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• Rheumatoid Arthritis resolved with a newly discovered peptide

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 20, 2017

  

  Rheumatoid Arthritis resolved with a newly discovered peptide A peptide was recently discovered that completely resolved Rheumatoid Arthritis in all animals tested within 15 days. Citation: Suppression and resolution of autoimmune arthritis by rhesus θ-defensin-1, an immunomodulatory macrocyclic peptide. PLOS… Read More ›

• New theory rewrites opening moments of Chernobyl disaster

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 18, 2017

  Public Release: 17-Nov-2017   Taylor & Francis Group   A brand-new theory of the opening moments during the Chernobyl disaster, the most severe nuclear accident in history, based on additional analysis is presented for the first time in the journal… Read More ›

• Nuts Beneficial for improved Brainwave function

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 15, 2017

  

  Nuts Beneficial for improved Brainwave function Nuts and a legume were recently discovered to improve Brainwave function Associated with Deep Meditation, Empathy, Healing, as well as Neural Synchronization, Enhanced Cognitive Processing, Recall, and Memory All Beneficial For Brain Health Citation:… Read More ›

• Proposals to reduce the effects of global warming by imitating volcanic eruptions could have a devastating effect on global regions

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 15, 2017

  Public Release: 14-Nov-2017 Artificially cooling planet ‘risky strategy,’ new research shows University of Exeter Proposals to reduce the effects of global warming by imitating volcanic eruptions could have a devastating effect on global regions prone to either tumultuous storms or… Read More ›

• Pesticides may cause bumblebees to lose their buzz, study finds

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 15, 2017

  Public Release: 14-Nov-2017   University of Stirling Pesticides significantly reduce the number of pollen grains a bumblebee is able to collect, a new University of Stirling study has found. The research, conducted by a team in the Faculty of Natural… Read More ›

• Experts call for ethics rules to protect privacy, free will, as brain implants advance

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 14, 2017

  Public Release: 13-Nov-2017   Columbia University The convergence of artificial intelligence and brain-computer interfaces may soon restore sight to the blind, allow the paralyzed to move robotic limbs and cure any number of brain and nervous system disorders. But without… Read More ›

• Parkinson’s disease: A looming pandemic

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 14, 2017

  Public Release: 13-Nov-2017   University of Rochester Medical Center New research shows that the number of people with Parkinson’s disease will soon grow to pandemic proportions. In a commentary appearing today in the journal JAMA Neurology, University of Rochester Medical… Read More ›

• Left-brained: Study suggests conservative Democrats don’t compute for liberal voters

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 14, 2017

  Public Release: 13-Nov-2017   Progressives more likely to scrutinize inconsistency, new research finds University of Nebraska-Lincoln   Caption A new MRI study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln indicates self-identified liberals give more scrutiny to Democrats who deviate from the party… Read More ›

• Blue Light shown to help people relax faster after trauma

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 13, 2017

  

  Blue Light shown to help people relax faster after trauma Blue Light shown to help people relax faster after traumaResearchers discovered that Blue Light helps individuals relax up to 3 fold faster.Citations: Blue lighting accelerates post-stress relaxation: Results of a… Read More ›

• Researchers offer new information warfare model

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 10, 2017

  Public Release: 9-Nov-2017 Sporadic propaganda achieves nothing, say mathematicians Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology   Caption Russian experts managed to define the mechanism of the very manipulation of the minds of the masses. Mathematics brought a number of formulas… Read More ›

• Primary care consultations last less than 5 minutes for half the world’s population

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 10, 2017

  Public Release: 8-Nov-2017   But range from 48 seconds in Bangladesh to 22.5 minutes in Sweden BMJ Primary care consultations last less than 5 minutes for half the world’s population, but range from 48 seconds in Bangladesh to 22.5 minutes… Read More ›

• Fighting rheumatoid arthritis symptoms and progression with a list of food items proven beneficial

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 8, 2017

  

  Fighting rheumatoid arthritis symptoms and progression with a list of food items proven beneficial Fighting rheumatoid arthritis symptoms and progression with a list of food items proven beneficialResearchers created a list of food items with proven beneficial effects on the… Read More ›

• Penn study shows nearly 70 percent of cannabidiol extracts sold online are mislabeled

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 7, 2017

  Public Release: 7-Nov-2017 Mislabeling may lead to adverse effects for patients, including children with epilepsy University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA – In recent years, there has been an increased interest in the medicinal use of Cannabidiol (CBD), a… Read More ›

• Sheep are able to recognize human faces from photographs

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 7, 2017

  Public Release: 7-Nov-2017 University of Cambridge Sheep can be trained to recognise human faces from photographic portraits – and can even identify the picture of their handler without prior training – according to new research from scientists at the University… Read More ›

• Mothers exposed to common toxin have lower levels of hormone crucial for brain development

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 7, 2017

  Public Release: 6-Nov-2017   Society for Endocrinology   Pregnant women exposed to higher levels of a common environmental pollutant, perchlorate, had lower levels of a thyroid hormone crucial for normal foetal brain development, according to a study presented at the… Read More ›

• Pesticide residues on produce associated with poor pregnancy outcomes

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 6, 2017

  

    Pesticide residues on produce associated with poor pregnancy outcomes Researchers discovered that the EPA permitted level of pesticide residues of Fruits and Vegetables may have a significantly negative effect on pregnancy outcomes.Citation: Association Between Pesticide Residue Intake From Consumption… Read More ›

• Reflux medications linked to chronic kidney disease and kidney failure

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 5, 2017

  Public Release: 4-Nov-2017 American Society of Nephrology Highlights In an analysis of published studies, individuals who used proton pump inhibitors had a 33% increased relative risk of developing chronic kidney disease or kidney failure when compared with non-users. Results from… Read More ›

• How toxic air clouds mental health

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 5, 2017

  Public Release: 2-Nov-2017   University of Washington   IMAGE: This graph shows that as the amount of fine particulate matter in the air increases, so do levels of psychological distress Credit: Victoria Sass, University of Washington There is little debate… Read More ›

• Gut microbiome may make chemo drug toxic to patients

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 5, 2017

  Public Release: 1-Nov-2017   Albert Einstein College of Medicine   IMAGE: This is Libusha Kelly, Ph.D. Credit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine researchers report that the composition of people’s gut bacteria may explain why some… Read More ›

• Miracle cure costs less than a budget airline flight

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 5, 2017

  Public Release: 1-Nov-2017 World Hepatitis Alliance The revolution in generic drugs means that a 12-week course of drugs to cure hepatitis C can be manufactured for just US$50 – as low as the cost of a plane ticket on many… Read More ›

• Bacterial Fats, not dietary ones, may deserve the blame for heart disease

  By Ralph Turchiano on November 1, 2017

  

  Bacterial Fats, not dietary ones, may deserve the blame for heart disease Bacterial Fats, not dietary ones, may deserve the blame for heart disease from Clinical News – VHFILM on Vimeo. Bacterial Fats, not dietary ones, may deserve the blame… Read More ›

• Intake of pesticide residue from fruits, vegetables and infertility treatment outcomes

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 31, 2017

  Public Release: 30-Oct-2017 The JAMA Network Journals Bottom Line: Eating more fruits and vegetables with high-pesticide residue was associated with a lower probability of pregnancy and live birth following infertility treatment for women using assisted reproductive technologies. The Research Question:… Read More ›

• Depression is on the rise in the US, especially among young teens

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 31, 2017

  Public Release: 30-Oct-2017   Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health   October 30, 2017 – Depression is on the rise in the United States, according to researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and the CUNY Graduate… Read More ›

• How flu shot manufacturing forces influenza to mutate

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 31, 2017

  Public Release: 30-Oct-2017   Egg-based production causes virus to target bird cells, making vaccine less effective Scripps Research Institute   IMAGE: The L194P egg-adaptive mutation dramatically increases the motility of the major epitope on the hemagglutinin of influenza H3 viruses…. Read More ›

• Zombies, a real world drug side effect? (Halloween Edition)

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 30, 2017

  

  Zombies, a real world drug side effect? (Halloween Edition) Zombies, a real world drug side effect? (Halloween Edition) from Clinical News – VHFILM on Vimeo. In this Halloween segment we look at the unusual and scary side effect of a… Read More ›

• Imported candy at top of contaminated food list in California

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 28, 2017

  Public Release: 26-Oct-2017   More health alerts issued for lead in candy than for Salmonella, E. coli or Botulism University of California – San Francisco Following a state law mandating testing, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued more… Read More ›

• Russian scientists have found flaws in popular theories of gravity

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 28, 2017

  Public Release: 26-Oct-2017   Ural Federal University   Taking black holes (as a real object) as a test material, scientists from the Ural Federal university (UrFU, Yekaterinburg) found out that a popular theory of gravity which had seemed to work… Read More ›

• Some infant rice cereals contain elevated levels of methylmercury

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 28, 2017

  Public Release: 25-Oct-2017   American Chemical Society Eating large amounts of certain fish can expose consumers to methylmercury, which can potentially cause health problems. But recent research has shown that rice grown in polluted conditions can also have raised levels…. Read More ›

• UMass Amherst researchers find triclosan and other chemicals accumulate in toothbrushes

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 28, 2017

      UMass Amherst environmental scientists find triclosan, an antibacterial agent in some toothpastes, accumulates in toothbrush bristles and is easily released in the mouth if the user switches toothpaste types University of Massachusetts at Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – A… Read More ›

• Sacrificing one life to save others — research shows psychopaths’ force for ‘greater good’

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 24, 2017

  Public Release: 24-Oct-2017 University of Plymouth New research shows that people would sacrifice one person to save a larger group of people – and in addition, the force with which they carry out these actions could be predicted by psychopathic… Read More ›

• Statin use linked to heightened type 2 diabetes risk in susceptible individuals

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 24, 2017

  Public Release: 23-Oct-2017   Irrespective of risk factors for diabetes or clinical criteria for treatment with these drugs BMJ Long term use of statins to lower blood fats and stave off cardiovascular disease is associated with a 30 per cent… Read More ›

• Novel technique explains herbicide’s link to Parkinson’s disease

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 24, 2017

  Public Release: 23-Oct-2017   Northwestern University   Northwestern Medicine scientists have used an innovative gene editing technique to identify the genes that may lead to Parkinson’s disease after exposure to paraquat, a commonly-used herbicide. This study, which utilized the CRISPR-Cas9… Read More ›

• Dream Control, Clinically Researched Methods

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 23, 2017

  

  Dream Control, Clinically Researched Methods Dream Control, Clinically Researched Methods from Clinical News – VHFILM on Vimeo. Three of the most successful dream control methods were recently clinically tested and compared, all were successful with the MILD method showing the… Read More ›

• Prozac in ocean water a possible threat to sea life, PSU study finds

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 21, 2017

  Public Release: 20-Oct-2017   Portland State University (Portland, Ore.) October 17, 2017 – Oregon shore crabs exhibit risky behavior when they’re exposed to the antidepressant Prozac, making it easier for predators to catch them, according to a new study from… Read More ›

• ‘Antelope perfume’ keeps flies away from cows

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 21, 2017

  Public Release: 20-Oct-2017   Center for Development Research at the University of Bonn involved in research that shows how the tsetse fly can be tricked in Africa University of Bonn In Africa, tsetse flies transfer the sleeping sickness also to… Read More ›

• White working-class Americans feel in nation’s ‘slow lane’, new study shows

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 20, 2017

  Public Release: 19-Oct-2017   Report also finds definitions of white working-class are outdated, and calls for renewed efforts to build cross-racial harmony to avoid a crisis of division Coventry University America’s white working-class communities feel they are being kept in… Read More ›

• Researchers find evidence of DNA damage in veterans with Gulf War illness

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 20, 2017

  Public Release: 19-Oct-2017   Small study focused on DNA within cells’ mitochondria Veterans Affairs Research Communications Caption Yang Chen, with the War Related Illness and Injury Study Center at the Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System, was first author… Read More ›

• More than 75 percent decrease in total flying insect biomass over 27 years

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 20, 2017

  Public Release: 18-Oct-2017 Changes in weather, land use, habitat do not explain overall decline PLOS   IMAGE: This is a malaise trap in a nature protection area in Germany. Credit: Hallmann et al (2017) The total flying insect biomass decreased… Read More ›

• Zinc Shown to Halt Cancer Growth

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 18, 2017

  

  Zinc Shown to Halt Cancer Growth Zinc Shown to Halt Cancer Growth from Clinical News – VHFILM on Vimeo. Researchers discover How Zinc halts the growth of cancer paving the way to possible new treatments using Zinc supplementation. Citation: Selective… Read More ›

• Mass killings happen randomly, yet rate has remained steady, study finds

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 18, 2017

  Public Release: 18-Oct-2017   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Mass killings may have increasing news coverage, but the events themselves have happened at a steady rate for more than a decade, according to a new study… Read More ›

• For $1,000, anyone can purchase online ads to track your location and app use

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 18, 2017

  Public Release: 18-Oct-2017   University of Washington Caption This map represents an individual’s morning commute. Red dots reflect the places where the UW computer security researchers were able to track that person’s movements by serving location-based ads: at home (real… Read More ›

• Dutch courage — Alcohol improves foreign language skills

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 18, 2017

  Public Release: 18-Oct-2017   University of Liverpool   A new study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, conducted by researchers from the University of Liverpool, Maastricht University and King’s College London, shows that bilingual speakers’ ability to speak a second… Read More ›

• Whales and dolphins have rich ‘human-like’ cultures and societies

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 17, 2017

  Public Release: 16-Oct-2017   University of Manchester Whales and dolphins (Cetaceans) live in tightly-knit social groups, have complex relationships, talk to each other and even have regional dialects – much like human societies. A major new study, published today in… Read More ›

• Flu vaccine and booster fails to protect leukemia patients, yet still recommended?

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 17, 2017

  Public Release: 16-Oct-2017 Flu vaccine failed to protect young leukemia patients during cancer treatment St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators said the results reinforce the importance of hand washing and other measures to help protect vulnerable patients from influenza infections… Read More ›

• Most medical students overconfident, underprepared on nutrition guidelines

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 17, 2017

  Public Release: 16-Oct-2017   Research published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association examines gap between nutritional knowledge and attitudes in future physicians American Osteopathic Association CHICAGO — October 16, 2017–Ohio University researchers found medical students may be more… Read More ›

• Common Antacids Promote Liver Disease?

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 16, 2017

  

  Common Antacids Promote Liver Disease? Common Antacids Promote Liver Disease? from Clinical News – VHFILM on Vimeo.   Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered evidence in mice and humans that stomach (gastric) acid suppression… Read More ›

• Scientists reveal the relationship between sugar and cancer

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 13, 2017

  Public Release: 13-Oct-2017   VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) A nine-year joint research project conducted by VIB, KU Leuven and VUB has led to a crucial breakthrough in cancer research. Scientists have clarified how the Warburg effect, a phenomenon… Read More ›

• What do Americans fear most? Chapman University releases 4th annual Survey of American Fears

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 13, 2017

  Public Release: 11-Oct-2017 Chapman University recently completed its fourth annual Chapman University Survey of American Fears (2017) Chapman University   IMAGE: These are American’s Top 10 Fears in 2017.   Credit: Chapman University Chapman University recently completed its fourth annual… Read More ›

• Potassium may prevent Calcified Arteries

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 11, 2017

  

  Potassium may prevent Calcified Arteries Potassium may prevent Calcified Arteries from Clinical News – VHFILM on Vimeo. Vascular smooth muscle cells into bone-like cells under low-potassium conditions researchers now hypothesize. The researchers also found that increased dietary potassium levels lessened… Read More ›

• Common acid reflux medications promote chronic liver disease

  By Ralph Turchiano on October 10, 2017

  Public Release: 10-Oct-2017   University of California – San Diego Caption In mice, some common acid reflux medications promote growth of Enterococcus bacteria (like those shown here artificially glowing red in a petri dish) in the intestines. These bacteria also… Read More ›

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