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• Viral alliances overcoming plant defenses: Could lead to new generation of viruses

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012

  Contact: Hanu Pappu hrp@wsu.edu 509-335-3752 Washington State University Could lead to new generation of viruses PULLMAN, Wash.— Washington State University researchers have found that viruses will join forces to overcome a plant’s defenses and cause more severe infections. “These findings… Read More ›

• Children’s pirate Halloween costumes from China seized for having lead levels ELEVEN times the legal limit

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012

  By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED:16:56 EST, 16  October 2012| UPDATED:17:10 EST, 16 October 2012 Tainted threads: Two shipments of girls’ pirate costumes  worth $10,000 were seized for having lead levels 11 times the legal limit Federal agents seized nearly 1,400  Chinese-made… Read More ›

• Germany shocks EU with fiscal overlord demand, to Counter the competition Tsar the arch-enforcer of the EU machine. After taking on contingent liabilities of €2 trillion

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012

  Germany has stated its exorbitant price for keeping Greece in the euro and agreeing to mass bond purchases by the European Central Bank. Finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble dropped his bombshell in talks with German journalists on a flight from Asia…. Read More ›

• Planet Found in Nearest Star System to Earth: HARPS Instrument Finds Earth-Mass Exoplanet Orbiting Alpha Centauri B

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012

  This artist’s impression shows the planet orbiting the star Alpha Centauri B, a member of the triple star system that is the closest to Earth. Alpha Centauri B is the most brilliant object in the sky and the other dazzling… Read More ›

• Obama and Romney agree to cowardly debates: Moderator and audience will be censored

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012

    Published: 16 October, 2012, 20:02 Edited: 16 October, 2012, 20:50 US President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney will face off for the second of three debates on Tuesday, but viewers awaiting the show-down shouldn’t expect anything out of… Read More ›

• 5 Crazy Ways the Colors Red and Blue Control Your Life

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012

  By: Monte Richard October 15, 2012 503,213 views Imagine that somewhere there is a huge button that will activate a doomsday device that will destroy the planet. Picture the button in your mind. What color is it? Approximately 100 percent… Read More ›

• If FP ( foreign-policy ) nerds were ‘the public’: 15 questions for a more interesting debate

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012

  Posted By Joshua Keating Tuesday, October 16, 2012 – 11:37 AM Tonight’s presidential debate will be conducted in Town Hall format. Every election, we’re promised that this will make the event more “unpredictable,” but in reality, it means we’re likely to… Read More ›

• UK Hacker who gained Pentagon UFO Access wins Extradition battle

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012

      Tuesday, 16 October 2012   UK Home Secretary Theresa May has announced that Gary McKinnon, who was accused of hacking into the Pentagon’s computer network, will not be extradited to the US. The move is due to the… Read More ›

• People with depression often excluded from clinical studies of antidepressants?

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012 • ( 3 )

  2009 report posted for filing Contact: Clare Collins CollCX@upmc.edu 412-647-3555 University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Are we cherry picking participants for studies of antidepressants? People with depression often excluded from clinical studies and tend not to fare… Read More ›

• Type of vitamin B1 could treat common cause of blindness: benfotiamene – uveitis

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012

  Contact: Jim Kelly jpkelly@utmb.edu 409-772-8791 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas — University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered that a form of vitamin B1 could become a new and effective treatment for one… Read More ›

• Charred meat may increase risk of pancreatic cancer : 60 – 70% Increase

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012

  Contact: Jeremy Moore Jeremy.moore@aacr.org 267-646-0557 American Association for Cancer Research DENVER – Meat cooked at high temperatures to the point of burning and charring may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer, according to data presented at the American Association for… Read More ›

• Antioxidant found in berries, other foods prevents UV skin damage that leads to wrinkles: ellagic acid,

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012

  2009 study posted for filing Contact: Sylvia Wrobel ebpress@gmail.com 770-722-0155 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Using a topical application of the antioxidant ellagic acid, researchers at Hallym University in the Republic of Korea markedly prevented collagen destruction and… Read More ›

• Fructose-sweetened but not glucose-sweetened beverages can adversely affect both sensitivity to the hormone insulin and how the body handles fats

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012

  Contact: Karen Honey press_releases@the-jci.org 215-573-1850 Journal of Clinical Investigation Too much sugar is bad, but which sugar is worse: Fructose or glucose? In 2005, the average American consumed 64kg of added sugar, a sizeable proportion of which came through drinking… Read More ›

• Human lung tumors destroy anti-cancer hormone vitamin D, Pitt researchers find

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012 • ( 1 )

  2009 study posted for filing Contact: Courtney McCrimmon McCrimmonCP@upmc.edu 412-647-3555 University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences DENVER, Colo., April 20 – Human lung tumors have the ability to eliminate Vitamin D, a hormone with anti-cancer activity, a new… Read More ›

• An herbal extract inhibits the development of pancreatic cancer

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012 • ( 1 )

  2009 study posted for filing *may of been duplicated Contact: Emily Shafer emily.shafer@jefferson.edu 215-955-5291 Thomas Jefferson University (PHILADELPHIA) An herb recently found to kill pancreatic cancer cells also appears to inhibit development of pancreatic cancer as a result of its… Read More ›

• Oral Contraceptives Impair Muscle Gains In Young Women

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012 • ( 2 )

      New study looks at effect of oral contraceptive use in resistance exercise training   NEW ORLEANS—Many active young women use oral contraceptives (OC) yet its effect on their body composition and exercise performance has not been thoroughly studied…. Read More ›

• 55th Health Research Report 28 APR 2009 – Reconstruction

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012

        Editors Top Five: (not enough this week to justify)   In This Issue: 1.  Could senna improve the quality of colonoscopy preparation with magnesium citrate? 2. Oral Contraceptives Impair Muscle Gains In Young Women 3. New human… Read More ›

• Do sweeping election victories for Belgian separatists mean Belgium, Britain and Spain are headed for history’s scrap heap?

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012

  The Balkanization of Europe? Paul AmesOctober 16, 2012 06:15 Nationalist Bart De Wever votes on Sunday. The wave of separatist victories is being felt across Europe. (Mark Renders/Getty Images) What do you think? ANTWERP, Belgium — Europe’s rising tide of… Read More ›

• China scrambles to censor novelist Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2012

  A leaked directive from the Chinese government shows censorship tactics towards dissidents. Benjamin CarlsonOctober 16, 2012 09:08 Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize win draws attention to the Chinese government’s censorship tactics. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) What do you think? HONG KONG —… Read More ›

• 7 Chinese Navy warships pass waters near Okinawa island

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 15, 2012 • ( 2 )

  News On Japan via Mainichi — Oct 16   Seven Chinese Navy warships on Tuesday passed the contiguous zone, a band of water just outside Japan’s territorial waters, around an Okinawa island amid a dispute over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands… Read More ›

• The Stoner Arms Dealers: How Two American Kids Became Big-Time Weapons Traders

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 15, 2012 • ( 1 )

  And how the Pentagon later turned on them by: Guy Lawson   HIGH ON WAR: David Packouz (left) and Efraim Diveroli at a gun range near Miami (top). One of the illegal shipments of ammo they supplied to the Afghan… Read More ›

• Indonesia’s “Frankentrees” turn cocoa dream into nightmare : somatic embryogenesis, or SE experiment disaster

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 15, 2012

  By Lewa Pardomuan and Michael TaylorPosted 2012/10/15 at 7:50 pm EDT PINRANG/JAKARTA, Oct. 15, 2012 (Reuters) — Nurhaedah, a vivacious Indonesian cocoa trader, shakes her head in disappointment as she sifts through a pile of blackened, shriveled beans. Yet another… Read More ›

• Switzerland arming in preparation for European meltdown?

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 15, 2012

  Monday, 15 October 2012 The Swiss Army is preparing contingency plans for violent unrest across Europe. A nation mostly famous for its banks, watches and chocolate fears it may face a massive influx of European refugees in the near future…. Read More ›

• Iran plotting to spill oil in Strait of Hormuz, magazine claims

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 15, 2012

  Western intelligence agencies suspect Iran of planning a deliberate oil spill in the Strait of Hormuz, according to German magazine Der Spiegel. Jessica Phelan October 15, 2012 13:44   Iran is secretly planning to spill oil into the Strait of Hormuz… Read More ›

• Life not improving for Europeans, says survey: 54 percent, are “struggling” and 10 percent are “suffering.”

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 15, 2012

  Posted By Betsi Fores On 2:06 PM  10/15/2012 @ 2:06 PM In Daily Caller News Foundation,World The Nobel Peace Prize-winning European Union does not receive such rave reviews from its own residents, according to a new Gallup polls. “As the… Read More ›

• Prebiotic may help patients with intestinal failure grow new and better gut

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 15, 2012

  Contact: Phyllis Picklesimer p-pickle@illinois.edu 217-244-2827 University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences URBANA – Adding the right prebiotic to the diets of pediatric patients with intestinal failure could replace intravenous feeding, says a new University of Illinois… Read More ›

• Social contact can ease pain related to nerve damage, animal study suggests

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 15, 2012

  Contact: Adam Hinzey Adam.Hinzey@osumc.edu Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio – Companionship has the potential to reduce pain linked to nerve damage, according to a new study. Mice that were paired with a cage-mate showed lower pain responses and fewer signs… Read More ›

• Antibiotic contamination a threat to humans and the environment

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 15, 2012 • ( 1 )

  Contact: Maria Granberg maria.granberg@bioenv.gu.se 46-766-229-534 University of Gothenburg Researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, spend August in Sisimiut on the west coast of Greenland studying the prevalence of antibiotic resistance and the effects of antibiotic emissions on communities of… Read More ›

• Ebola antibody treatment, produced in plants, protects monkeys from lethal disease: Even 48 hours after exposure

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 15, 2012 • ( 1 )

  Contact: Caree Vander Linden caree.vanderlinden@us.army.mil US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases   A new Ebola virus study resulting from a widespread scientific collaboration has shown promising preliminary results, preventing disease in infected nonhuman primates using monoclonal antibodies. In… Read More ›

• New planet with four suns identified by ‘armchair astronomers’

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 15, 2012 • ( 1 )

  New planet with four suns identified by ‘armchair astronomers’ A new planet with four suns has been identified by two ”armchair astronomers”. The illustration shows PH1, a planet with four suns discovered by volunteers from the planethunters.org citizen science project… Read More ›

• Woman who does not believe she has cancer must undergo operation a risky operation against her wishes: High risk of dying on operating table

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 15, 2012

  Woman who does not believe she has cancer can undergo operation A schizophrenic woman who does not believe she has cancer can now undergo a risky operation against her wishes that could save her life, on the orders of a… Read More ›

• Scotland to vote on leaving the Union as David Cameron agrees referendum

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 15, 2012

  The Prime Minister and Scotland’s First Minister today sealed a deal to grant the government in Edinburgh the power to hold a referendum on independence. By Rosa Prince, Online Political Editor 2:04PM BST 15 Oct 2012 David Cameron and Alex… Read More ›

• Meet the Flame virus’s mean little sibling

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 15, 2012

     Posted By John Reed Monday, October 15, 2012 – 10:33 AM So it looks like the Flame and Gauss viruses that infected thousands of computers in the Middle East with advanced spyware over the last few years were merely meant… Read More ›

• EU to plan military training mission for Mali

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 15, 2012

  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:08 GMT Source: reuters * Mali descended into chaos after soldiers toppled president * Ashton sees Mali as risk to region if unchecked * Move follows U.N. urging plan for intervention By Sebastian Moffett LUXEMBOURG, Oct… Read More ›

• Solyndra Claims Chinese Conspiracy Ruined It

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 15, 2012 • ( 1 )

    By PHILIP A. JANQUART OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) – Solyndra, whose 2011 bankruptcy set off political howls in the United States, sued three Chinese companies in Federal Court, claiming they violated antitrust law by dumping solar panels in the United… Read More ›

• It’s not easy being a Yakuza boss

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 14, 2012

  By Jake Adelstein — Oct 15 These days the price of a standard civilian hit-job can run as high as $2 million. That’s not the price to get the job done — that’s the price if one of your underlings… Read More ›

• Revealed: Children’s jewelry that contains toxic cadmium which causes cancer STILL on sale after federal crackdown

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 14, 2012

  By Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED:23:07 EST, 14  October 2012| UPDATED:23:53 EST, 14 October 2012   Federal regulators failed to pursue recalls  after they found cadmium-tainted jewelry on store shelves, despite their vow to  keep the toxic trinkets out of children’s… Read More ›

• The new ‘epigenetics:’ Poor nutrition in the womb causes permanent genetic changes in the offspring

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 14, 2012 • ( 1 )

  2009 study posted for filing Contact: Cody Mooneyhan cmooneyhan@faseb.org 301-634-7104 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology New research study in the FASEB Journal explains how poor maternal nutrition passes health risk across generations The new science of epigenetics explains… Read More ›

• How big business cashes in on breast cancer: Junk food, Barbie dolls and even power tools are jumping on this month’s pink ribbon bandwagon

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 14, 2012 • ( 1 )

  By Linda Kelsey PUBLISHED:16:40 EST, 14  October 2012| UPDATED:18:00 EST, 14 October 2012 Most people must be aware that we’re in the  middle of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Since the beginning of October, I’ve been  accosted by women (and men)… Read More ›

• Aspirin and similar drugs may be associated with brain microbleeds in older adults: Causes amyloid accumulation often related to Alzheimer’s disease

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 14, 2012

  2009 study posted for filing Contact: Monique M.B. Breteler, M.D., Ph.D. m.breteler@erasmusmc.nl JAMA and Archives Journals Individuals who take aspirin or other medications that prevent blood clotting by inhibiting the accumulation of platelets appear more likely to have tiny, asymptomatic… Read More ›

• Broccoli sprouts may prevent stomach cancer by defeating Helicobacter pylori

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 14, 2012

  2009 study posted for filing Contact: Jeremy Moore Jeremy.moore@aacr.org 267-646-0557 American Association for Cancer Research PHILADELPHIA – Three-day-old broccoli sprouts, a widely available human food, suppressed Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infections, according to a report in Cancer Prevention Research, a… Read More ›

• Einstein scientists propose new theory of autism: Symptoms of the disorder may be reversible: Fever may hold clues

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 14, 2012

  Contact: Deirdre Branley dbranley@aecom.yu.edu 718-430-2923 Albert Einstein College of Medicine 2009 study posted for filing Symptoms of the disorder may be reversible: Fever may hold clues April 1, 2009 — (BRONX, NY) — Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine… Read More ›

• Omega-3 kills cancer cells: Docosahexanoic acid (DHA)

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 14, 2012

  2009 study posted for filing Contact: Graeme Baldwin graeme.baldwin@biomedcentral.com 44-020-319-22165 BioMed Central Docosahexanoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oils, has been shown to reduce the size of tumours and enhance the positive effects of the chemotherapy… Read More ›

• Physical activity may strengthen children’s ability to pay attention

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 14, 2012

  2009 study posted for filing Contact: Melissa Mitchell melissa@illinois.edu 217-333-5491 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — As school districts across the nation revamped curricula to meet requirements of the federal “No Child Left Behind” Act, opportunities for… Read More ›

• 54th Health Research Report 14 APR 2009 – Reconstruction

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 14, 2012

  Editors Top Five: 1. The new ‘epigenetics:’ Poor nutrition in the womb causes permanent genetic changes in the offspring 2. Einstein scientists propose new theory of autism 3.Soybean component reduces menopause effects 4. Omega-3 kills cancer cells 5.Aspirin and similar… Read More ›

• Business defections hit Greece amid recovery effort

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 14, 2012

    14Oct2012 ATHENS (AFP)   Efforts to restore investor confidence in Greece’s struggling economy took a double blow this week when a major European bottler and a prominent dairy company announced relocation plans.   Coca-Cola’s second biggest bottler worldwide, Athens-based… Read More ›

• David Axelrod blames State Department for security issues at Benghazi consulate

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 14, 2012

  Posted By Gregg Re On 4:57 PM  10/14/2012 @ 4:57 PM In DC Exclusives,DC Exclusives – Blurb,Politics,World,Yahoo! Linkbox | President Barack Obama’s chief re-election campaign strategist David Axelrod told “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace that the State Department —… Read More ›

• Japan, U.S. troops consider drill to retake island

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 14, 2012

  National Oct. 15, 2012 – 07:10AM JST TOKYO  — Japan and the United States are mulling a joint military drill to simulate retaking a remote island from foreign forces, reports said Sunday, amid a festering row between Tokyo and Beijing over… Read More ›

• A touchscreen that knows how you feel

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 14, 2012

  19:35 12 October 2012   Hal Hodson, technology reporter   The touchscreens on tablets and smartphones make the devices easy for one person to interact with, but what happens when there is more than one user?   Touchscreens can’t tell… Read More ›

• Study: Moon water may come indirectly from the sun

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 14, 2012 • ( 2 )

  By Agence France-Presse Sunday, October 14, 2012 16:39 EDT Topics: Moon water ♦ solar system ♦ water molecules Scientists on Sunday said they had found water molecules in samples of lunar soil, and their unusual signature points to the Sun… Read More ›

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