite their greater life expectancy, the adults of today… Read More ›
Research shows the New York City ban on large-sized drinks may have unintended consequences
Contact: Souri Somphanith onepress@plos.org 415-624-121-7199 Public Library of Science People buy more soda when offered packs of smaller sizes than if buying single large drink Restricting soda servings may induce people to buy more soda than when offered larger sized… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 