By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, October 17, 2012 16:17 EDT Topics: international monetary fund ♦ joseph stiglitz ♦ spain Greece and Spain are in “depression, not recession”, Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said on Wednesday, blaming tough austerity measures for their… Read More ›
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Violent crime in U.S. rises for FIRST TIME since 1993 and is up 18% from last year
Violent crime increased 18% from last year First year-to-year increase in such crime since 1993 Household burglaries also on the rise from 3.2million last year to 3.6million this year By Beth Stebner PUBLISHED:13:49 EST, 17 October 2012| UPDATED:13:50 EST, 17… Read More ›
Why Antidepressants Don’t Live Up to the Hype
2009 report posted for filing By John Cloud Wednesday, May 06, 2009 In the ’90s, Americans grew fond of the idea that you can fix depression simply by taking a pill – most famously fluoxetine (better known as Prozac), though… Read More ›
Research find Extract of kava useful in treating anxiety and improving mood: safe and effective
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Joan Robinson joan.robinson@springer.com 49-622-148-78130 Springer Research finds kava safe and effective Researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia have found a traditional extract of Kava, a medicinal plant from the South Pacific, to… 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 ›
Japan to overtake China as top US lender: Report
China held about $1.154 trillion of US debt as of August 2012, while Japan held about $1.122 trillion. Lizzy TomeiOctober 16, 2012 19:03 Japan is set to overtake China as the United States’ top creditor, Bloomberg News reported. “China… Read More ›
Young people driving epidemic of prescription drug abuse
Contact: David Kelly david.kelly@ucdenver.edu 303-315-6374 University of Colorado Denver Abuse of nonmedical analgesics up 40 percent DENVER (Oct. 16, 2012) – A new study by the University of Colorado Denver reveals that today’s adolescents are abusing prescription pain medications like… Read More ›
Obama and Romney agree to cowardly debates: Moderator and audience will be censored
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 ›
If FP ( foreign-policy ) nerds were ‘the public’: 15 questions for a more interesting debate
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
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 ›
Charred meat may increase risk of pancreatic cancer : 60 – 70% Increase
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 ›
Fructose-sweetened but not glucose-sweetened beverages can adversely affect both sensitivity to the hormone insulin and how the body handles fats
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
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
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 ›
The Stoner Arms Dealers: How Two American Kids Became Big-Time Weapons Traders
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 ›
Life not improving for Europeans, says survey: 54 percent, are “struggling” and 10 percent are “suffering.”
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 ›
Meet the Flame virus’s mean little sibling
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 ›
Revealed: Children’s jewelry that contains toxic cadmium which causes cancer STILL on sale after federal crackdown
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
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 ›
Broccoli sprouts may prevent stomach cancer by defeating Helicobacter pylori
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
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 ›
Japan, U.S. troops consider drill to retake island
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 ›
IMF needing more Donations..Obama administration is waiting till after elections to donate tax payer money
Finance leaders back EU, U.S. to-do list to shield growth Sat, Oct 13 2012 By Anna Yukhananov and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – World finance leaders on Saturday endorsed a checklist of policy reforms aimed at pressuring Europe and the… Read More ›
Did the Pentagon just take over America’s cybersecurity?
Ready Player One It was bound to happen. The Senate fumbles and the House proffers only magical solutions for cybersecurity. The task of improving cybersecurity reverts to the executive branch, but the Department of Homeland Security does not inspire confidence…. Read More ›
Moriguchi broadly admits to lying about trailblazing stem cell trial
News On Japan via Mainichi — Oct 14 Hisashi Moriguchi, a Japanese researcher who had said he implemented the world’s first clinical trial using a trailblazing stem cell technology, admitted Saturday most of what he claimed in an academic… Read More ›
SOPA the computer virus terrorizes file-sharers
Published: 12 October, 2012, 20:37 SOPA is back – now as a computer virus Security experts are cautioning computer users that they could be targeted by a malicious SOPA “ransomware” virus that rekindles the witch-hunt targeting information sharing introduced… Read More ›
The Worst Debt Collector in the World?: Debt collector told the vet he was “living off social security while the rest of us honest Americans work our a– off. Too bad; you should have died,”
The Worst Debt Collector in the World? By JAMIE ROSS PHOENIX (CN) – After garnishing exempt disability payments from a 100% disabled Army veteran’s wife, a debt collector told the vet he was “living off social security… Read More ›
Omega-3 fatty acids reduce risk of advanced prostate cancer
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Jeremy Moore Jeremy.moore@aacr.org 267-646-0557 American Association for Cancer Research PHILADELPHIA – Omega-3 fatty acids appear protective against advanced prostate cancer, and this effect may be modified by a genetic variant in the COX-2 gene,… Read More ›
Licorice extract blocks colorectal cancer in mice
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Karen Honey press_releases@the-jci.org 215-573-1850 Journal of Clinical Investigation Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as aspirin and ibuprofen, and drugs that selectively target a protein known as COX-2 prevent the development of intestinal polyps, the… Read More ›
Scientific fraud: a sign of the times?
Are dodgy lab dealings a modern day dilemma or business as usual? The infamous Piltdown Man skull. Photograph: Rischgitz/Getty If you read about scientific fraud in the recent news, it would seem that there is much to worry about. It’s… Read More ›
Anti-Islam film prompts Saudi call for net censorship body
Saudi Arabia has called for a new international body to censor the internet, in the wake of the anti-Islam YouTube clip that recently sparked violence in the Middle East. The US consulate in Benghazi in flames after the attack that… Read More ›
Exclusive: EU insurers strip cover from ships storing Iran oil
By Luke Pachymuthu and Randy FabiPosted 2012/10/12 at 1:17 am EDT SINGAPORE, Oct. 12, 2012 (Reuters) — Two European insurers have withdrawn cover for tankers involved in the Iranian oil trade, the first such move since tough new sanctions were… Read More ›
Japan sees U.S. as deterrent to China in islands dispute
Politics Oct. 12, 2012 – 04:10PM JST Ichiro Fujisaki, Japan’s ambassador to WashingtonAFP WASHINGTON — Japan said Thursday that its alliance with the United States has served as a deterrent in a territorial dispute between Tokyo and a rising China as… Read More ›
Cancer institute tackles sloppy data
Funder demands better evidence for biomarkers in clinical trials. Monya Baker 12 October 2012 Biologists combing through massive patient data sets often find potential biomarkers of certain diseases, but many of these signals turn out to be false. To weed… Read More ›
U.S. energy companies victims of potentially destructive cyber intrusions: The secretary said that a coordinated attack on enough critical infrastructure could be a “cyber Pearl Harbor”
Posted By John ReedThursday, October 11, 2012 – 8:56 PM Foreign actors are probing the networks of key American companies in an attempt to gain control of industrial facilities and transportation systems, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta revealed tonight. “We know… Read More ›
Harvard’s annual ‘IncestFest’ party where students ‘are encouraged to hook up with each other’ branded ‘offensive and insensitive’
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:16:50 EST, 11 October 2012| UPDATED:16:50 EST, 11 October 2012 Students at Harvard University have lambasted one of its halls of residence for naming a party ‘IncestFest’ – at which students are reportedly encouraged to make… Read More ›
Climate war looms over US coal exports to China: There is a Glut of Coal and Natural Gas in the U.S.
PLANS for mega exports of US coal are poised to become the next flashpoint in the battle over climate change. The industry wants to massively increase shipments of coal to China and other energy-hungry Asian nations. Such a… Read More ›
BP to export U.S. crude to Canada, Shell seeks permit: U.S. domestic production at the highest level since 1995
8:01pm EDT By David Sheppard and Chris Baltimore NEW YORK/HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil major BP Plc has secured U.S. government permission to ship U.S. crude oil to Canada, and Royal Dutch Shell has applied for an export license, as rising… Read More ›
Russia not renewing weapons agreement with US
Thursday, 11 October 2012 Russia will not renew a decades-old agreement with Washington on dismantling nuclear and chemical weapons when it expires next year, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Wednesday. The death of the 1991… Read More ›
Brutal ad hits White House on Libya timeline contradictions [VIDEO]
It has been a month since an attack in Libya took the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, and the Obama administration is still revising its story. A video from the Heritage Foundation documents the evolution of… Read More ›
Average radiation exposure of the US population requires perspective and caution: 6 fold Increase since 1980
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Jason Bardi jbardi@aip.org 301-209-3091 American Institute of Physics NCRP Report No. 160 on increased average radiation exposure of the US population COLLEGE PARK, MD (March 3, 2009) — Scientists at the American Association of… Read More ›
52nd Health Research Report 17 MAR 2009 – Reconstruction
Editors top five: 1. NCRP Report No. 160 on increased average radiation exposure of the US population 2. Grape Extracts May be Effective Against Harmful Gut Bacteria 3. Not so sweet: Over-consumption of sugar linked to aging 4. Support… Read More ›
Florida governor accidentally gives out PHONE SEX number instead of meningitis hotline… as death toll rises to 12
By Daily Mail Reporter and Reuters Reporter PUBLISHED:17:14 EST, 10 October 2012| UPDATED:17:15 EST, 10 October 2012 Oops: Florida Gov Rick Scott accidentally gave out phone sex number instead of the state’s meningitis hotline Florida Gov Rock Scott sent thousands… Read More ›
Walmart worker strikes go viral, hitting 28 stores in 12 states
By Stephen C. Webster Wednesday, October 10, 2012 14:16 EDT Topics: Walmart ♦ walmart stores ♦ workers Walmart workers who recently went on strike in Illinois and California appear to have inspired some of their fellow big box employees, and… Read More ›
Should we decide which breed of humans to create?
by: JULIAN SAVULESCU From: News Limited Network October 09, 201212:58PM Does chance need a helping hand when it comes to our children? Source: Supplied Today it is possible to create designer babies either by testing embryos, using pre-implantation… Read More ›
Chinese nationalists covet Okinawa
By Kelly Olsen National Oct. 10, 2012 – 04:15PM JST BEIJING — In a glass case at Beijing’s Imperial College, an 18th century book with a yellowed title page in bold, black characters is evidence—some Chinese say—that a swathe of modern-day… Read More ›
FBI destroyed part of Hunter S. Thompson’s file
By Stephen C. Webster Tuesday, October 9, 2012 16:18 EDT Topics: FBI ♦ Hunter S. Thompson The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) admitted this week that portions of a detailed file on legendary outlaw journalist Hunter S. Thompson were destroyed… Read More ›
No longer a gray area: Our hair bleaches itself as we grow older
Contact: Cody Mooneyhan cmooneyhan@faseb.org 301-634-7104 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology New research report in the FASEB Journal gets to the roots of gray hair Wash away your gray? Maybe. A team of European scientists have finally solved a… Read More ›
U.S. officer got no reply to requests for more security in Benghazi
Tue, Oct 9 2012 By Susan Cornwell and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. security officer twice asked his State Department superiors for more security agents for the American mission in Benghazi months before an attack that killed the… Read More ›
Senior State Department officials publicly acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday that the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya that killed four Americans, including the ambassador, was not preceded by protests as previously thought.
New vivid account of deadly attack on U.S. embassy in Libya that reveals how security forces attempted to save Americans under fierce fire By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:22:24 EST, 9 October 2012| UPDATED:00:22 EST, 10 October 2012 Senior State Department… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 