At special request I am posting our video from our other operating site, Here. – Most of those who responded to sulforaphane showed significant improvements by the first measurement at four weeks and continued to improve during the rest of the… Read More ›
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U.S. Welfare Spending Up — But Help for the Neediest Down
Although the United States is spending more on welfare than ever before, most of that money is going to better-off families rather than the very poorest. Robert A. Moffitt, the Krieger-Eisenhower professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University, found that… Read More ›
N.Korea ‘making progress’ on ballistic missile that could strike US
05 Nov 2013 Seoul (AFP) North Korea is making progress on an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering a first-generation nuclear warhead to the continental United States, a leading US think-tank said Tuesday. The closely followed 38 North website of the… Read More ›
Satellite images show tunnelling at N. Korea test site
AFP Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 SEOUL – Satellite imagery has revealed new tunnelling work at North Korea’s nuclear test site, but nothing that points to an imminent detonation, a US research institute said Wednesday. The activity appears to have begun… Read More ›
Infections increase risk of mood disorders
Contact: Michael Eriksen Benrós benros@ncrr.dk 45-26-25-52-39 Aarhus University New research shows that every third person who is diagnosed for the first time with a mood disorder has been admitted to hospital with an infection prior to the diagnosis New research… Read More ›
Estrogen fuels autoimmune liver damage
Contact: Ekaterina Peshva epeshev1@jhmi.edu 410-502-9433 Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins research in mice unravels mystery behind sex disparities in drug-induced hepatitis A life-threatening condition that often requires transplantation and accounts for half of all acute liver failures, autoimmune hepatitis is… Read More ›
Over-diagnosis and over-treatment of depression is common in the US
Contact: Natalie Wood-Wright nwoodwri@jhsph.edu 410-614-6029 Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Americans are over-diagnosed and over-treated for depression, according to a new study conducted at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study examines adults with… Read More ›
Think tank: North Korea has already restarted plutonium reactor
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, April 3, 2013 20:56 EDT North Korea has already begun work to restart a plutonium production reactor in a sign that its confrontational rhetoric may not all be bluster, a US think tank said Wednesday. The… Read More ›
N. Korea tells China planning nuclear test: report
AFP Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 SEOUL – A North Korean official has apparently told Chinese authorities that the communist state is planning to conduct a third nuclear test in the coming week, a news report said Saturday. “We’ve heard a… Read More ›
High-fat ketogenic diet effectively treats persistent childhood seizures
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Ekaterina Pesheva epeshev1@jhmi.edu 410-516-4996 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions The high-fat ketogenic diet can dramatically reduce or completely eliminate debilitating seizures in most children with infantile spasms, whose seizures persist despite medication, according to a… Read More ›
Mortality Rates Reduced among Children Whose Mothers Received Iron-folic Acid Supplements ( 31 percent reduction )
2009 study posted for filing Offspring whose mothers had been supplemented with iron-folic acid during pregnancy had dramatically reduced mortality through age 7, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Researchers found that other supplement… Read More ›
Hopkins Children’s study: Folic acid may help treat allergies, asthma
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Ekaterina Pesheva epeshev1@jhmi.edu 410-516-4996 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Folic acid, or vitamin B9, essential for red blood cell health and long known to reduce the risk of spinal birth defects, may also suppress allergic… Read More ›
Mandatory HPV vaccination is unwarranted and unwise
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Amy Molnar journalnews@bos.blackwellpublishing.net 201-748-8844 Wiley-Blackwell Article explores how mandate does not represent public health necessity Washington, D.C. – November 12, 2008 – The HPV vaccine, sold as Gardasil in the U.S., is intended to… Read More ›
Mouse studies suggest daily dose of ginkgo may prevent brain cell damage after a stroke
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Eric Vohr evohr1@jhmi.edu 410-955-8665 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Working with genetically engineered mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that daily doses of a standardized extract from the leaves of the ginkgo tree can… Read More ›
Incense is psychoactive: Scientists identify the biology behind the ceremony: burning Bosweilla alleviates anxiety and depression
Contact: Cody Mooneyhan cmooneyhan@faseb.org 301-634-7104 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology New study in the FASEB Journal shows how and why molecules released from burning incense in religious ceremonies alleviate anxiety and depression Religious leaders have contended for millennia… Read More ›
An engineered mouse virus leaves us one step away from the ultimate bioweapon
Killer virus An engineered mouse virus leaves us one step away from the ultimate bioweapon A VIRUS that kills every one of its victims, by wiping out part of their immune system, has been accidentally created by an Australian research… Read More ›
Standard treatment for prostate cancer may encourage spread of disease
Contact: Christen Brownlee cbrownlee@jhmi.edu 410-955-7832 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Finding may lead to changes in androgen deprivation therapy A popular prostate cancer treatment called androgen deprivation therapy may encourage prostate cancer cells to produce a protein that makes them more… Read More ›
Study finds acute measles supresses HIV replication
Contact: Tim Parsons or Ming Tai paffairs@jhsph.edu 410-955-6878 Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Study finds acute measles supresses HIV replication Replication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is briefly suppressed during acute measles, according to researchers at the… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 