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 ›
Pharmaceutical – Medical Devices
What those guys are doing to make Universal Culling, oh excuse me Health Care a more efficient process….
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 ›
Doctors Group Sues FDA over ( Daxas, Daliresp) , Roflumilast for COPD
Highlights: -Physicians for Integrity in Medical Research says in its federal complaint against Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg – best-case scenario showed that roflumilast reduced the number of exacerbations by one episode a year for every five patients… Read More ›
Doctors Group Sues FDA, Saying Drug Does More Harm Than Good
roflumilast, a drug used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease By ELIZABETH WARMERDAM LOS ANGELES (CN) – A physicians group sued the U.S. FDA, seeking revocation of FDA approval of roflumilast, a drug used to treat chronic obstructive… Read More ›
Fun With Genetic Engineering: Why Letting Students Tinker With Microorganisms Is Good For Education And Society
Posted: 01/14/2014 1:26 pm By Charles Gersbach, Assistant Professor, and Tom Katsouleas, Dean, Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering Elaborate competitions to build the best robot or design cages to protect falling eggs have been a rite of passage for… Read More ›
‘Hip-hop’ students unfairly targeted, study finds
Published: Jan. 10, 2014 Black and Latino “hip-hop” students are disproportionately punished in urban schools, finds a two-year study that sheds light on some of the unfair disciplinary practices newly targeted by the Obama administration. Muhammad Khalifa, a Michigan State… Read More ›
Free public education that pays for itself? / education securities
– students would commit to paying a fixed percentage of their income (6%) during their prime earning years (35-54 for example) to the university that awarded their degree – student promises for a given university cohort bundled and sold to… Read More ›
Brief fever common in kids given influenza, pneumococcal vaccines together
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 6-Jan-2014 – Parents should be made aware that their child might develop a fever following simultaneous influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations – children who received simultaneous influenza and pneumococcal vaccines, about a third (37.6 percent) had a fever… Read More ›
Bird flu leaves the nest — adapting to a new host ( How to Kill or Cure Millions )
EEV: Reposted at request from our biological site http://www.healthresearchreport.me Public release date: 26-Aug-2009 – an unadapted avian strain and an avian strain adapted to infect mice by mutations that increase the efficiency of the viral polymerase – They found that… Read More ›
Change in Human Social Behavior in Response to a Common Vaccine ( Flu Vaccine )
– In the 2 days immediately after influenza immunization, study participants socially encountered almost twice as many other humans as they did in the 2 days before immunization CHRIS REIBER, PHD, MPH, ERIC C. SHATTUCK, MS, SEAN FIORE,… Read More ›
Eli Lilly and Zyprexa Under the Spotlight / (( Employees WROTE the MEDICAL STUDIES ))
Public release date: 16-Jun-2009 – Reposted at request here, so it can be permalinked… – was done despite Lilly’s access and knowledge of at least seven studies that showed the drug was apparently ineffective for the treatment of dementia –… Read More ›
Pregnant nurse, 29, is FIRED after she refuses to have flu shot to protect her unborn child
Dreonna Breton from Pennsylvania, became alarmed after the packaging for a number of major brands of the flu vaccine warned it ‘should be given to a pregnant woman only if clearly needed She showed no symptoms of having the flu… Read More ›
Scientists creating viruses deadlier to humans
Sunday, 22 December 2013 Some of the world’s most eminent scientists have severely criticised the arguments used by some influenza researchers who are trying to make the H5N1 bird-flu virus more dangerous to humans by repeatedly infecting laboratory ferrets. More… Read More ›
Vaccine’s, the Lucky Rabbits Foot, and Shhh No questions allowed ( Part 1 )
Vaccines are just a form of medicine like everything else. Some of them good, and some of them not so good. In any case you have a right to know. Just remember Scientific Method – Observation, Hypothesis, and Theory as well as Risk… Read More ›
Pneumococcal vaccination in adults does not appear to work – 2009 Study
Research Re-Posting with active link to the abstract: http://www.cmaj.ca/content/180/1/48.abstract?sid=a400d48e-8dcc-4bf0-9567-cafbf612292e Efficacy of pneumococcal vaccination in adults: a meta-analysis
Poll: Americans want the government to stop banning everything they like
Posted By Breanna Deutsch On 6:40 PM 12/14/2013 In Americans want the government to stop acting like their mother. According to a Reason-Rupe poll, Americans do not want government to ban trans-fats, e-cigarettes, online poker, violent video games or genetic… Read More ›
Ethan Couch: Texas quadruple murderer – or a victim of ‘affluenza’?
Texan teen given parole after mowing down four people while drunk – but his family is so wealthy he believed his actions had no consequences Tim Walker Friday, 13 December 2013 A wealthy Texan teenager who mowed down and killed… Read More ›
From Rich Kids of Instagram to kings of cable TV? Six wealthy social media stars turn lives of leisure into television career
By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 11:48 EST, 14 December 2013 | UPDATED: 12:43 EST, 14 December 2013 All those who have enjoyed hate-browsing the popular Tumblr account ‘The Rich Kids of Instagram’ will soon be able to hate-watch it on… Read More ›
Teenager who was paralyzed when his drunk driving friend killed four pedestrians is suing the driver’s ‘affluent’ ( Being Rich is a new Legal Defense ) family for $20m as doctors never expect him to recover
Ethan Couch, 16, faced 20 years behind bars for killing four people in a car crash but walked away with 10 years probation Tuesday Youth pastor Brian Jennings; mother and daughter Hollie and Shelby Boyles; and 24-year-old Breanna Mitchell all… Read More ›
Whooping cough vaccine antigen disappearing from bacteria in US
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology Vaccines for whooping cough contain three to five protective antigens, the presence of which are critical to the vaccine’s effectiveness. But one of the antigens, pertactin, which had been present in… Read More ›
US ranks near bottom among industrialized nations in efficiency of health care spending
Contact: Carla Denly cdenly@support.ucla.edu 310-825-6738 University of California – Los Angeles UCLA, McGill study also shows women fare worse than men in most countries A new study by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and McGill University… Read More ›
From friend to foe: How benign bacteria evolve to virulent pathogens
Contact: Isabel Gordo igordo@igc.gulbenkian.pt 351-214-407-915 Public Library of Science Bacteria can evolve rapidly to adapt to environmental change. When the “environment” is the immune response of an infected host, this evolution can turn harmless bacteria into life-threatening pathogens. A study… Read More ›
Half of psychiatrists reject private and federal insurance, preferring cash
Contact: Jen Gundersen jeg2034@med.cornell.edu 646-317-7402 Weill Cornell Medical College Researchers warn that just when the need for mental health services is recognized on a national level, access to help is declining at an alarming rate
Food and Chemical Toxicology Editor-in-Chief, A. Wallace Hayes, publishes response to letters to the editor / Was Monsanto involved in the retraction?
Contact: Meghan Jendrysik m.jendrysik@elsevier.com 617-397-2845 Elsevier Cambridge, MA, December 10, 2013 – The following statement will be published in the journal, Food and Chemical Toxicology, alongside a selection of letters to the editors regarding the decision to retract the paper… Read More ›
NLST data highlight probability of lung cancer overdiagnosis / overdiagnosis rate for bronchioloalveolar lung cancer was 78.9 percent
Contact: Shawn Farley PR@acr.org 703-648-8936 American College of Radiology NLST data highlight probability of lung cancer overdiagnosis with low-dose CT screening Philadelphia, PA—Data from the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NLST)—conducted by the American College of Radiology Imaging Network and… Read More ›
Little boy makes pretend arrow-shooting gesture, could be expelled
Posted By Robby Soave On 9:32 PM 12/08/2013 In | Yet more evidence that schools go to extreme lengths to punish children for even thinking about weapons: A 10-year-old Georgia boy was suspended for a day after he pretended to… Read More ›
Heroic Pakistani doctor who helped CIA capture Bin Laden speaks out about prison torture in secret letter smuggled out of Pakistan
Shakil Afridi ran a vaccination program for the CIA to pinpoint Osama bin Laden in Pakistan before the raid that killed him The doctor was sentenced to 33 years in jail after the mission for ‘conspiring against the state’ While… Read More ›
How the scare tactics of the past shape the Affordable Care Act debate today
The long, lurid tradition of public health propaganda By Kevin Hartnett December 08, 2013 A creepy looking Uncle Sam in anti-ACA ads. The Affordable Care Act has prompted a Supreme Court case, polarized… Read More ›
AIDS guidelines for children may not improve death rates but may improve treatment access ( Yes, you read that right )
Contact: Fiona Godwin medicinepress@plos.org Public Library of Science Recent changes to World Health Organization guidelines for starting anti-AIDS drugs (antiretroviral therapy—ART) in young children are unlikely to improve death rates but may increase the numbers of children receiving ART by… Read More ›
Health Research Report -Video- 18 NOV 2013
Topics: Ibuprofen and paracetamol Useless as well as make Colds and sore throats worse * BMJ NOV 2013 Flu Shots may kill you if you have Gelatin Allergies *ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting notes NOV 2013 Hay Fever (Oral Allergy Syndrome)… Read More ›
Addiction Treatment With a Dark Side ” Suboxone “
For Shawn Schneider, a carpenter and rock musician, the descent into addiction began one Wisconsin winter with a fall from a rooftop construction site onto the frozen ground below. As the potent pain pills prescribed for his injuries became his… Read More ›
Swine flu pandemic media pundits with pharma links more likely to talk up risks and promote drugs
Contact: Stephanie Burns sburns@bmj.com 44-020-738-36529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Competing interests should be declared — and reported — to maintain credibility of public health, say researchers Academics with links to the pharmaceutical industry were more likely to talk up the… Read More ›
Wider use of statins ‘disturbing’
Wider use of statins will have minimal benefit and could needlessly expose thousands to severe side effects, doctors warn following change in US prescription guidelines New US guidelines on statins, issued on Tuesday by the American College of Cardiology and… Read More ›
Blue Cross Conspired to Destroy Company Serving Hemophiliacs, Firm Says
By IULIA FILIP WEST PALM BEACH (CN) – Blue Cross Blue Shield destroyed a health care company by refusing to pay claims of its hemophiliac patients and conducting a “witch hunt” that destroyed its reputation, the… Read More ›
Allergies and high blood pressure medications can create lethal cocktail
Contact: Christine Westendorf ChristineWestendorf@acaai.org 847-427-1200 American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Oral allergy syndrome and high blood pressure medications can create lethal cocktail Some allergy suffers with hypertension may be at increased risk for severe reaction BALTIMORE, MD. (November… Read More ›
Allergic to Gummy Bears? Be Cautious Getting the Flu Shot
Those with gelatin allergy can have reaction from flu vaccinations BALTIMORE, MD. (November 8, 2013) – Do marshmallows make your tongue swell? Gummy bears make you itchy? If you’ve answered yes and are allergic to gelatin, you will want to… Read More ›
New research shows clear association between ACE inhibitors and acute kidney injury
Contact: Genevieve Maul gm349@admin.cam.ac.uk 44-012-237-65542 University of Cambridge These and similar drugs are the second most prescribed on the NHS Cambridge scientists have found an association between ACE inhibitors (and similar drugs) and acute kidney injury – a sudden deterioration… Read More ›
The most commonly prescribed treatment for Colds and Sore Throats offers no benefit and may actually make the illness worse
Contact: Becky Attwood r.attwood@soton.ac.uk 44-075-454-22512 University of Southampton Ibuprofen no good in treating colds or sore throats Questions have been raised about the advice given to patients with a cold and sore throat, in research published in the British Medical… Read More ›
Long-term use ( 6+ Months) of prescription-based painkillers increases the risk of depression
Contact: Riya Anandwala ranandwa@slu.edu 314-977-8018 Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS – Opioid analgesics, or prescription-based narcotic pain killers, have long been known to reduce pain, but reports of adverse effects and addiction continue to surface. Now, a team of investigators… Read More ›
Exposure to cortisol-like medications before birth may contribute to emotional problems and brain changes
Contact: Rhiannon Bugno Biol.Psych@utsouthwestern.edu 214-648-0880 Elsevier Reports new study in Biological Psychiatry Philadelphia, PA, October 31, 2013 – Neonatologists seem to perform miracles in the fight to support the survival of babies born prematurely. To promote their survival, cortisol-like… Read More ›
Unpublished trial data ‘violates an ethical obligation’ to study participants, say researchers / 1 in 3 large clinicals not Published
Contact: Stephanie Burns sburns@bmj.com 44-020-738-36920 BMJ-British Medical Journal Study finds almost 1 in 3 large clinical trials still not published 5 years after completion Almost one in three (29%) large clinical trials remain unpublished five years after completion. And… Read More ›
Study examines expedited FDA drug approvals, safety questions remain / Avg. Drug is tested on only 104 patients prior to approval
Contact: Renee Brehio rbrehio@ismp.org 704-831-8822 The JAMA Network Journals Fewer patients were studied as part of expedited reviews of new drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2008 and some safety questions remain unanswered, according to… Read More ›
Genomics pioneer Craig Venter warns about biohacker boo-boos (i.e. Doomsday Virus )
Alan Boyle, Science Editor NBC News Oct. 24, 2013 at 11:01 AM ET Hyungwon Kang / Reuters file Biologist J. Craig Venter testifies at a congressional hearing in 2010. In his latest book, genetic guru J. Craig Venter envisions a… Read More ›
Is your favorite skin remedy BAD for you? How petroleum jelly can ‘suffocate pores, aggravate acne and cause pneumonia’
By Sadie Whitelocks PUBLISHED: 08:20 EST, 25 October 2013 | UPDATED: 17:19 EST, 25 October 2013 Petroleum jelly is widely considered a bathroom cabinet essential for its skin-soothing properties, but one New York dermatologist warns that it could be… Read More ›
Researchers advance toward engineering ‘wildly new genome’
Contact: David Cameron david_cameron@hms.harvard.edu 617-432-0441 Harvard Medical School In two parallel projects, researchers have created new genomes inside the bacterium E. coli in ways that test the limits of genetic reprogramming and open new possibilities for increasing flexibility, productivity and… Read More ›
Reversing walking corpse syndrome: Cotard’s Syndrome trigger found – and it’s a household cold sore cream ( Acyclovir )
Drug commonly used to treat cold sores and herpes and renal failure has been linked to syndrome that leads people to believe they are dead Heather Saul Friday, 18 October 2013 Pharmacologists have discovered one of the mechanisms that triggers… Read More ›
Ew! Injectable antibiotic ( VOLUNTARY ) recall prompted by floating bits of hair, cotton and metal inside drug vials
The FDA announced a recall of cefepime, an intravenous drug used for pneumonia, urinary tract, skin, and abdominal infections The visible particles in the drug, which was distributed nationwide, can cause blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks, among other catastrophic … Read More ›
“Merck and Schering-Plough must pay $688 million for lying to shareholders about the benefits of cholesterol drug Vytorin over its cheaper, generic version”
$688 Million Settlement Approved in Merck Case By ROSE BOUBOUSHIAN (CN) – Merck and Schering-Plough must pay $688 million for lying to shareholders about the benefits of cholesterol drug Vytorin over its cheaper, generic version, a federal judge ruled. The… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 