By Stephen C. Webster Friday, September 14, 2012 16:09 EDT Topics: Katherine Forrest ♦ Obama ♦ President Barack Obama Less than 24 hours after a judge blocked a law that gives the government the power to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens… Read More ›
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Malware being installed on computers in factories, warns Microsoft : ” found forged versions of Windows on all the machines “
Researchers find malware pre-installed on brand new computers bought in China Associated Press guardian.co.uk, Friday 14 September 2012 07.41 EDT Microsoft investigator David Anselmi shows how malware can wind up on consumer computers. Photograph: Elaine Thompson/AP Criminals are installing malware on… Read More ›
Half of drugs prescribed in France useless or dangerous, say two specialists
The doctors claim that the state wastes money on unnecessary medicine that they blame for up to 20,000 deaths annually Kim Willsher in Paris guardian.co.uk, Friday 14 September 2012 12.18 EDT Half of all prescribed drugs are useless or dangerous, two leading… Read More ›
Economist Richard Duncan: Civilization May Not Survive ‘Death Spiral’
Money Morning By Terry Weiss, Money Morning Richard Duncan, formerly of the World Bank and chief economist at Blackhorse Asset Mgmt., says America’s $16 trillion federal debt has escalated into a “death spiral, “as he told CNBC. And it could… Read More ›
Mentally ill to be allowed to become MPs, serve on juries and be company directors
MPs have voted to end ‘discrimination’ which stops those suffering from mental illness serving in public life as a rare private members bill is backed by the House of Commons. Charles Walker spoke of his own mental health issues. Photo:… Read More ›
China’s nuclear weapons strategy highlights the risk of escalation to nuclear war from a conflict beginning with conventional weapons, due to the unusual structure of the nation’s military
Contact: Katie Baker katie.baker@sagepub.co.uk 020-732-48719 SAGE Publications China’s nuclear dilemma Los Angeles, CA (September 14, 2012) – An expert assessment of China’s nuclear weapons strategy highlights the risk of escalation to nuclear war from a conflict beginning with conventional weapons,… Read More ›
Having a tonsillectomy can cause Obesity
Contact: David March dmarch1@jhmi.edu 410-955-1534 Johns Hopkins Medicine Age, not underlying diagnosis, key factor in weight gain in children after tonsillectomy Potentially worrisome weight gains following tonsillectomy occur mostly in children under the age of 6, not in older children,… Read More ›
Short wavelength illumination (primarily LED lighting) can result in various illnesses and adverse symptoms
Lights out? Published by Editor at 1:43 pm under Home Page, Press Releases An international conference at the University of Haifa has called attention to the dangers of exposure to light at night. “The most important thing for us is… Read More ›
‘Spin’ in media reports of scientific articles: 47% of articles contain ‘Spin”
Contact: Sumrina Yousufzai syousufzai@plos.org 415-568-3164 Public Library of Science Press releases and news stories reporting the results of randomized controlled trials often contain “spin”—specific reporting strategies (intentional or unintentional) emphasizing the beneficial effect of the experimental treatment—but such “spin” frequently… Read More ›
Pain drug can kill resistant tuberculosis: Researchers claim may never be tested in TB clinical trials.
Public release date: 10-Sep-2012 [Print | E-mail| Share][ Close Window ] Contact: Lauren Woods law2014@med.cornell.edu 212-821-0560 New York- Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center/Weill Cornell Medical College Researchers find low cost drug wipes out drug resistant TB, but worry it may… Read More ›
Researchers discover mechanism related to negative emotions of cocaine withdrawal
Contact: Eric Sorensen eric.sorensen@wsu.edu 206-799-9186 Washington State University Emotional ‘brakes’ stay on after cocaine wears off PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University researchers have found a cellular mechanism that contributes to the lack of motivation and negative emotions of a cocaine addict… Read More ›
Taking painkillers increases death risk, second heart attacks in survivors: 59-63% Higher risk of Death
Contact: Maggie Francis maggie.francis@heart.org 214-706-1382 American Heart Association — Heart attack survivors who take common painkillers after a heart attack have a higher long-term risk of dying or having a second heart attack, according to a new study published in… Read More ›
More pregnant women taking high blood pressure drugs, yet safety unclear
Contact: Karen Astle karen.astle@heart.org 214-706-1392 American Heart Association Nearly 5 percent of pregnant women are prescribed drugs to treat high blood pressure, including some drugs that aren’t considered safe for mothers or their babies, according to new research in the… Read More ›
Most prescription drugs manufactured overseas — are they safe? ” information about inspections is not public”
Contact: Kim Barnhardt kim.barnhardt@cmaj.ca 613-520-7116 x2224 Canadian Medical Association Journal Most pharmaceutical drugs in Canada are manufactured overseas in countries such as India, China and others, yet how can we be confident the drug supply is safe, writes a drug… Read More ›
As Violence Spreads in Arab World, Google Blocks Access to Inflammatory Video
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Published: September 13, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO — As violence spread in the Arab world over a video on YouTube ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad, Google, the owner of YouTube, blocked access to it in two of… Read More ›
Twitter surrenders Occupy protester’s tweets
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK | Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:41am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – Twitter handed over tweets from an Occupy Wall Street protester to a New York criminal judge on Friday after months of fighting a subpoena… Read More ›
Learning faster with neurodegenerative disease
Contact: Dr. Christian Beste Christian.Beste@rub.de 49-234-322-4323 Ruhr-University Bochum Huntington’s gene mutation carriers: Severity of the genetic mutation related to learning efficiency People who bear the genetic mutation for Huntington’s disease learn faster than healthy people. The more pronounced the mutation… Read More ›
False positives: fraud and misconduct are threatening scientific research
High-profile cases and modern technology are putting scientific deceit under the microscope Alok Jha, science correspondent guardian.co.uk, Thursday 13 September 2012 13.12 EDT The Dutch psychologist Diederik Stapel was found to have published fabricated data in 30 peer-reviewed papers. Photograph: Boxem/boxem/Hollandse… Read More ›
‘Anonymous’ retaliates after member arrested by FBI
By Agence France-Presse Thursday, September 13, 2012 23:44 EDT WASHINGTON — The hacker group known as Anonymous on Thursday posted credit card numbers in retaliation for what it claimed was an FBI raid arresting one of its members. The group… Read More ›
Vladimir Putin admits stage managing animal stunts
Vladimir Putin has admitted to staging some of his most famous stunts, including meeting endangered big cats and the “discovery” of ancient Greek amphorae in the Black sea, a Russian journalist has claimed. Vladimir Putin has acknowledged many of his… Read More ›
White House allocates $376 million in September 2010 for upgrades
White House emerges from $86m two-year makeover… but it doesn’t look like anything has actually changed Four year construction project expected to cost $376 million After two years and $86 million, not much appears to have happened Witnesses say it… Read More ›
Harvard pediatrics professor arrested after police found ‘up to 100 DVDs and 500 images of child porn at his home’
Dr Richard Keller was medical director at Phillips Academy for 19 years Spent almost $3,000 on child porn over two years Some pornographic content was delivered to his office at the boarding school Faces 20 years in jail By Rachel… Read More ›
Bloody hand prints, stolen documents and shocking security failings: Harrowing pictures inside the U.S. consulate as it is revealed ‘officials knew about attack plans 48 HOURS before and did nothing’: Sorry Unedited Includes Graphic Images
Dramatic images of bloody hand prints and crumbling buildings capture horror of Tuesday’s attack on U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which fell on 11th anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks Revealed today that sensitive documents have gone missing from compound, including… Read More ›
GM corn loses its edge against pests
YOU can’t keep a bad pest down. Corn rootworms in the US may have developed resistance to a protective chemical made by a genetically modified corn. The US Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that it plans to investigate the… Read More ›
U.S. intelligence agencies didn’t issue high alert about Mideast unrest threat : They had 3 days
By Mark HosenballPosted 2012/09/13 at 9:02 pm EDT WASHINGTON, Sep. 13, 2012 (Reuters) — Although U.S. authorities believe anti-American violence that erupted on Tuesday in Libya and Egypt was triggered by an Arabic talk-show broadcast three days earlier, U.S. officials… Read More ›
Safe house where Ambassador died had no Marine guard and his body was missing for five hours: Full scale of chaos surrounding Libyan killings revealed
Benghazi consulate was not protected by the contingent of Marines that usually safeguard embassies and instead was guarded by Libyan and State Department security officers Embassy was ‘an interim facility’ lacking bulletproof glass, reinforced doors or other features common to… Read More ›
WHO: Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola outbreak ‘out of control’
By David Ferguson Thursday, September 13, 2012 12:28 EDT Topics: democratic republic of congo ♦ Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola outbreak ♦ Ebola virus The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the… Read More ›
Walmart supplier NFI’s warehouse workers strike over working conditions
California workers say they’ve filed labour complaints over lack of access to drinking water and alleged bullying by managers Paul Harris in New York guardian.co.uk, Thursday 13 September 2012 11.39 EDT NFI Crossdock warehouse in Ontario, California is part of… Read More ›
Prions are not degraded by conventional sewage treatment processes
Re-Posted for filing 2008 Contact: Michael Woods m_woods@acs.org 202-872-4400 American Chemical Society Persistence of Pathogenic Prion Protein during Simulated Wastewater Treatment Processes IMAGE:Wastewater treatment plants do not reduce harmful proteins called prions that cause incurable brain infections, such as Mad… Read More ›
Drug reverses mental retardation caused by genetic disorder : Rapamycin
Re-posted 2008 Contact: Elaine Schmidt eschmidt@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-2272 University of California – Los Angeles UCLA mouse study offers hope for correcting how autism disrupts brain UCLA researchers discovered that an FDA-approved drug reverses the brain dysfunction inflicted by a genetic… Read More ›
Did the gene for ADHD help our nomadic ancestors?
Re-Post 2008 Contact: Ben Campbell campbelb@uwm.edu 414-229-6250 University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee An ADHD-associated version of the human gene DRD4 is linked to better health among nomadic tribesmen, but may cause malnourishment in their settled cousins, according to new research… Read More ›
Coffee’s aroma kick-starts genes in the brain
Re-Post for Filing 2008 Contact: Michael Woods m_woods@acs.org 202-872-4400 American Chemical Society IMAGE:Scientists report that the simple inhalation of coffee by rats has changed their gene expressions in ways that help reduce sleep deprivation-induced stress.Click here for more information. Journal… Read More ›
33rd Health Research Report 23 JUN 2008 – Reconstruction
Editors Top Five: 1. Heightened sense of taste can promote weight loss 2. Caesarean sections associated with risk of asthma 3. Red wine’s resveratrol may help battle obesity 4. Did the gene for ADHD help our nomadic ancestors? 5. Drug reverses mental… Read More ›
Study explains decrease in insulin-producing beta cells in diabetes: Current Theory is wrong
Contact: Karin Eskenazi ket2116@columbia.edu 212-342-0508 Columbia University Medical Center Findings suggest new approach to treatment IMAGE:The life cycle of transcription factor FoxO1 closely mirrors the state of health of the pancreatic beta cell. In a healthy cell, FoxO1 (stained red)… Read More ›
Study of giant viruses shakes up tree of life: “spreaders of information,” Required for Life
Public release date: 13-Sep-2012 [ Contact: Diana Yates diya@illinois.edu 217-333-5802 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IMAGE:Giant viruses should be included reconstructions of the tree of life, researchers report in a new study. The mimivirus, shown here (small black hexagons) infecting… Read More ›
Scientists use sound waves to levitate liquids, improve pharmaceuticals
Contact: Jared Sagoff jsagoff@anl.gov 630-252-5549 DOE/Argonne National Laboratory It’s not a magic trick and it’s not sleight of hand – scientists really are using levitation to improve the drug development process, eventually yielding more effective pharmaceuticals with fewer side effects…. Read More ›
Increased dietary fructose (high fructose corn syrup) linked to elevated uric acid levels and lower liver energy stores
Contact: Dawn Peters sciencenewsroom@wiley.com 781-388-8408 Wiley Obese patients with type 2 diabetes who consume higher amounts of fructose display reduced levels of liver adenosine triphosphate (ATP)—a compound involved in the energy transfer between cells. The findings, published in the September… Read More ›
Gestational exposure to urban air pollution linked to vitamin D deficiency in newborns
Contact: Aaron Lohr alohr@endo-society.org 240-482-1380 The Endocrine Society New study highlights potential importance of vitamin D supplementation in pregnant women Chevy Chase, MD—Gestational exposure to ambient urban air pollution, especially during late pregnancy, may contribute to lower vitamin D levels… Read More ›
Oops! Democrats forced to apologize for using picture of SOVIET warships in tribute to American troops
By Toby Harnden In Washington PUBLISHED:14:31 EST, 12 September 2012| UPDATED:15:53 EST, 12 September 2012 Organisers of the Democratic National Convention have said sorry for using an image of Soviet-era Russian warships as a backdrop for a tribute to veterans… Read More ›
‘Humiliating punishments for working too slow, bars on the windows and squalid dorms’: Inside the factory that makes the iPhone 5
By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED:09:51 EST, 12 September 2012| UPDATED:11:59 EST, 12 September 2012 For Apple’s American workers, today is a big day, with the release of the iPhone 5. But behind the scenes at the Foxconn factory in China, tasked… Read More ›
Taking Prozac? Don’t drive: Pills raise risk of you having an accident by 70%
By Sophie Borland PUBLISHED:19:15 EST, 12 September 2012| UPDATED:19:15 EST, 12 September 2012 Taking common antidepressants heightens the risk of accidents greatly Taking happy pills before driving makes you more prone to accidents, researchers claim. They have found… Read More ›
One big fraud? Questions over whether ‘$5million’ film that portrayed Mohammed as a pedophile and womanizer AND the producer behind it are fake
‘Innocence of Muslims’ led to protests across Egypt and Libya on Tuesday Producer claimed he was an Israeli Jew living in California named Sam Bacile But film’s consultant, Steve Klein, said the man was using a pseudonym Amid concerns over… Read More ›
Protection from Pertussis Vaccine, after the fifth dose wanes more than 40 percent each year
Protection Against Whooping Cough Waned During the Five Years After Fifth Dose of DTaP ScienceDaily (Sep. 12, 2012) — Protection against whooping cough (also called pertussis) waned during the five years after the fifth dose of the combined diphtheria, tetanus,… Read More ›
New Research on “Junk” DNA Raises Questions on Eve of Crucial Court Hearing
On September 19, the Ninth Circuit is set to hear new arguments in Haskell v. Harris, a case challenging California’s warrantless DNA collection program. Today EFF asked the court to consider ground-breaking new research that confirms for the first time… Read More ›
Identity of anti-Muslim filmmaker called into question: Update: Film’s consultant confirms “Sam Bacile” is not real
Identity of anti-Muslim filmmaker called into question By Stephen C. Webster Wednesday, September 12, 2012 14:12 EDT Update (below): Film’s consultant confirms “Sam Bacile” is not real A man who claimed he’s the creator of an anti-Muslim film that’s sparked… Read More ›
Long-term pesticide exposure may increase risk of diabetes
2008 Repost for filing Contact: Robin Mackar rmackar@niehs.nih.gov 919-541-0073 NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Licensed pesticide applicators who used chlorinated pesticides on more than 100 days in their lifetime were at greater risk of diabetes, according to researchers from… Read More ›
Solid tumor cells not killed by radiation and chemotherapy become stronger
2008 re-posted for filing Contact: Mary Jane Gore mary.gore@duke.edu 919-660-1309 Duke University Medical Center DURHAM, N.C. – Because of the way solid tumors adapt the body’s machinery to bring themselves more oxygen, chemotherapy and radiation may actually make these tumors… Read More ›
Chlorinated Tap water substantially increased the risk of three common birth defects: ventricular septal defects, cleft palate, and anencephalus
Contact: Charlotte Webber charlotte.webber@biomedcentral.com 44-020-763-19980 BioMed Central Is tap water safe for expectant mothers? Drinking water disinfected by chlorine while pregnant may increase the risk of having children with heart problems, cleft palate or major brain defects, according to a… Read More ›
The good news in our DNA: Defects you can fix with vitamins and minerals
2008 Re-Post for filing Contact: Robert Sanders rsanders@berkeley.edu 510-643-6998 University of California – Berkeley Personal genomes may lead to personalized vitamin supplements Berkeley — As the cost of sequencing a single human genome drops rapidly, with one company predicting a… Read More ›
Plastics chemical retards growth, function of adult reproductive cells
2009 re-post for filing Contact: Diana Yates diya@illinois.edu 217-333-5802 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IMAGE:Veterinary biosciences professor Jodi Flaws and her colleagues found that mouse follicle cells that were exposed to bisphenol A, a chemical found in many plastics, produced… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 