Journal of Bioterrorism & Biodefense Abstract Influenza type A virus (Influenza virus A), an old foe of mankind, is presently the most significant pathogen causing both pandemics and epizootics, worldwide. The proliferative husbandry of poultry and pigs, primarily, constitutes… Read More ›
Pharmaceutical – Medical Devices
What those guys are doing to make Universal Culling, oh excuse me Health Care a more efficient process….
Drug Firm Accused of hiding deaths connected to a cancer treatment
Drug Firm Accused of Concealing Deaths By PHILIP A. JANQUART SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Cellular Biomedicine Group paid a promoter to pump its stock and hid deaths connected to a cancer treatment, shareholders claim in a federal class action. Cellular… Read More ›
Alcoholic hepatitis treatments found to be useless
Public Release: 22-Apr-2015 Imperial College London The main drugs used to treat alcoholic hepatitis are not effective at increasing patients’ survival, a major study has found. In a trial of over 1,000 patients, prednisolone and pentoxifylline, treatments recommended in international… Read More ›
Global Hepatitis B epidemic can be treated for $36 (£24) per person per year University of Liverpool
Public Release: 22-Apr-2015 IMAGE: The dose of entecavir for one year is less than a fifth of one gram. Credit: Dr Andrew Hill, University of Liverpool Scientists at the University of Liverpool have demonstrated that a drug for treating hepatitis… Read More ›
Calif. Vaccination bill clears with no public comment and with a hand picked committee
By NICK CAHILL SACRAMENTO (CN) – California lawmakers advanced a hotly contested and controversial vaccination bill Wednesday, accepting changes that give more home-schooling options to unvaccinated children. State Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, was given a second chance to… Read More ›
Up to 41 percent of 17000 drug samples studied did not meet quality standards
Public Release: 20-Apr-2015 Global pandemic of fake medicines poses urgent risk, scientists say NIH/Fogarty International Center Poor quality medicines are a real and urgent threat that could undermine decades of successful efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, according to… Read More ›
A ‘cingular’ strategy for attack and defense
Public Release: 20-Apr-2015 RIKEN IMAGE: Attack value was associated with the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), defense value with the rostral anterior cingulate cortex (rACC), and the difference in value with the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). Credit: RIKEN We often make… Read More ›
Botox shown to escape in its active form into the central nervous system
Public Release: 15-Apr-2015 Botox makes unnerving journey into our nervous system New research might bring a frown to even the most heavily botoxed faces, with scientists finding how some of the potent toxin used for cosmetic surgery escapes into the… Read More ›
National Expenditure For False-Positive Mammograms And Breast Cancer Over diagnoses Estimated At $4 Billion A Year
Abstract Population wide mammography screening has been associated with a substantial rise in false-positive mammography findings and breast cancer over diagnosis. However, there is a lack of current data on the associated costs in the United States. We present… Read More ›
Your pain reliever blunts positive emotions
Public Release: 13-Apr-2015 Acetaminophen reduces both pain and pleasure, study finds Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio — Researchers studying the commonly used pain reliever acetaminophen found it has a previously unknown side effect: It blunts positive emotions. In the study,… Read More ›
Mechanism outlined by which inadequate vitamin E can cause brain damage
Public Release: 13-Apr-2015 Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered how vitamin E deficiency may cause neurological damage by interrupting a supply line of specific nutrients and robbing the brain of the “building blocks”… Read More ›
Change in Human Social Behavior in Response to a Common Vaccine
– Human social behavior does, indeed, change with exposure – Compared to the 48 hours preexposure, participants interacted with significantly more people, and in significantly larger groups, during the 48 hours immediately post-exposure. – However, social behavior at the 4-week… Read More ›
Stress and obesity: Your family can make your fat
Public Release: 6-Apr-2015 Study examines link between chronic family stressors, adolescent obesity University of Houston Adolescent obesity is a national public health concern and, unchecked, places young people on a trajectory for a variety of health issues as they grow… Read More ›
Common antidepressant increased coronary atherosclerosis in animal model 6-fold
Public Release: 6-Apr-2015 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – April 6, 2015 – A commonly prescribed antidepressant caused up to a six-fold increase in atherosclerosis plaque in the coronary arteries of non-human primates, according to a study by… Read More ›
The Darker Bioweapons of the future
Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano) Archived Unclassified 3 November 2003 A panel of life science experts convened for the Strategic Assessments Group by the National Academy of Sciences concluded that advances in biotechnology, coupled with the difficulty in detecting nefarious… Read More ›
CBS This morning inaccurate segment on Fish Oil
Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano ) I may respond officially to the piece below, that aired this morning. The information CBS supplied was inaccurate to the point where it negatively can impact many lives, therefore it needs clarification. I… Read More ›
Number of childhood cancer survivors increasing, most have morbidities
Public Release: 1-Apr-2015 American Association for Cancer Research Bottom Line: The prevalence of childhood cancer survivors is estimated to have increased, and the majority of those who have survived five or more years beyond diagnosis may have at least one… Read More ›
Sexual dysfunction inadequately reported in hair loss drug trials
Public Release: 1-Apr-2015 Male baldness clinical trials did not adequately report sexual dysfunction, which may persist Northwestern University First meta-analysis to look at quality of safety reporting in published reports of clinical trials of the drug finasteride for male pattern… Read More ›
A powerful natural product discovered with wide-ranging antifungal, antibacterial, anti-malaria and anti-cancer effects.
Public Release: 31-Mar-2015 Scientists reveal unique mechanism of natural product with powerful antimicrobial action Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL, March 31, 2015 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have uncovered the unique mechanism of… Read More ›
1,000-year-old onion and garlic remedy kills antibiotic-resistant bugs, more effective than modern antibiotics
The simple salve is more effective than modern antibiotics. FIONA MACDONALD 31 MAR 2015 A 1,000-year-old Anglo-Saxon ‘eye salve’ made from onion, garlic, wine and part of a cow’s stomach has been shown to wipe out 90 percent of antibiotic-resistantStaphylococcus… 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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Disgraced Drugmaker’s Lawsuit Infuriates Judge
“Instead, a rushed and confused approval process, conducted with lackadaisical regard for an important public health policy, contributed to an error that took the FDA more than six years to discover. Such a consistent failure of policies and procedures is… Read More ›
An injectable UW polymer could keep soldiers, trauma patients from bleeding to death
“100 percent of animals injected with PolySTAT survived a typically-lethal injury to the femoral artery” Public Release: 10-Mar-2015 IMAGE: A 3-D rendering of fibrin forming a blood clot, with PolySTAT (in blue) binding strands together. Credit: William Walker, University of… Read More ›
UCLA researchers for the first time measure the cost of care for a common prostate condition
“The rising cost of health care is unsustainable” Public Release: 10-Mar-2015 Find 400 percent difference between least, most expensive treatments University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences How much does health care really cost? UCLA researchers have for the… Read More ›
Bad Flu Shot administration causing serious injuries (SIRVA)
March 6, 2015 10:17 PM (CBS) – You get a shot at a doctor’s office or a pharmacy and you end up with a serious injury. CBS 2’s Roseanne Tellez reports on a mistake that’s becoming more common when… Read More ›
Most information in drug development is lost
Public Release: 9-Mar-2015 Stalled drug trials provide information that needs to be shared Lots of potentially useful medical information is getting lost. McGill researchers discovered this when they looked into the lack of reporting of information from “stalled drug” trials… Read More ›
HPV vaccine correlated with Ovarian failure
Am J Reprod Immunol. 2013 Oct;70(4):309-16. doi: 10.1111/aji.12151. Epub 2013 Jul 31. Human papilloma virus vaccine and primary ovarian failure: another facet of the autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants. Colafrancesco S1, Perricone C, Tomljenovic L, Shoenfeld Y. Abstract PROBLEM: Post-vaccination… Read More ›
Study shows that use of statins increases risk of developing diabetes by 46 percent
Public Release: 4-Mar-2015 Even after adjustment for confounding factors Diabetologia New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that use of statins is associated with a 46% increase in the risk… Read More ›
Another Major Blow to Statin Therapy
For patients in the lowest risk group, the researchers calculated that doctors would need to treat 57-66 patients for 10 years to prevent one heart attack. In the intermediate risk group, doctors would need to treat 42-47 patients over… Read More ›
Flouride in water could be linked to weight gain and depression according new study
EEV – I am adding the Citation reference : J Epidemiol Community Health doi:10.1136/jech-2014-204971 Tap water Maria Chiorando Tuesday, February 24, 2015 8:22 AM Flouride levels could play a part in hypothyroidism New research led by a public health expert at… Read More ›
Statin Data Criminally Manipulated to Deceive Doctors
Statin Data Criminally Manipulated to Deceive Doctors = Their paper is an analysis of the data in the statin trials which led them to conclude that “statin advocates have used statistical deception to create the illusion that statins are ‘wonder… Read More ›
Statin drug data criminaly manipulated to show exaggerated benefit and reduced risk?
“This means that only one out of 100 people treated with a statin will have one less heart attack. Statin researchers, however, don’t present the 1% effect to the public. Instead they transform the 1% effect using another statistic, called… Read More ›
Corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry is common, serious and repetitive
Requested Re-print of BMJ 2012;345:e8462 – Original PDF File: Pharma Crime Pays Corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry is common, serious and repetitive by Peter C. Gøtzsche, Professor MD, DrMedSci, MSc Nordic Cochrane Centre Rigshospitalet, Dept. 7811 Copenhagen 14 Dec 2012 A short version of… Read More ›
Common cold virus may become paralytic and replace the Polio Virus
“We are in the process of eradicating polio worldwide, but if we eliminate the poliovirus and cease polio vaccinations, our immune systems wouldn’t produce antibodies against polio, and Coxsackievirus could theoretically fill the niche of eradicated polio” he said. Requested… Read More ›
Screen name matters in the online dating game
Public Release: 12-Feb-2015 The BMJ Choosing a screen name with a letter starting in the top half of the alphabet is as important as an attractive photo and a fluent headline in the online dating game, reveals an analysis of… Read More ›
Hand washing focus in hospitals has led to rise in worker dermatitis
Public Release: 12-Feb-2015 A new study from The University of Manchester has revealed that the incidence of dermatitis has increased 4.5 times in health care workers following increased hand hygiene as a drive to reduce infections such as MRSA has… Read More ›
Unwanted impact of antibiotics broader, more complex than previously known
Public Release: 10-Feb-2015 40 percent of all adults and 70 percent of all children take one or more antibiotics every year They also kill intestinal epithelium. Destruction of the intestinal epithelium is important because this is the site of nutrient… Read More ›
Case against Merck allegedly providing false data on vaccine efficacy allowed to advance
Antitrust, FCA Claims On Merck Mumps Vaccine To Advance By Dan Packel Law360, Philadelphia (September 05, 2014, 6:12 PM ET) — Two lawsuits accusing Merck & Co. Inc. of lying about the efficacy of its mumps inoculation in order to… Read More ›
Vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella in children risk associations
EEV: At request: Here is the reaction rates to each strain of MMR from: DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004407.pub3 *This should be helpful in you determining which risk is more favorable. Vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella in children Results from two very large… Read More ›
Bill Would Make It Harder for Californians to Exempt Their Kids From Measles Vaccine
“While a small number of children cannot be vaccinated due to an underlying medical condition, we believe there should be no such thing as a philosophical or personal-belief exemption, since everyone uses public spaces,” Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne… Read More ›
Aluminum in Vaccines, a Bad Mix
Aluminum in Vaccines, a Bad Mix – A study of whooping cough vaccinations in Gothenburg a few years ago showed that almost one per cent of the children developed pruritic nodules in the area of the vaccination. Three out of… Read More ›
1 in 3 people would risk shorter life rather than take daily pill to avoid heart disease
Public Release: 3-Feb-2015 American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report American Heart Association One in three people say they would risk living a shorter life instead of taking a daily pill to prevent cardiovascular disease, according to new research in… Read More ›
Study finds our thoughts are susceptible to external influence — even against our will
Public Release: 3-Feb-2015 San Francisco State University For a recent San Francisco State University study, participants were asked to look at a commonplace image but avoid thinking of the word that corresponds with the image or how many letters are… Read More ›
American parents awarded £600,000 in compensation after their son developed autism as a result of MMR vaccine
EEV: Requested Repost of the December Court Order : Clean PDF File Here: campbell-smith-mojabi-proffer-12-13-2012 In the United States Court of Federal Claims OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS Filed: December 13, 2012 * * * * * * * * * * *… Read More ›