A total of 247 U.S. army personnel are suspected to have taken their own lives between January and September This compares to 222 combat deaths in Afghanistan to October 22 CNN founder claims it’s time to put war and conflict… Read More ›
United States
Report tries to minimize tuition increase that’s more than triple the rate of inflation
By Kay Steiger Thursday, October 25, 2012 16:15 EDT Topics: rate of inflation ♦ the College Board ♦ tuition increase A new report released Wednesday by the College Board finds that four-year college degrees have increased by an average 4.8… Read More ›
Chemotherapys False Expectations : 69 percent of patients with advanced lung cancer and 81 percent of patients with advanced colorectal cancer did not understand that the chemotherapy they were receiving was not at all likely to cure their disease
Advanced Cancer Patients Overoptimistic About Chemotherapy’s Ability to Cure, Study Finds ScienceDaily (Oct. 24, 2012) — Findings from a nationwide study led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute suggest that patients with advanced lung or colorectal cancer are frequently mistaken… Read More ›
A video rebuttal to the IOM’s recommendations of 20ng/ml of Vitamin D being adequate
A rebuttal to the IOM’s recommendations of 20ng/ml of vitamin D being adequate. Their report being titled ” Nearly 80 Million Americans Won’t Need vitamin D Supplements under new guidlines”
Ishihara: Unrepentant Japanese nationalist
Politics Oct. 26, 2012 – 06:51AM JST( 2 ) TOKYO — Shintaro Ishihara, who resigned as Tokyo governor on Thursday to return to national politics, is an unrepentant nationalist who relishes the chance to provoke the politically correct. The 80-year-old is… Read More ›
Merkel cell polyomavirus linked to Skin Cancer : Developed a mutation that causes it to integrate into host-cell DNA
2009 study posted for filing Study Links Virus To Some Cases Of Common Skin Cancer COLUMBUS, Ohio – A virus discovered last year in a rare form of skin cancer has also been found in people with the… Read More ›
A high omega-3 fatty acid diet reduces retinal lesions in a murine model of macular degeneration
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Angela Colmone acolmone@asip.org 301-634-7953 American Journal of Pathology The ‘see food’ diet Bethesda, MD — Current research suggests that a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids may help prevent one of the leading causes… Read More ›
62nd Health Research Report 04 AUG 2009 – Reconstruction
Editors top 5: Common household pesticides linked to childhood cancer cases in Washington area Got zinc? New zinc research suggests novel therapeutic targets Study Links Virus To Some Cases Of Common Skin Cancer Millions of US children low in… Read More ›
Designer baby warning as embryos are made using TWO women and one man by Oregon scientists
Procedure would swap the nucleus of a mother’s egg containing mutated genes into a donor’s The donor’s normal mitochondria replaces the mother’s defective mitochondria containing mutated DNA Donor’s genes would amount to 1 per cent of the embryo’s genes and… Read More ›
Russia increasingly worried about US ‘shale revolution’
Published: 24 October, 2012, 17:44 Reuters / Kacper Pempel Russia’s President Putin urged the country’s gas monopoly Gazprom to revise its export policy, as the “shale revolution” and the development of liquefied natural gas will seriously eat into the country’s… Read More ›
Russia Says Syria Rebels Have U.S.-Made Stinger Missiles
Oct. 24, 2012 – 01:24PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | MOSCOW — The Syrian rebels battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad have shoulder-launched missile systems, including Stingers made by the United States, Russia’s top general said on Oct…. Read More ›
INTERVIEW-Mali war plan to be ready within weeks, AU says
Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:52 GMT Source: Reuters * African states, Western powers divided over intervention * U.N. set 6-week deadline for war plan, starting Oct. 12 * Door open to negotiation with rebels By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, Oct… Read More ›
U.S. set to overtake Saudi Arabia as world’s biggest oil producer following boom in output
U.S. production to rise 7 per cent this year to nearly 11 million barrels a day Could reach 11.4 million barrels a day in 2013 – rivalling Saudi oil output Boom caused by high oil prices and new drilling techniques… Read More ›
Texas A.G. Threatens to Arrest European ( U.N. ) Election Observers
By DAVID LEE AUSTIN (CN) – The Texas attorney general warned the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe that its election observers could be arrested and criminally charged if they come within 100 feet of a polling place on… Read More ›
Pennsylvania may force workers to pay taxes to their employers
By Stephen C. Webster Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:56 EDT Topics: pennsylvania ♦ Pennsylvania Gov ♦ Tom Corbett A bill that landed on Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s (R) desk this week would give companies that hire more than 250 new… Read More ›
The assassination of President John F Kennedy: the finger points to the KGB
Nearly 50 years on, a new book suggests that assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was guided by hardline Stalinist dissidents Death in Dallas: Jack and Jackie Kennedy moments before the President was shot Photo: AP By Neil Tweedie 6:50AM BST… Read More ›
Asian Spice Could Reduce Breast Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women Exposed to Hormone Replacement Therapy, MU Study Finds
2009 study posted for filing July 13, 2009 COLUMBIA, Mo. – Previous studies have found that postmenopausal women who have taken a combined estrogen and progestin hormone replacement therapy have increased their risk of developing progestin-accelerated breast tumors…. Read More ›
Plastics chemical retards growth, function of adult reproductive cells : Bisphenol A
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Diana Yates diya@illinois.edu 217-333-5802 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Bisphenol A, a chemical widely used in plastics and known to cause reproductive problems in the offspring of pregnant mice exposed to… Read More ›
61st Health Research Report 21 JUL 2009 – Reconstruction
Editors Top Five: 1. Easter Island compound extends lifespan of old mice 2. Is obesity an oral bacterial disease? 3. Are we what our mothers ate? 4. New evidence that popular dietary supplement may help prevent, treat cataracts 5…. Read More ›
British secret service put me in jail, claims Prince Harry’s party model
A former model jailed hours after claiming she enjoyed a “drunken fumble” with a naked Prince Harry in a Las Vegas hotel room has blamed the British secret service for her month-long stay in prison. Carrie Reichert, right, claims that… Read More ›
Make-up ‘triggers early menopause’: Warning on chemicals in cosmetics and hairspray that can cause to stop more than two years early
A group of chemicals known as pthalates are already thought to raise the risk of cancer, diabetes and obesity Researchers at Washington University, Missouri, believe they may also cause early menopause Chemicals are found in plastics, cosmetics, household products and… Read More ›
Researchers find possible environmental causes for Alzheimer’s, diabetes : nitrates
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Nancy Cawley Jean njean@lifespan.org Lifespan Call for reducing nitrate levels in fertilizer and water, detoxifying food and water Providence, RI – A new study by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have found a substantial… Read More ›
Report: Prostate cancer screening has yet to prove its worth
2009 study posted for filing Contact: David Sampson david.sampson@cancer.org American Cancer Society ATLANTA—June 29, 2009—The recent release of two large randomized trials suggests that if there is a benefit of screening, it is, at best, small, says a new report… Read More ›
Your arteries on Wonder Bread : reduced elasticity, which can cause heart disease or sudden death
2009 study posted for filing Contact: George Hunka ghunka@aftau.org 212-742-9070 American Friends of Tel Aviv University Landmark study from Tel Aviv University shows how high carb foods cause heart attacks Doctors have known for decades that foods like white bread… Read More ›
Chemicals in common consumer products may play a role in pre-term births : phthalates
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Laura Bailey baileylm@umich.edu 734-647-1848 University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich.—A new study of expectant mothers suggests that a group of common environmental contaminants called phthalates, which are present in many industrial and consumer products… Read More ›
Pesticide susceptibility in children lasts longer than expected: Some are 130 to 164 times more susceptible than others
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Sarah Yang scyang@berkeley.edu 510-643-7741 University of California – Berkeley Berkeley — Although it is known that infants are more susceptible than adults to the toxic effects of pesticides, this increased vulnerability may extend much… Read More ›
Green tea may affect prostate cancer progression
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Tara Yates tara.yates@aacr.org 267-646-0558 American Association for Cancer Research PHILADELPHIA – According to results of a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, men with prostate… Read More ›
Bisphenol A exposure in pregnant mice permanently changes DNA of offspring
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Aaron Lohr alohr@endo-society.org 240-482-1380 The Endocrine Society Exposure during pregnancy to the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, found in many common plastic household items, is known to cause a fertility defect in the mother’s… Read More ›
Workers at Plant that Received $150m Stimulus Cash Play Cards, Board Games; Plant Hasn’t Produced a Single Battery
By Eliana Johnson October 19, 2012 10:20 A.M. Add it to the annals of stimulus waste. A local Michigan television station reports that workers at LG Chem, a lithium-ion battery plant that received over $150 million stimulus dollars, have so… Read More ›
Now puberty starts at 9! Boys in U.S. reaching adolescence younger, study says
By Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED:18:57 EST, 20 October 2012| UPDATED:23:16 EST, 20 October 2012 When it comes to the birds and the bees, some parents may want to have that talk with their boys a little sooner than they … Read More ›
Europeans (U.N.) to monitor US Elections
Saturday, 20 October 2012 United Nations-affiliated election monitors from Europe and central Asia will be at polling places around the U.S. looking for voter suppression activities by conservative groups, a concern raised by civil rights groups during a meeting this… Read More ›
Recycled radioactive metal contaminates consumer products: “It’s your worst nightmare,”
2009 report posted for filing : Engineering Evil : I don’t believe a single thing has been done about this crisis since this report. Not even a simple mention in the nightly news. Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 06/03/2009 –… Read More ›
Illness, medical bills linked to nearly two-thirds of bankruptcies: 77.9 percent were insured, 2/3 Home owners, 3/5 Had College,
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Mark Almberg mark@pnhp.org 312-782-6006 Physicians for a National Health Program Harvard study finds 50 percent increase from 2001 Medical problems contributed to nearly two-thirds (62.1 percent) of all bankruptcies in 2007, according to a… Read More ›
Green tea extract shows promise in leukemia trials: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia 50 percent or greater decline in their lymph node size.
2009 study posted for filing ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers are reporting positive results in early leukemia clinical trials using the chemical epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), an active ingredient in green tea. The trial determined that patients with chronic lymphocytic… Read More ›
Cancer drug causes patient to lose fingerprints and be detained by US immigration
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Emma Mason wordmason@mac.com 44-771-129-6986 European Society for Medical Oncology Immigration officials held a cancer patient for four hours before they allowed him to enter the USA because one of his cancer drugs caused… Read More ›
US risks drawing Beijing’s ire with military cruise in disputed waters
USS George Washington enters South China Sea as display of naval strength and support of smaller Asian nations claims Associated Press on board the USS George Washington guardian.co.uk, Saturday 20 October 2012 10.10 EDT The nuclear-powered USS George… Read More ›
CIA knew deadly assault on US consulate was a terror attack just 24 hours later (so why did White House officials maintain it was a violent protest for a week?)
Saturday, Oct 20 2012 The revelation is surprising as the Obama administration maintained publicly for a week that the attack was a result of the mobs It is unclear who, if anyone, saw the cable outside the CIA at that… Read More ›
Issa’s Benghazi document dump exposes several Libyans working with the U.S.
Posted By Josh Rogin Friday, October 19, 2012 – 7:58 PM House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) compromised the identities of several Libyans working with the U.S. government and placed their lives in danger when he released reams of… Read More ›
140th Health Research Report 19 OCT 2012 – Video Briefing
Research Topics: Carob and Listeria, Creativity and Mental Illness, Brief Exercise and Metabolism Vitamin C and Bone Density, Caffiene and Memory Repair The only thing really Evil here, is me Butchering the pronunciation of some of these terms. I do… Read More ›
The real jobs numbers: 41% of America unemployed, 1 in 3 doesn’t want work at all
Engineering Evil: Would like 2nd Confirmation on figures Published: 19 October, 2012, 00:43 Edited: 19 October, 2012, 08:53 Even if the US Labor Department has determined that the unemployment level has finally plateaued after months of staggering jobs statistics, the… Read More ›
Four men, all in their 20s, will face ‘urgent trial’ over allegations they insulted King Hamad on personal Twitter accounts
Bahrain charges four men with insulting king Reuters in Dubi guardian.co.uk, Thursday 18 October 2012 07.45 EDT An anti-government protester steps on a torn poster of King Hamad during protests in Manama in March 2011. Photograph: James Lawler Duggan/AFP/Getty Images Bahraini… Read More ›
Walmart supply chain: warehouse staff agencies accused of wage theft
‘They prey on people living on the edge,’ claim workers, who are already among the most vulnerable and lowest-paid in America Paul Harris in Elwood, Illinois guardian.co.uk, Thursday 18 October 2012 16.23 EDT Walmart, which was not… Read More ›
Wireless meters tell snoopers when you are not home: CRIMINALS no longer need to stake out a home or a business
18 October 2012 by Jim Giles Magazine issue 2887. Subscribe and save CRIMINALS no longer need to stake out a home or a business to monitor the inhabitants’ comings and goings. Now they can simply pick up wireless signals broadcast… Read More ›
Mali coup led by US-trained captain
Published: 24 March, 2012, 16:14 Edited: 24 March, 2012, 21:49 A US Africa Command official confirmed on Friday the leader of military coup d’état in Mali has visited the US on several occasions, receiving professional military education. Captain Amadou Haya… Read More ›
Japan will not join initiative put before U.N. to make nuclear weapons illegal
Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 Kyodo Japan will not join an initiative led by 16 countries at the United Nations to make atomic weapons illegal, out of concern it would affect Tokyo’s security arrangement under the U.S. nuclear umbrella, government sources… Read More ›
State Department granted New York terror plotter a student visa
Posted By Josh Rogin Thursday, October 18, 2012 – 4:53 PM Last December, the State Department issued a student visa to the Bangladeshi man arrested this week for trying to blow up the Federal Reserve building with what he thought was… Read More ›
Rwanda wins Security Council seat as new report blasts support for Congo mutineers
Posted By Colum Lynch Thursday, October 18, 2012 – 12:42 PM Rwandan authorities have harassed a number of local employees assisting a U.N. Security Council panel that has accused the Rwandan government of sponsoring and directing a military insurgency… Read More ›
Moderator Notes: Video Series Update
This is just a quick unedited update of the other TV shows that are being done. In addition I will be posting frequent short info clips in the near future. I need water..Tripping all over my words here 😉
Turmeric extract suppresses fat tissue growth in rodent models
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Andrea Grossman 617-636-3728 Tufts University, Health Sciences BOSTON (May 18, 2009) Curcumin, the major polyphenol found in turmeric, appears to reduce weight gain in mice and suppress the growth of fat tissue in mice… Read More ›
Human nose too cold for bird flu, says new study ( H5N1 )
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Lucy Goodchild lucy.goodchild@imperial.ac.uk 44-207-594-6702 Imperial College London Avian influenza viruses do not thrive in humans because the temperature inside a person’s nose is too low, according to research published today in the journal PLoS… Read More ›
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