PUBLIC RELEASE: 30-MAR-2015 HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Boston, MA – Men who ate fruits and vegetables with higher levels of pesticide residues–such as strawberries, spinach, and peppers–had lower sperm count and a lower percentage of normal sperm than those… Read More ›
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Saudi Arabia Could Buy the Bomb
Experts fear the first country to go nuclear after a deal won’t be Iran, but Saudi Arabia. By Gedalyah Reback First Publish: 3/25/2015, 6:42 AM Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s most explicit warning of the dangers of a “bad deal”… Read More ›
NATO Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Bombers Amid Presence Of US Military Convoy In Lithuania
By Reissa Su on March 29 2015 1:25 AM NATO forces have intercepted Russian warplanes flying at supersonic speeds and transponders off over the Baltic Sea. A United States military Stryker convoy was making its way to Poland from… Read More ›
How a Serbian Colonel With Ancient Missiles Shot Down an F117
Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano ) Offers a Disturbing yet interesting historical perspective that should not be ignored. Friday, 27 March 2015 Precisely on this day, in 1999 a Serbian air force commander manning a battery system successfully shot down… Read More ›
Yemen: Egyptian Navy Chases Iranian Warships to Retreat from Port of Aden : Iran Threatens Saudi Arabia
3/26/2015 Senior editor of Saudi online paper Arab News, Siraj Wahab, has just tweeted that Egyptian ships forced Iranian retreat from Bab Al-Mandab strait near the Port of Aden. A statement issued by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry stated that Egypt… Read More ›
Chikungunya virus may be coming to a city near you — learn the facts
Public Release: 26-Mar-2015 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston The mosquito-borne chikungunya virus has been the subject of increasing attention as it spreads throughout South America, Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico. This painful and potentially debilitating disease is… Read More ›
Antibiotic effectiveness imperiled as Antibiotic consumption in livestock worldwide could rise by 67 percent between 2010 and 2030
Public Release: 26-Mar-2015 Antibiotic effectiveness imperiled as use in livestock expected to increase Princeton University Caption Princeton University-led research found that antibiotic consumption in livestock worldwide could rise by 67 percent between 2010 and 2030, and possibly endanger the effectiveness… Read More ›
Iran-led forces are worsted in Tikrit in Tehran’s first battlefield encounter with ISIS
DEBKAfile Special Report March 25, 2015, 11:55 AM (IDT The offensive launched by a mixed force of the Iraqi army (10,000 troops) and Iranian-led Shiite militias (20,000) to capture Tikrit from the Islamic State has been thrown back, upsetting rosy… Read More ›
NATO Chief: Cyber Can Trigger Article 5 ( military response from the entire alliance )
By Paul McLeary2:43 p.m. EDT March 25, 2015 (Photo: DANI POZO/AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — NATO leaders on Wednesday reiterated the alliance’s stance on treating cyber attacks against a member as an Article 5 issue, which would potentially draw a… Read More ›
Obama Snubs NATO Chief In Face Of Rising Russian Threat
06:59 PM ET NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg came calling, but the president couldn’t find the time to meet with him. Defense Obligations: Despite Russian submarine activity that’s up a reported 50% and a rising cruise-missile threat, President Obama can’t… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia Launches Military Operations Against Houthi Targets in Yemen
© Sputnik/ Faisal Al Shabibi 02:45 26.03.2015(updated 05:47 26.03.2015) Get short URL 222437 Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies launched a military operation involving air strikes in Yemen against Houthi fighters, the Saudi envoy to Washington said on… Read More ›
Mothers Hepatitis B infection may give infants a better survival advantage to counteract bacterial infection during early life.
Public Release: 25-Mar-2015 HBV exposure matures infants’ immune systems Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore IMAGE: This is the hepatitis B virus surface antigen in cord blood cells from HBV positive mothers. Credit: Michelle Hong / Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore… Read More ›
Education may not improve our life chances of happiness
Public Release: 25-Mar-2015 University of Warwick Getting a good education may not improve your life chances of happiness, according to new mental health research from the University of Warwick. In a new study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry,… Read More ›
Common bacteria on verge of becoming antibiotic-resistant superbugs
Public Release: 25-Mar-2015 Washington University School of Medicine Bacteria that cause many hospital-associated infections are ready to quickly share genes that allow them to resist powerful antibiotics. The illustration, based on electron micrographs and created by the Centers for Disease… Read More ›
Child with autism improves with antibiotic; prompts new investigations into autism
Public Release: 24-Mar-2015 Surprising observation leads parent to collaboration with researchers to organize first scientific conference and special issue of scientific journal on the role of gut bacteria in autism N of One: Autism Research Foundation Dallas, TX (March 24,… Read More ›
Leaders and their followers tick in sync
Public Release: 24-Mar-2015 Leaders of a group synchronize their brain activity with that of their followers during communication Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Great leaders are often good communicators. In the process of communication, the relationship between leaders and their followers develops spontaneously according… Read More ›
Herbicides raise resistance to medical antibiotics: study
English.news.cn 2015-03-24 16:15:26 WELLINGTON, March 24 (Xinhua) — Commonly used herbicides can increase bacteria resistance to antibiotics, according to a New Zealand-led study out on Tuesday. Herbicides, used to kill plants, could be tested for killing bacteria, but they… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Engineering Evil 