Contact: Jeanne Bernard Jeanne.Bernard@mountsinai.org 212-241-9200 The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have shown for the first time in an animal model that vitamin C actively protects against osteoporosis, a… Read More ›
United States
The map that Apple HAS to make blurred: Taiwanese government complains new maps app is revealing military secrets
US bases also appear on the service in high resolution Google has ‘muzzed’ or distorted military installations By Mark Prigg PUBLISHED:14:51 EST, 9 October 2012| UPDATED:15:03 EST, 9 October 2012 After facing huge criticism for blurred maps, Apple has received… Read More ›
Super-sizing the soldier: Is obesity going to pose a huge recruiting problem?: At present, 62 percent of active duty military members over the age of 20 have a body mass index that falls into either the overweight or obese category
Posted By Thomas E. RicksTuesday, October 9, 2012 – 10:22 AM By Jim Gourley Best Defense department of physical fitness and national security Obesity and weight-related health conditions have become a prevalent concern to American policy in the last decade…. Read More ›
US researchers find traces of toxic mercury in high-fructose corn syrup
2009 report posted for filing • Mercury linked to learning disabilities and heart disease • Study published in peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health A swig of soda or bite of a candy bar might be sweet, but a new… Read More ›
We do not need an internet overlord: ITU is holding a meeting in December to decide whether it – and by implication, the United Nations – should take over the internet.
9 October 2012 Chris Berg The internet should be kept free, not turned into a geopolitical plaything controlled by the United Nations, says Chris Berg. At first glance, the United Nations’ International Telecommunications Union (ITU) seems benign. The agency helps… Read More ›
Obama campaign ‘may have violated federal election law by allowing foreign donors to funnel in cash via its website’: 68 percent foreign traffic (site was was bought by an Obama bundler in Shanghai, China)
By Toby Harnden In Washington PUBLISHED:17:00 EST, 8 October 2012| UPDATED:17:29 EST, 8 October 2012 A new report on foreign influences in American elections by the conservative Government Accountability Institute (GAI) has raised questions over whether the Obama campaign has… Read More ›
Halloween Spending Hikes Reveal Our Fascination With the Macabre
ScienceDaily (Oct. 8, 2012) — In the gloom of the economy, with scary unemployment figures, you might expect consumers to be hiding from Halloween in their darkened homes with the porch lights off. But a recent National Retail Federation survey… Read More ›
Recession pushes US birth rates to an all-time low
18:25 08 October 2012 by Sara Reardon It’s looking like a bad time to invest in the diaper industry. Birth rates in the US reached an all-time low in 2011. US fertility has been declining steadily since 2008, according… Read More ›
Exposure to perfluorinated chemicals may reduce women’s fertility
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Emma Mason (media enquiries only) wordmason@mac.com 44-077-112-96986 Oxford University Press Researchers have found the first evidence that perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) – chemicals that are widely used in everyday items such as food packaging, pesticides,… Read More ›
Stream in India has record high levels of drugs
2009 study posted for filing By Margie Mason THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PATANCHERU, India — When researchers analyzed vials of treated wastewater taken from a plant where about 90 Indian drug factories dump their residues, they were shocked. Enough of a… Read More ›
49th Health Research Report 04 FEB 2009 – Reconstruction
Editors Top Five: 1. Stream in India has record high levels of drugs 2. First comprehensive paper on statins’ adverse effects released 3. Hypertension and cholesterol medications present in water released into the St. Lawrence River 4. Rochester study… Read More ›
Exclusive: Libya Cable Detailed Threats
Eli Lake Oct 8, 2012 12:00 AM EDT In a dispatch sent the day he was killed, Ambassador Christopher Stevens described how the militias keeping the peace in Benghazi threatened to quit over a political feud. Eli Lake reports…. Read More ›
Huawei, ZTE Give China Opportunity to Spy, Report Says: provides “special network services” to an entity the former employee believes is an“elite cyber-warfare unit” within the Chinese army
By Eric Engleman on October 07, 2012 Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. (000063), China’s two largest phone-equipment makers, provide opportunities for Chinese intelligence services to tamper with U.S. telecommunications networks for spying, according to a congressional report to be… Read More ›
Enter Detroit at your own risk: Police issue shocking warning to baseball fans
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:19:11 EST, 7 October 2012| UPDATED:19:54 EST, 7 October 2012 Police officers in Detroit greeted football fans attending Saturday night’s Tigers game with a shock warning: ‘Enter Detroit at Your Own Risk.’ To protest against plans … Read More ›
Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE pose a security threat to the United States …
China telecom giants threaten US: Congress panel ZTE Executive Vice President, He Shiyou, pictured in February. Chinese telecom giants … By Rob Lever | AFP News – 11 minutes ago Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE pose a security… Read More ›
America’s top export in 2011 was . . . fuel?
Re-Posted for filing By Brad Plumer, Published: December 31, 2011 Fuel is now the top U.S. export. The Associated Press reports that America is on pace to ship out more gasoline, diesel and jet fuel than anything else in… Read More ›
NPR anchor ties term ‘illegal immigrant’ to Nazi Germany: “I don’t think I’ve known a single person who hasn’t broken the law,”
Engineering Evil: Comments on this article are turned off…..This article has impact due to an attempt to control the language of the debate. Control the language and you influence the outcome. Even though there may be historical inaccuracies as well as… Read More ›
Bhutan aims to be first 100% organic nation
Sapa-AFP | 07 October, 2012 08:27 Lyonchoen Jigmi Yoezer Thinley, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan Image by: MIKE SEGAR / REUTERS The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, famed for seeking “happiness” for its citizens, is aiming… Read More ›
Training Computers to Understand the Human Brain
The activation maps of the two contrasts (hot color: mammal > tool ; cool color: tool > mammal) computed from the 10 datasets of our participants. (Credit: Image courtesy of Tokyo Institute of Technology) ScienceDaily (Oct. 5, 2012) — Tokyo… Read More ›
Sick of intrusive airport security already? Just wait for the next generation of scanners which can read EVERY molecule in your body
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:13:41 EST, 6 October 2012| UPDATED:13:41 EST, 6 October 2012 Security staff at airports can already force us to go through metal detectors and use X-rays to see under our clothes. But a new technology being… Read More ›
Misuse of Vicks VapoRub may harm infants and toddlers: Irritant causes the body to produce more mucus
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Jennifer Stawarz jstawarz@chestnet.org 847-498-8306 American College of Chest Physicians Toddler in respiratory distress after popular salve used Vicks® VapoRub®, the popular salve used to relieve symptoms of cough and congestion, may be harmful for… Read More ›
World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row
5 October 2012 Last updated at 06:29 ET Playing WoW leads people to live a “bizarre double life” say Maine Republicans The gaming hobby of a political candidate has become an issue in a state senate race in New England,… Read More ›
U.S. Needs Offensive Weapons in Cyberwar: General
Oct. 4, 2012 – 08:06PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON — The United States needs to develop offensive weapons in cyberspace as part of its effort to protect the nation from cyber attacks, a senior military official said Oct…. Read More ›
INTERVIEW-Armenian president says Azerbaijan threatens new war
Fri Oct 5, 2012 6:06pm GMT * Armenia and Azerbaijan dispute Nagorno-Karabakh * Yerevan says Baku threatens new war * Azerbaijan says it is not the aggressor By Nigel Stephenson and Hasmik Mkrtchyan YEREVAN, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Armenian President… Read More ›
National Bank of Canada foreclosing Americans’ homes over credit card debt
By Stephen C. Webster Friday, October 5, 2012 13:15 EDT Topics: California ♦ credit card debt ♦ National Bank of Canada The National Bank of Canada is attempting to foreclose upon hundreds of American families’ homes in California over old… Read More ›
Whether we like someone affects how our brain processes movement
Contact: Suzanne Wu suzanne.wu@usc.edu 213-740-0252 University of Southern California Hate the Lakers? Do the Celtics make you want to hurl? Whether you like someone can affect how your brain processes their actions, according to new research from the Brain and… Read More ›
Doctors speak out about unnecessary care as cost put at $800 billion a year
Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Prominent doctors are challenging the assumption in US healthcare that more is better Leading doctors are calling for action to tackle unnecessary care that is estimated to account for up to $800bn… Read More ›
Two Carrier Groups Are Now Operating In The China Sea
Robert Johnson|Oct. 4, 2012, 9:43 PM|4,209|31 Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Summer M. Anderson USS George Washington The USS George Washington and the USS John C. Stennisaircraft carrier strike groups (CSGs), a flotilla of five ships and more than 10,000 Navy… Read More ›
UPDATE: U.S. investigators FINALLY arrive at at site of Benghazi consulate attack – more than three weeks after terror massacre
Engineering Evil: This is the current up date to the prior article 24 hours ago. In which the Investigators were still not given permission to leave Tripoli. Team that includes FBI agents shows up at burned out U.S. consulate building on Thursday … Read More ›
Grape-seed extract kills laboratory leukemia cells, proving value of natural compounds: “forces laboratory leukemia cells to commit cell suicide”
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Jeremy Moore Jeremy.moore@aacr.org 267-646-0557 American Association for Cancer Research PHILADELPHIA – An extract from grape seeds forces laboratory leukemia cells to commit cell suicide, according to researchers from the University of Kentucky. They found… Read More ›
BPA linked to thyroid hormone changes in pregnant women, newborns
Contact: Sarah Yang scyang@berkeley.edu 510-643-7741 University of California – Berkeley Berkeley — Bisphenol A (BPA), an estrogen-like compound that has drawn increased scrutiny in recent years, has been linked to changes in thyroid hormone levels in pregnant women and newborn… Read More ›
A Dark Day for the Philippines as Government Passes Cybercrime Act : Criminalizes anonymous online criticism
October 3, 2012 | By Jillian C. York A Dark Day for the Philippines as Government Passes Cybercrime Act The government of the Philippines today has passed the troubling Cybercrime Prevention Act. The Act covers a range of offenses, but—as… Read More ›
Sensitive U.S. files unguarded in Libya embassy: report _Embassy Security was to be paid about $4.00/hr
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, October 3, 2012 20:07 EDT Topics: benghazi ♦ libya ♦ US ambassador Chris Stevens WASHINGTON — A trove of documents, including travel plans and security contracts, lay unguarded at what remains of the American consulate in… Read More ›
FBI still not been granted permission to visit Benghazi consulate
Please refer to Update link: https://engineeringevil.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=3711&action=edit&message=6 FBI agents have still not been granted permission to visit the consulate building where the American ambassador to Libya was killed, three weeks after the attack by militants in the eastern city of… Read More ›
‘Bahrain buys favorable CNN content’
Engineering Evil : This is second confirmation on CNN becoming a propaganda venue for those willing to pay…. Keep in mind RT is the 2nd source, which I do not feel comfortable with yet. (Which is EE’s personal prejudice ) Prior… Read More ›
America’s financial crisis is laid bare as it’s revealed that every newborn owes more than $13,000 in state debt
State governments face combined debt of more than $4trillion When broken down to a per capita basis, every American – including babies born each day – owes an average of $13,425 By Graham Smith PUBLISHED:07:55 EST, 3 October 2012| UPDATED:07:56… Read More ›
New study shows that a cough medicine ingredient could effectively treat prostate cancer: noscapine reduced tumor growth in mice by 60% and limited the spread of tumors by 65%
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Dr. Israel Barken drbarken@pcref.org 619-461-8181 MedInsight Research Institute Baltimore, MD — A study published today in the December issue of the European medical journal Anticancer Research demonstrates that an ingredient used in a common… Read More ›
High pesticide levels found in fruit-based drinks in some countries outside U. S : in the micrograms per liter range
2008 study posted for filing . Analytical Chemistry In the first worldwide study of pesticides in fruit-based soft drinks, researchers in Spain are reporting relatively high levels of pesticides in drinks in some countries, especially the United Kingdom and Spain…. Read More ›
Ten more years of pain: World economy will stay in crisis for at least another decade, says IMF chief economist
Olivier Blanchard was speaking to Hungarian website Portfolio.hu He said Germany would have to accept higher inflation and a real strengthening of its purchasing power He said U.S. still has big problems to solve Japan’s crisis ‘may take decades to… Read More ›
Obama Instructs Defense Contracters to Violate the (WARN) Act and the Federal Gov’t will pay the Legal Bills for their defense
Senators Accuse Obama of ‘Bribing’ Defense Firms Oct. 2, 2012 – 01:59PM | By JOHN T. BENNETT | Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., is among GOP lawmakers accusing the White House of playing politics in order to get defense firms… Read More ›
UK hooked on debt, PIMCO boss warns: “warning that the US would turn into Greece within a decade “
UK hooked on debt, PIMCO boss warns Britain is part of a debtor nation “ring of fire” where bondholders are at risk of being “burned to a crisp”, the head of the world’s biggest bond house has warned. The UK… Read More ›
Almost 2,400 Millionaires Pocketed Unemployment Benefits
By Frank Bass – Oct 2, 2012 Almost 2,400 people who received unemployment insurance in 2009 lived in households with annual incomes of $1 million or more, according to the Congressional Research Service. The report was released after about… Read More ›
HALT-C researchers: Interferon as long-term treatment for hepatitis C not effective
2008 study posted for filing Contact: LaKisha Ladson lakisha.ladson@utsouthwestern.edu 214-648-3404 UT Southwestern Medical Center IMAGE:Dr. William M. Lee and other researchers have discovered in a multicenter study that using the drug interferon as a long-term maintenance strategy to slow the… Read More ›
Robocop gets real: The remote controlled robot that could put injured police back on the beat
Project aiming to develop a robot controlled remotely by injured officers Officers would control the virtual cop through a virtual reality headset Could be used to patrol nuclear facilities, ports and even urban areas By Daniel Bates PUBLISHED:09:46 EST, 1 … Read More ›
Chinese hackers break in to White House military office network in charge of the president’s nuclear football
White House Hack Attack AP BY: Bill Gertz September 30, 2012 8:33 pm Hackers linked to China’s government broke into one of the U.S. government’s most sensitive computer networks, breaching a system used by the White House Military Office for… Read More ›
Perot: Fiscal Nightmare means US can be taken over
Perot: Fiscal Nightmare means US can be taken over Monday, 01 October 2012 Ross Perot, the billionaire who shook up the 1992 presidential campaign, has largely remained silent since his emergence on the nation’s political stage nearly two decades ago… Read More ›
Omega-3 Supplements May Slow A Biological Effect of Aging
10/1/12 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Taking enough omega-3 fatty acid supplements to change the balance of oils in the diet could slow a key biological process linked to aging, new research suggests. The study showed that most overweight but healthy middle-aged… Read More ›
Melatonin may save eyesight in inflammatory disease: Uveitis
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Angela Colmone acolmone@asip.org 301-634-7953 American Journal of Pathology Buenos Aires, Argentina — Current research suggests that melatonin therapy may help treat uveitis, a common inflammatory eye disease. The related report by Sande et al.,… Read More ›
Fake TV News: Widespread and Undisclosed
2008 report posted for filing Although the number of media formats and outlets has exploded in recent years, television remains the dominant news source in the United States. More than three-quarters of U.S. adults rely on local TV news, and… Read More ›
Calcium may only protect against colorectal cancer in presence of magnesium
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Jeremy Moore Jeremy.moore@aacr.org 267-646-0557 American Association for Cancer Research High magnesium intake has been associated with low risk of colorectal cancer. Americans have similar average magnesium intake as East Asian populations. If that… Read More ›
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