Public Release: 30-Nov-2016 University of Utah Health Sciences Scientists from the University of Utah and University of Washington have developed blueprints that instruct human cells to assemble a virus-like delivery system that can transport custom cargo from one… Read More ›
Pharmaceutical – Medical Devices
What those guys are doing to make Universal Culling, oh excuse me Health Care a more efficient process….
More research needed to determine if Influenza vaccination and autism are related
“There was a suggestion of increased risk of ASD with maternal vaccination in the first trimester but the authors explain the finding was likely due to chance because it was not statistically significant after adjusting for multiple comparisons.” Public Release:… Read More ›
Aspartame may prevent, not promote, weight loss by blocking intestinal enzyme’s activity
Public Release: 22-Nov-2016 Mass. General study identifies possible mechanism behind sugar substitute’s lack of effectiveness Massachusetts General Hospital A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has found a possible mechanism explaining why use of the sugar substitute aspartame… Read More ›
Reflux and ulcer medications linked to kidney stones and chronic kidney disease
Public Release: 18-Nov-2016 American Society of Nephrology Highlights Individuals who took proton pump inhibitors or histamine receptor-2 blockers for heartburn, acid re?ux, or ulcers had elevated risks of developing kidney stones. In individuals without acute kidney injury, proton pump… Read More ›
Last-line antibiotics are failing
Public Release: 18-Nov-2016 European Antibiotic Awareness Day 2016 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) IMAGE: The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance has become a recognized global problem. Antibiotic resistance severely limits the number of antibiotics… Read More ›
Popular heartburn medication may increase ischemic stroke risk by 21%
Public Release: 15-Nov-2016 American Heart Association Meeting Report — Presentation: 391 — Session: EP.AOS.765 American Heart Association NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15, 2016 –A popular group of antacids known as proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs, used to reduce stomach… Read More ›
Most New Expensive Cancer Drugs are almost totally ineffective
Public Release: 9-Nov-2016 Expensive new cancer drugs have little effect on survival of many cancers BMJ Despite considerable investment and innovation, new cancer drugs approved in the past 10 years may have little effect on survival in adults with cancer,… Read More ›
Walking Corpse side effect of a common cold sore cream
Ralph Turchiano Walking Corpse side effect of a common cold sore cream Also known as Walking Dead Syndrome, Death Delusion, Cotard’s Syndrome. We review the Primary Study ” Death delusion from the BMJ 2007 ” in regard to a rare… Read More ›
Vaccinating against dengue may increase Zika outbreaks
Public Release: 31-Oct-2016 York University TORONTO, Monday, October 31, 2016 — Vaccinating against dengue fever could increase outbreaks of Zika, suggests new research out of York University and Xi’an Jiaotong University in China. The research identifies a potentially… Read More ›
The current state of psychobiotics
Public Release: 25-Oct-2016 Cell Press IMAGE: This is a systems level overview of psychobiotic action. Credit: Sarkar et al./Trends in Neurosciences 2016 Now that we know that gut bacteria can speak to the brain — in ways that… Read More ›
Yearly exposure to chemicals dangerous to hormone function burdens Americans with hundreds of billions in health care costs and lost earnings
Public Release: 17-Oct-2016 NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine Caption Annual health care costs and lost earnings in the United States from low-level but daily exposure to hazardous chemicals commonly found in plastic… Read More ›
Men born to in vitro fertilization likely to be infertile themselves
Public Release: 5-Oct-2016 First results on semen quality from the world’s oldest group of ICSI men European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology First results from the world’s oldest group of young men conceived by means of intracytoplasmic sperm injection… Read More ›
A nerve agent antidote that could be taken before an attack
Public Release: 5-Oct-2016 American Chemical Society Nerve agents are molecular weapons that invade the body and sabotage part of the nervous system, causing horrific symptoms and sometimes death within minutes. Few antidotes exist, and those that do must be… Read More ›
New Research indicates its the amount of gluten that triggers celiac disease not the timing
Public Release: 3-Oct-2016 New research delimits the possible causes of celiac disease Lund University The amount of gluten could be a more important clue than breast-feeding or the timing of the introduction of gluten for continued research into the causes… Read More ›
Prescription sleep aids carry a rare suicide risk, review finds
Public Release: 3-Oct-2016 Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 3, 2016) – Prescription sleep aids appear to carry a rare risk of suicide, most typically when they cause the unexpected response of stimulating rather than… Read More ›
Americas now officially declared free of measles
Date: September 28, 2016 Source: Pan American Health Organization Summary: The Region of the Americas is the first in the world to have eliminated measles, a viral disease that can cause severe health problems, including pneumonia, blindness, brain swelling… Read More ›
To produce biopharmaceuticals on demand, just add water
Freeze-dried cellular components can be rehydrated to churn out useful proteins Date: September 23, 2016 Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Summary: Researchers have created tiny freeze-dried pellets that include all of the molecular machinery needed to translate DNA into… Read More ›
Codeine too risky for kids, experts say, urging restrictions on use
Date: September 19, 2016 Source: American Academy of Pediatrics Summary: Experts are urging parents and health providers to stop giving codeine to children, calling for more education about its risks and restrictions on its use in patients under age… Read More ›
Drinking beer helps us see happy faces faster
Date: September 18, 2016 Source: European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Summary: What does drinking beer really do? A new study has shown that drinking beer affects the way we see specific emotions and allows us to see happy faces… Read More ›
Costs of US prescription opioid epidemic estimated at $78. 5 billion
Date: September 14, 2016 Source: Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Summary: Prescription opioid overdose, abuse, and dependence carries high costs for American society, with an estimated total economic burden of $78.5 billion, according to a new study…. Read More ›
Europe the most skeptical in the world on vaccine safety, Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia the least
Key country and regional data Regions ranked by confidence in the safety of vaccines Southeast Asian Region (4.4% of people disagree that vaccines are safe) – most confident African Region (7.4%) American Region (8.3%) Eastern Mediterranean Region (9.4%) Western Pacific… Read More ›
Dengue vaccine makes dengue infection far worse not better
“If someone has never been exposed to dengue, the vaccine seems to act like a silent infection. The initial exposure to the virus from the vaccine primes the immune system, so when they are infected again, the symptoms are more… Read More ›
Five-year study reveals patients operated on at night twice as likely to die as patients who have daytime operations
Public Release: 29-Aug-2016 World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists New research presented at this year’s World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) in Hong Kong (28 Aug – 2 Sept) shows that patients who have surgery during the night are twice… Read More ›
Vaccinating against Vaccine-derived Polio-viruses, stuck in a global catch 22 (OPV 1, 2, and 3)
Vaccinating against Vaccine-derived Polio-viruses, stuck in a global catch 22 (OPV 1, 2, and 3) We review the provocative study “Estimating the Extent of Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Infection “Edited by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and funded by the Polio… Read More ›
How do antidepressants trigger fear and anxiety?
Public Release: 24-Aug-2016 UNC School of Medicine researchers map the anxiety circuit in the brain and use a compound to limit fearful behavior — an acute side effect of commonly prescribed SSRI antidepressants University of North Carolina Health Care… Read More ›
Recently approved cholesterol medication comes with a staggering price tag
Public Release: 16-Aug-2016 Recently approved cholesterol medication not cost-effective; could substantially increase US health costs The JAMA Network Journals Although the recently FDA approved cholesterol-lowering drugs, PCSK9 inhibitors, could substantially reduce heart attacks, strokes, and cardiovascular deaths, they would not… Read More ›
No Jab, No Pay! Vaccination Rates Skyrocket in Australia
Australian vaccination rates are at an all-time high after government removes anti-vaxxers’ benefits Who would’ve thought? BEC CREW 3 AUG 2016 Since the Australian government launched its ‘No jab no pay’ campaign on 1 January 2016, thousands of children… Read More ›
Vaccines may harm the obese, as well as offer absolutely no protection (Animal Study)
Public Release: 2-Aug-2016 “Following vaccination, the obese mice had lower antibody levels, including lower levels of neutralizing antibodies, and higher levels of the virus. In addition, lean mice who received vaccines with adjuvants were protected from severe flu infections. Obese… Read More ›
Portable device produces biologic drugs on demand
Public Release: 29-Jul-2016 System is designed to use microbes for manufacturing small amounts of vaccines and other therapies Massachusetts Institute of Technology For medics on the battlefield and doctors in remote or developing parts of the world, getting rapid… Read More ›
Currently approved TB vaccine is now only about 20% effective at best, researchers examining new candidates
Public Release: 28-Jul-2016 Toward an effective TB vaccine: Analysis of the immune response to a promising candidate PLOS IMAGE: This is a scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause tuberculosis. Credit: NIAID BCG, the only currently approved TB… Read More ›
Street Norco looks like the real thing but really, really isn’t
Public Release: 27-Jul-2016 American College of Emergency Physicians IMAGE: Street Norco is dangerous and toxic and can land you in the ER. Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians. WASHINGTON –A paper published online yesterday in Annals of Emergency Medicine… Read More ›
More than half of US doctors are now Rationing healthcare
Public Release: 20-Jul-2016 Rationing healthcare: More than half of US doctors say no to clinical services Practice setting, political leanings influence how doctors go about rationing treatment options Springer More than half of US physicians included in a national survey… Read More ›
Reading Harry Potter lowers Americans’ opinions of Donald Trump
Public Release: 20-Jul-2016 A new study finds that Harry Potter books, with their message of tolerance and respect for difference, make Americans less favorable to Donald Trump — and the more books read, the greater the effect. University of… Read More ›
What free will looks like in the brain
Public Release: 13-Jul-2016 Johns Hopkins University IMAGE: An illustration of the human brain indicates where researchers found activity relating to free-will decisions. Credit: Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University researchers are the first to glimpse the human brain… Read More ›
Michigan misquotes the Pope in regard to Vaccines made with aborted fetal cells
Click Here for the PDF of how the state of Michigan interprets various religions in regard to Vaccines From Judaism to Islam Anti-Vaxxer Says Michigan Misquoted Pope By LORRAINE BAILEY (CN) — Defending parents opposed to vaccinations that contain “aborted fetal… Read More ›
Prenatal exposure to paracetamol (acetaminophen), may increase autism spectrum symptoms by 30%
Public Release: 1-Jul-2016 Oxford University Press A new study has found that paracetamol (acetaminophen), which is used extensively during pregnancy, has a strong association with autism spectrum symptoms in boys and for both genders in relation to attention-related and… Read More ›
Brain modification can prevent Bullying
“When we artificially induced the rapid GABA neuron activation between the basal forebrain and lateral habenula, we watched in real time as the aggressive mice became docile and no longer showed bullying behavior,” Public Release: 29-Jun-2016 Motivation to bully is… Read More ›
Deceiving the public about Fosamax side effects, was it the FDA or Merck?
Merck Fights Broken-Leg Claims in 3rd Circuit By NICK RUMMELL NEWARK, N.J. (CN) — Remaining class-action lawsuits claiming one of Merck’s drugs caused weakened bones and eventual femur fractures should not go to a jury trial, the pharmaceutical… Read More ›
The World Health Organization may of caused thousands of unnecessary TB deaths
Public Release: 23-Jun-2016 WHO’S TB care advice violated standards, researchers say Poor countries told to follow cheaper, untested treatments Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — The World Health Organization (WHO) violated sound standards of medical care and human rights by nudging… Read More ›
Study: One-third of hospitals in developing world lack running water
Public Release: 22-Jun-2016 Absence of plumbing can lead to unsafe conditions, spread of disease Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health A study of 430 hospitals in the developing world found that more than one-third lacked running water,… Read More ›
Low doses of common cancer drug may promote cancer spread
Public Release: 22-Jun-2016 Wiley New research indicates that paclitaxel, which is the most commonly used chemotherapy for breast cancer, suppresses tumors when given at a certain dosage, but at low doses, it actually promotes cancer spread to the liver…. Read More ›
Study: Mandatory treatment not effective at reducing drug use, violates human rights
Public Release: 21-Jun-2016 Boston University Medical Center BOSTON – In an analysis recently published in BMJ, which coincided with the UN High Level Meeting on HIV in New York, Boston Medical Center (BMC) clinician researchers assessed current global evidence… Read More ›
Statins ‘may be a waste of time for the over-60s’: Row over controversial report that says there is no link between ‘bad cholesterol’ and heart disease
Academics and cardiologists from 17 countries reviewed 19 previous studies, involving 68,000 people. For decades doctors have prescribed statins to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes caused by ‘bad’ cholesterol in the blood But now a team of… Read More ›
The Lancet: Most antidepressant drugs ineffective for children and teens, according to study
Public Release: 8-Jun-2016 But authors warn that lack of available data from published and unpublished trials leads to great uncertainty around true effects The Lancet Most available antidepressants are ineffective, and some may be unsafe, for children and teenagers… Read More ›
Pharma Firms may of got caught manipulating data, resulting in agony and profit ?
“misleading marketing caused some lung-cancer patients “to die earlier and faster, with more pain.” “This settlement, however, allows the company to avoid the burden, disruption, cost and distraction of protracted civil litigation and to focus instead on our business of… Read More ›
Brief exposure to opioids may be a contributor to chronic pain
Public Release: 30-May-2016 Narcotic painkillers prolong pain in rats, says CU-Boulder study Findings may have far-reaching implications for humans University of Colorado at Boulder The dark side of painkillers – their dramatic increase in use and ability to trigger abuse,… Read More ›
FDA approved devices were not effective in clinical trials
Public Release: 20-May-2016 Flawed data behind regulation of high-risk women’s health devices Some FDA approved devices were not effective in clinical trials Northwestern University CHICAGO — Some high-risk medical devices used in obstetrics and gynecology were approved by the FDA… Read More ›
Antibiotics may stop the growth of new brain cells in the hippocampus
Public Release: 19-May-2016 Mouse study finds link between gut bacteria and neurogenesis Cell Press Caption This visual abstract depicts the findings of Möhle et al., which show the impact of prolonged antibiotic treatment on brain cell plasticity and cognitive… Read More ›
Common cleanser rapidly disrupts gut bacteria
Public Release: 18-May-2016 Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new study suggests that triclosan, an antimicrobial and antifungal agent found in many consumer products ranging from hand soaps to toys and even toothpaste, can rapidly disrupt bacterial communities… Read More ›
Study: Symptoms of ‘chronic multisymptom illness’ may be common in Iraq, Afghanistan vets
Public Release: 13-May-2016 Veterans Affairs Research Communications In a Veterans Affairs study of more than 300 enlisted Army National Guard and Army Reserve members who had deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, a majority reported symptoms consistent with a condition… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 