Public Release: 2-Jul-2015 Arizona State University Mass killings and school shootings in the U.S. appear to be contagious, according to a team of scientists from Arizona State University and Northeastern Illinois University. Study author Sherry Towers, research professor in the… Read More ›
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Gas Seeping from LA Faultline = Massive Quake Coming?
Tuesday, 30 June 2015 Scientists have discovered helium gas leaking from a huge fault line on the Earth’s crust in central Los Angeles, a sign that substantially increases the chances of the “big one” – a major earthquake that could… Read More ›
Repeated courses of antibiotics may profoundly alter children’s development
Public Release: 30-Jun-2015 New study in mice from NYU Langone Medical Center finds multiple, long-lasting effects after several courses of antibiotics commonly used in children NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine June 30, 2015, NEW… Read More ›
Sleeping on the job? Actually, that’s a good thing
Public Release: 29-Jun-2015 University of Michigan ANN ARBOR–Employees seeking to boost their productivity at work should take a nap–yes, sleeping on the job can be a good thing. A new University of Michigan study finds that taking a nap may… Read More ›
Study: Severe asthma fails to respond to mainstay treatment
Public Release: 29-Jun-2015 University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences PITTSBURGH, June 29, 2015 – The immune response that occurs in patients with severe asthma is markedly different than what occurs in milder forms of the lung condition, according… Read More ›
Talk is cheap: New study finds words speak louder than actions
Public Release: 29-Jun-2015 Want to persuade? Talk about what you like, not what you actually do University of Chicago Booth School of Business When it comes to the art of persuasion, you can attract more followers if you turn conventional… Read More ›
Visits for anaphylaxis climb 29 percent per year, Hispanic children’s visits up 44 percent per year
Public Release: 26-Jun-2015 Emergency visits for childhood food allergy on rise in Illinois Visits for anaphylaxis climb 29 percent per year, Hispanic children’s visits up 44 percent per year Northwestern University Food allergies now impacting children of all races and… Read More ›
Big Win for Environmentalists Will Force EPA to Study Glyphosate
By ELIZABETH WARMERDAM SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday agreed to analyze effects of glyphosate and three other commonly used pesticides on 1,500 endangered plants and animals in the United States. The settlement with the… Read More ›
Flu virus mutated to escape current vaccine design
Public Release: 25-Jun-2015 Wistar scientists pinpoint mutations responsible for ineffective 2014-2015 flu vaccine A phenomenon known as ‘antigenic drift’ has caused mutations to accumulate and prevent antibodies from attaching themselves to the virus The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA–(June 25, 2015)–Viruses like… Read More ›
Fructose produces less rewarding sensations in the brain
Public Release: 25-Jun-2015 University of Basel Caption The MRI image clearly shows how the brain’s reward, or limbic, system behaves differently when administered a placebo (top) or one of two types of sugar, glucose (center) and fructose (bottom). Credit:… Read More ›
Most of America’s poor have jobs, study finds
Public Release: 25-Jun-2015 New study could shape poverty debate in presidential election Brigham Young University The majority of the United States’ poor aren’t sitting on street corners. They’re employed at low-paying jobs, struggling to support themselves and a family. In… Read More ›
Study: Whooping cough resurgence due to vaccinated people not knowing they’re infectious?
Public Release: 24-Jun-2015 Santa Fe Institute Pertussis cases in the United States from 1922 through 2012 and in the UK from 1940 through 2013. Shaded regions correspond to the pre-vaccine era, the DTP era, and the DTaP era, respectively. Credit:… Read More ›
Medical marijuana ‘edibles’ mostly mislabeled, study shows
Public Release: 23-Jun-2015 “ Laboratory testing showed 44 products (59 percent) had detectible levels of CBD, but the average ratio of THC to CBD was 36-to-1” Review of small sample of dispensary products suggests buyers at risk of overdosing or… Read More ›
Medication may stop drug and alcohol addiction
Public Release: 23-Jun-2015 University of Texas at Austin Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have successfully stopped cocaine and alcohol addiction in experiments using a drug already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat… Read More ›
Current blood cancer drug prices not justified, MD Anderson study finds
Public Release: 23-Jun-2015 “ Current drug prices could cause extremely large financial burdens, even for the well insured.” University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center The costs associated with cancer drug prices have risen dramatically over the past 15… Read More ›
Cardiac device wearers should keep distance from smartphones
Public Release: 22-Jun-2015 Patients should hold phone to opposite ear and not store phone in pocket over device European Society of Cardiology Milan, Italy, June 22 — Cardiac device wearers should keep a safe distance from smartphones to avoid unwanted… Read More ›
New report finds Conservatives demonstrate more self control than Liberals
Public Release: 22-Jun-2015 University of Cincinnati Findings from three separate studies link a person’s political ideology and their self-control performance, with conservatives demonstrating greater self-control than liberals. The research led by Joshua John Clarkson, a University of Cincinnati assistant professor… Read More ›
IS to bomb Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra: monitor
English.news.cn 2015-06-21 19:40:59 DAMASCUS, June 21 (Xinhua) — The Islamic State (IS) militants have rigged the millennia-old city of Palmyra in central Syria with explosives, a monitor group reported on Sunday. The IS militants planted mines and explosive… Read More ›
Whistleblowers accuse Merck of withholding info on mumps vaccine
June 11, 2015 | By Eric Sagonowsky If Merck ($MRK) has answers regarding the efficacy of its mumps vaccine, it’s not being forthright, says a letter filed by an attorney representing two former Merck virologists who are now whistleblowers…. Read More ›
Stanford researcher declares that the sixth mass extinction is here
Public Release: 19-Jun-2015 Stanford University There is no longer any doubt: We are entering a mass extinction that threatens humanity’s existence. That is the bad news at the center of a new study by a group of scientists including Paul… Read More ›
Wastewater injection rate strongest trigger for induced quakes
Public Release: 18-Jun-2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science A new study aiming to provide a better understanding of how injection wells in the U.S. influence earthquake activity cites wastewater injection rate as a critical factor. In the study,… Read More ›
Individuals with social phobia have too much serotonin — not too little
Public Release: 17-Jun-2015 Uppsala University Previous studies have led researchers to believe that individuals with social anxiety disorder/ social phobia have too low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin. A new study carried out at Uppsala University, however, shows that the… Read More ›
High Fructose Sweetener can lead to fatal heart failure
Fructose powers a vicious circle ETH Zurich ‘Walk through any supermarket and take a look at the labels on food products, and you’ll see that many of them contain fructose, often in the form of sucrose (table sugar)’ — that’s… Read More ›
Black Holes may actually be Hologram generators
blic Release: 16-Jun-2015 What’s on the surface of a black hole? It’s not a ‘firewall’ — and the nature of the universe depends on it, physicist explains Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio–Are black holes the ruthless killers we’ve made them… Read More ›
Prescription drug benefit doesn’t save money for Medicare
Public Release: 16-Jun-2015 Researchers conclude that Medicare Part D did not save the (Medicare) program any money overall Northeastern University For years, the Medicare prescription drug benefit Part D has been credited with positively impacting national trends in health outcomes… Read More ›
Tetra-GX Part 1: The Idea – Behind the Scenes
Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano ) For those unfamiliar, this is a pet project that we have been working on for a few years. There are three more parts that will be following over the next few days. Tetra-GX Part… Read More ›
Researchers Highly Correlate Rheumatoid Arthritis with Solar Storms
Public Release: 15-Jun-2015 Researchers correlate rheumatoid arthritis and giant cell arteritis with solar cycles DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory IMAGE: A coronal mass ejection is hurled from the sun. view more Credit: NASA What began as a chat between husband and… Read More ›
ABC pressured to withdraw valid study critical of statins
Editors Notes: ( Ralph Turchiano) Two articles are posted here the first one explaining the validity of the study. The second how ABC was pressured to withdraw the episodes in regards to the valid study. Australians cut back on… Read More ›
Top Ramen, Ching’s and Foodles don’t mention MSG as ingredient–India
– “Doctors say that the consumption of MSG may cause problems like burning sensations in mouth, head and neck. It may cause weakness in arms or legs, headaches and upset stomach approximately 15 minutes after MSG is consumed. Other problems… Read More ›
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs inhibit ovulation after just 10 days
Public Release: 11-Jun-2015 Data suggest short-term use of over-the-counter drugs could negatively impact fertility European League Against Rheumatism Rome, June 11 — The results of a study presented today at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress (EULAR 2015) show… Read More ›
Invasive Candida reversed by Common Herb (In Vitro)
Invasive Candida reversed by Common Herb (In Vitro) C. albicans cells exist in different morphological states (yeast, pseudohypha, hypha) and can undergo white-opaque phenotype switching in certain conditions. The ability to convert from yeast or pseudohyphal states to the hyphal… Read More ›
Five companies control more than half of academic publishing
Public Release: 10-Jun-2015 At great expense to scientists across all fields, Reed-Elsevier, Springer, Wiley-Blackwell, Taylor & Francis, and Sage now publish more than 50 percent of academic articles University of Montreal A study at the University of Montreal shows that… Read More ›
Impact of insecticides on the cognitive development of 6-year-old children
blic Release: 10-Jun-2015 INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale) In an article published in the journal Environment International, researchers from Inserm (Inserm Unit 1085 – IRSET, the Institute of Research in Environmental and Occupational Health,… Read More ›
Heart attack risk increases 16-21 percent with use of common antacid
Public Release: 10-Jun-2015 Houston Methodist HOUSTON — ( June 4, 2015 ) – Adults who use proton pump inhibitors are between 16 and 21 percent more likely to experience a heart attack than people who don’t use the commonly prescribed… Read More ›
Man sues Chinese actor over her intense stare in TV show
AP Beijing , June 10, 2015 | UPDATED 08:13 IST Actor Zhao Wei Rules making it easier to file lawsuits in China have led to a new concern over frivolous claims, such as one in which a man says… Read More ›
Some hospitals marking up prices more than 1,000 percent
Public Release: 8-Jun-2015 Researcher: ‘What other industry can you think of that marks up their prices by 1,000 percent and remains in business?’ Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health The 50 hospitals in the United States with the… Read More ›
Surgical anesthesia in young children linked to effects on IQ, brain structure
Public Release: 8-Jun-2015 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center CINCINNATI – Children who received general anesthesia for surgery before age 4 had diminished language comprehension, lower IQ and decreased gray matter density in posterior regions of their brain, according to a… Read More ›
The Lancet: Over 95 percent of the world’s population has health problems — with over a third having more than 5 ailments
Public Release: 8-Jun-2015 The Lancet Just one in 20 people worldwide (4·3%) had no health problems in 2013, with a third of the world’s population (2·3 billion individuals) experiencing more than five ailments, according to a major new analysis from… Read More ›
All Guelph students diagnosed with mumps had been vaccinated
CTV KitchenerPublished Wednesday, June 3, 2015 5:56PM EDTLast Updated Wednesday, June 3, 2015 6:34PM EDT All five recent cases of the mumps virus in Guelph involved students who had received their vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella, public health… Read More ›
Patients Get Extreme to Obtain Hepatitis Drug That’s 1% the Cost Outside U.S.
by Shannon Pettypiece Ketaki Gokhale June 1, 2015 — 2:01 PM PDT Joel Roth, 65, of San Rafael, Calif., is a long-suffering Hepatitis C patient who is taking Sovaldi, which costs $1,000 per pill, or $84,000 for a… Read More ›
Malaysian Officials Blame Naked Tourists for Deadly Quake
Sunday, 07 June 2015 This week’s devastating earthquake, which rocked Malaysia’s highest peak, Mount Kinabalu, was a result of Western tourists stripping naked near the mountain’s summit last month, according to the state of Sabah’s Deputy Chief Minister Tan… Read More ›
Tetra-GX Behind the Scenes
Tetra-GX Behind the Scenes This gives you a brief glimpse of some of the thoughts and obstacles that we had with product development. This is Part 1 of a short series of how we came up with the original idea…. Read More ›
Powerful people are quick to notice injustice when they are victimized, research finds
Public Release: 5-Jun-2015 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Powerful people respond quickly to unfair treatment when they are the victims, but they are less likely to notice injustice when they benefit or when others are victimized, according to new… Read More ›
Bee warned — Study finds pesticides threaten native pollinators
Public Release: 4-Jun-2015 Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. – A new Cornell study of New York state apple orchards finds that pesticides harm wild bees, and fungicides labeled “safe for bees” also indirectly may threaten native pollinators. The research, published June… Read More ›
Common method to lower lead levels in drinking water may have opposite effect
Public Release: 4-Jun-2015 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News New Rochelle, NY, June 4, 2015–New research has shown that pH lowering of municipal water supplies, a common strategy used to control the release of soluble lead from plumbing materials, can… Read More ›
Common Medications associated with Homicide
The newly published study analysed the pre-crime use of prescription drugs among all persons convicted of a homicide in Finland between 2003 and 2011 “Benzodiazepines can weaken impulse control, and earlier research has found that painkillers affect emotional processing. 1…. Read More ›
George Soros Hacked E-mails in Regards to the Ukraine ?
Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano ) These are Alleged, and need confirmation to their validity Letter 1 : Short letter in regards to Financial Assistance PDF 1 267364476-Priority-To-Fix-Financial-Markets Letter 2: His Strategy for the Ukraine PDF 2 267364428-Soros-Ukraine-Strategy Letter 1 GEORGE SOROS… Read More ›
New England Journal of Medicine says Conflicts of Interest are a Good Thing?
Public Release: 2-Jun-2015 Are commercial conflicts of interests justifiable in medical journals? Experts criticize a leading journal’s backtrack regarding policies on conflict of interest BMJ A group of former senior editors, writing in The BMJ today, criticise a “seriously flawed… Read More ›
Young children from wealthy families are less giving than those who are poorer
Public Release: 2-Jun-2015 Kids’ altruism linked with better physiological regulation, less family wealth “This implies that certain aspects of high-SES culture that have been observed in adults, such as increased self-focus and decreased social sensitivity, might be present in children… Read More ›
Are you taking too much NyQuil? The surprising futility of drug labeling
Public Release: 2-Jun-2015 American Marketing Association Any box or bottle of over-the-counter (OTC) medicine lists its active ingredients prominently on the label. But are consumers using that information to make wise choices about taking two or more OTC drugs at… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 