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The history of forcing fluoride on humans through the fluoridation of drinking water is wrought with lies, greed and deception. Governments that add fluoride to drinking water supplies insist that it is safe, beneficial and necessary, however, scientific evidence shows that fluoride is not safe to ingest and areas that fluoridate their drinking water supplies have higher rates of cavities, cancer, dental fluorosis, osteoporosis and other health problems. Because of the push from the aluminum industry, pharmaceutical companies and weapons manufacturers, fluoride continues to be added to water supplies all over North America and due to recent legal actions against water companies that fluoridate drinking water supplies, precedent has been set that will make it impossible for suits to be filed against water suppliers that fluoridate. There is a growing resistance against adding toxic fluoride to our water supplies, but unfortunately, because fluoride has become "the lifeblood of the modern industrial economy"(Bryson 2004), there is too much money at stake for those who endorse water fluoridation . The lies of the benefits of water fluoridation will continue to be fed to the public, not to encourage health benefits to a large number of people, but to profit the military-industrial complex. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/bizzareweird/43055-the-fluoride-conspiracy-the-greatest-case-of-scientific-fraud-of-this-centuryThe history of forcing fluoride on humans through the fluoridation of drinking water... more
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Male house mice produce melodious songs to attract mates, not unlike many birds, according to new research. The ditties are too high-pitched for human hearing, but scientists at Vienna's University of Veterinary Medicine analyzed them and found they convey information about identity and kinship. The findings are published in the journal Physiology & Behavior and in the Journal of Ethology. http://www.freeturbine.com/index.php/news/artists-news/item/mice-sing-to-impress-the-girls-scientists-findMale house mice produce melodious songs to attract mates, not... more
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Fox News viewers are less informed than people who don't watch any news, according to a new poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
The study, which controlled for demographic factors like education and partisanship, found that "people who watch Fox News are 18-points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government" and "6-points less likely to know that Syrians have not yet overthrown their government" compared to those who watch no news.
Dan Cassino, a political science professor at Fairleigh Dickinson, explained in a statement, "Because of the controls for partisanship, we know these results are not just driven by Republicans or other groups being more likely to watch Fox News. Rather, the results show us that there is something about watching Fox News that leads people to do worse on these questions than those who don’t watch any news at all."
This isn't the first study that has found that Fox News viewers more misinformed in comparison to others. Last year, a study from the University of Maryland found that Fox News viewers were more likely to believe false information about politics.
http://tinyurl.com/73r22puFox News viewers are less informed than people who don't watch any news,... more
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The experiment helped to change John-Dylan Haynes's outlook on life. In 2007, Haynes, a neuroscientist at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Berlin, put people into a brain scanner in which a display screen flashed a succession of random letters1. He told them to press a button with either their right or left index fingers whenever they felt the urge, and to remember the letter that was showing on the screen when they made the decision. The experiment used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to reveal brain activity in real time as the volunteers chose to use their right or left hands. The results were quite a surprise.... http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/your-details/43008-neuroscience-vs-philosophyThe experiment helped to change John-Dylan Haynes's outlook on life. In 2007,... more
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According to a recent study by the University of Virginia, fast-paced cartoons like 'Spongebob Squarepants' can affect brain function for pre-schoolers.
The study used 60 children aged four years old and split into three groups; one watching part of Spongebob Squarepants, one watched a slow-paced cartoon called 'Caillou' and one with just drawing pictures. Interesting, since Spongebob is usually aimed at 6+.
Source: http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/09/12/spongebob-squarepants-today-virginia/According to a recent study by the University of Virginia, fast-paced cartoons like... more
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PICO, a revolutionary new Negative Pressure Wound Therapy device (NPWT) from Smith & Nephew is now available in Canada. PICO, is simple, effective and economical and it makes it easier to use NPWT for a wider range of patients in all care settings.PICO, a revolutionary new Negative Pressure Wound Therapy device (NPWT) from Smith... more
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A new poll found three percent of Americans watch porn at work on smart phones or desktop computers. Jimmy Dore and Ana Kasparian discuss. Jimmy discusses the difference between eighties porn and porn now.A new poll found three percent of Americans watch porn at work on smart phones or... more
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It may seem obvious to most of us, but now we have a study that says we are right.
Many economists and sociologists have warned of the social dangers of a wide gap between the richest and everyone else. Now, a new study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, adds a psychological reason to narrow the disparity – it makes people unhappy.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-income-disparity-people-unhappy.htmlIt may seem obvious to most of us, but now we have a study that says we are right.... more
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Project Icarus is a 21st century theoretical study of a mission to another star. Icarus aims to build on the work of the celebrated Daedalus project. Between the period 1973-1978 members of the BIS undertook a theoretical study of a flyby mission to Barnard's star 5.9 light years away. This was Project Daedalus and remains one of the most complete studies of an interstellar probe to date. The 54,000 ton two-stage vehicle was powered by inertial confinement fusion using electron beams to compress the D/He3 fusion capsules to ignition. It would obtain an eventual cruise velocity of 36,000km/s or 12% of light speed from over 700kN of thrust, burning at a specific impulse of 1 million seconds, reaching its destination in approximately 50 years. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/submit-an-article/42972-project-icarusProject Icarus is a 21st century theoretical study of a mission to another star.... more
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In a groundbreaking study, cognitive scientists at The Johns Hopkins University have confirmed a striking prediction of the controversial hypothesis that human beings are born with knowledge of certain syntactical rules that make learning human languages easier.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110513112256.htmIn a groundbreaking study, cognitive scientists at The Johns Hopkins University have... more
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By LARA SALAHI (@LaraSalahiABC)
April 22, 2011
Two new studies add to the growing evidence that birth control pills containing a newer type of progestin may put some women at higher risk for blood clots.
Both studies, published today in the British Medical Journal, found that women who took pills containing drospirenone -- which includes the brands Yasmin, Yaz and Ocella -- more than doubled their risk of nonfatal blood clots when compared with those who took pills containing levonorgestrel, an older form of progestin, included in the brands Levlite or Levlen.
But the overall risk for blood clots with any birth control pill -- whether it contains drospirenone or levonorgestrel -- remains low, said Dr. Lauren Streicher, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University.
"While there may be an increase in blood clots, it's important to keep in mind that the likelihood of developing a blood clot is so low in a low-risk population that a two- to three-fold increase may not translate to large absolute numbers," said Streicher.
Women who are pregnant are at higher risk for blood clots than women who are on the pill -- a blood clot occurs in one pregnant woman for every 1,000 to 1,500 pregnant women, while one in 3,000 women who take birth control pills experience some form of blood clot, according to the National Blood Clot Alliance.
Birth control pills contain a combination of estrogen and progestin, with progestin being the strongest agent in the contraceptive. Estrogen is added to offset some of the side effects of progestin. While previous studies found that estrogen increased some women's risk for blood clots, other studies suggested that, to a lesser degree, progestin could too.
But not all doctors are convinced.
Experts Say Birth Control Is Safe Overall
Dr. David Grimes, vice president of Family Health International, says he's not persuaded that either form of progestin -- drospirenone or levonorgestrel -- has been found to cause blood clots.
"These data are not credible. There's no biological basis on progestin causing blood clots," said Grimes. Grimes served as a member of the data safety monitoring committee at Bayer, which manufactures Yaz and Yasmin.
"They're barking up the wrong tree," he said.
Birth control pills are generally considered safe. But women who are obese, older than 35 and smoke, or who have a family history of blood clots, should not take oral contraceptives.
While the new studies published today make it difficult to determine the blood clot risk, doctors need to continue to inform their patients about any potential risk from any form of estrogen and progestin combination birth control pills, said Dr. Ricardo Azziz, a reproductive endocrinologist and researcher at Georgia Health Sciences University.
"It may be best to consider the data when choosing the first pill that a woman starts," said Azziz. Women respond to birth control pills differently. Some women experience weight gain, mood swings or spotting.
Birth control pills with drospirenone -- the newer progestin -- have been more frequently prescribed, because many women tolerate it better than the older progestin, said Streicher.
According to Azziz, women are more likely to continue taking the pill regularly if they find one that provides the least side effects or the best outcome.By LARA SALAHI (@LaraSalahiABC)
April 22, 2011
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(Reuters Life!) - Go ahead. Have that second cup of coffee -- or maybe even a third.
Despite previous concerns, downing lots of coffee doesn't seem to increase the risk of high blood pressure, says a U.S. study.
High blood pressure, or hypertension, has been linked to heart disease, stroke and a shorter life expectancy, and some scientists have suggested that coffee might fuel the problem.
But according to a report in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that pooled data from six previous studies, covering 170,000 people, this did not appear to be the case.
"The results suggest that habitual coffee consumption of more than 3 cups per day was not associated with an increased risk of hypertension compared with less than one cup per day," wrote Liwei Chen, from the Louisiana State University School of Public Health in New Orleans, who worked on the study.
But Chen added that more data would be needed in order to draw a firm conclusion, noting that the report "is not saying there's no risk" to drinking lots of java.
What's more, people who drank between one and three cups per day had a slightly higher risk of high blood pressure than those who drank less, a result the researchers couldn't explain.
The studies surveyed the participants to find out how many cups of coffee they drank each day, from less than one to more than five, and then followed them for up to 33 years.
Just more than one in five eventually developed high blood pressure, with the chance of being diagnosed with the condition no different for people who said they chugged more than five cups of coffee a day and those who drank very little.
"I don't think of coffee as a risk factor for high blood pressure," said Lawrence Krakoff, who studies high blood pressure at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and wasn't involved in the new study.
But "if people are drinking 12 cups a day and aren't sleeping, I assume that's an important issue."
The relationship between coffee drinking and blood pressure is complicated by the possibility that it doesn't work the same way for everyone, Chen said.
"People with a different genetic background may react to coffee differently," she said.
"For some people maybe it's safe to drink a lot of coffee, but not for other people."
(Reporting by Genevra Pittman at Reuters Health; editing by Elaine Lies)(Reuters Life!) - Go ahead. Have that second cup of coffee -- or maybe even a third.... more
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The Royal Wedding is generating unprecedented levels of buzz, concludes the Metaphorix® Royal Wedding Report out today from award winning independent research agency Conquest into how the populace really feels about Kate and Will and their upcoming wedding.The Royal Wedding is generating unprecedented levels of buzz, concludes the... more
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That's the mind-boggling concept at the heart of a theory that University at Buffalo physicist Dejan Stojkovic and colleagues proposed in 2010.
link :http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110420152059.htmThat's the mind-boggling concept at the heart of a theory that University at... more
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President Obama and House Republicans may have narrowly averted a government shutdown last weekend, but as the two sides prepare to engage in another round of intra-party feuding over budget proposals, a new study suggests that basic brain science might stand in the way of bipartisanship.
Using data from MRI scans, researchers at the University College London found that self-described liberals have a larger anterior cingulate cortex--a gray matter of the brain associated with understanding complexity. Meanwhile, self-described conservatives are more likely to have a larger amygdala, an almond-shaped area that is associated with fear and anxiety.
"Previously, some psychological traits were known to be predictive of an individual's political orientation," lead researcher Ryota Kanai writes of the study in the latest issue of Current Biology. "Our study now links personality traits with specific brain structure."
Observers will notice a familiar name on the report: Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth, who commissioned the report while serving as a guest host of the BBC Radio 4's Today program in London last year. (Neurological sources of stammering don't come into play.)
The study, which was conducted with the help of 90 young adult volunteers, comes on the heels of other research that linked political beliefs to genetic differences between liberals and conservatives. Last year, a joint study by the Harvard and the University of California, San Diego, found there might actually be a so-called "liberal gene" that influences political leanings.
While the London study does find distinct differences between Democrats and Republicans, its authors caution that more research needs to be done on the subject. One unknown is whether people are simply born with their political beliefs or if our brains adjust to life experiences--which is a possibility, Kanai writes.
"It's very unlikely that actual political orientation is directly encoded in these brain regions," he said in a statement accompanying the study. "More work is needed to determine how these brain structures mediate the formation of political attitude."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20110411/pl_yblog_theticket/will-president-obama-and-the-house-gop-ever-agree-science-suggests-noPresident Obama and House Republicans may have narrowly averted a government shutdown... more
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