China rounds up and puts its beggars in CAGES … so they couldn’t spoil the fun at town fair
Temple fair in Nanchang, Jiangxi place beggars in 'zoo-like' cages Ceiling of cages so low the 'inmates' are forced to sit If the beggars chose to leave they are banished…
Monica’s revenge: Lewinsky ‘to publish secret love letters to Clinton revealing his insatiable desire for threesomes and how he trashed Hillary’
Former White House intern, now 39, 'will detail encounters in new book' She 'will describe how he went on about his desire for threesomes' Clinton 'said he thought Hillary was…
Rising levels of ARSENIC in rice ‘could be toxic and pose cancer risk’ – and there are NO federal standards over how much is allowed in food
Inorganic arsenic - found in some pesticides and insecticides - can be toxic Arsenic is higher in rice than most other foods because it is grown in water on the …
France orders probe after study links genetically-modified corn to cancer
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 19, 2012 16:16 EDT Topics: gm ♦ Social Affairs Minister Marisol Touraine PARIS — France’s government on Wednesday asked a health watchdog to carry out…
State newspaper China Daily: That open war with Japan should be a last resort
China to cripple Japan with financial war over isles row? Published: 19 September, 2012, 15:19 A Chinese demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest against Japan's "nationalizing" of Diaoyu Islands, also…
Richest Americans’ net worth jumps to $1.7 trillion: 13% increase last year
By Dan BurnsPosted 2012/09/19 at 3:08 pm EDT NEW YORK, Sep. 19, 2012 (Reuters) — The net worth of the richest Americans grew by 13 percent in the past year…
UNC researchers find MSG use linked to obesity
Re-Post 2008 for Filing Contact: Patric Lane patric_lane@unc.edu 919-962-8596 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL – People who use monosodium glutamate, or MSG, as a flavor enhancer…
Survivors of 1918 flu pandemic protected with a lifetime immunity to virus
Contact: Mount Sinai Newsroom newsmedia@mssm.edu 212-241-9200 The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine New research has discovered that infection and natural exposure to the 1918 influenza virus…
The pandemic potential of H9N2 avian influenza viruses
Re-Post for Filing 2008 Contact: Beth Cavanaugh bcavana@umd.edu Public Library of Science Since their introduction into land-based birds in 1988, H9N2 avian influenza A viruses have caused multiple human infections…
Anemia of chronic disease: an adaptive response?
Re-Post for file 2008 Contact: Jennifer Paterson 613-798-5555 x19691 Canadian Medical Association Journal The anemia of chronic disease may be a beneficial, adaptive response to the underlying disease, rather than…
Pathogen that causes disease in cattle also associated with Crohn’s disease: Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis
For File 2008 Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology Research urgently needed to evaluate potential risks to humans People with Crohn's disease (CD) are seven-fold more likely…
Medical doctors who do research could be a dying breed
Re post 2008 Contact: Nick Birch nick@biologists.com 44-122-342-6164 The Company of Biologists Britain's training programs may be contributing to the 'lost tribe' of clinician-scientists -- medical doctors who also perform…
37th Health Research Report 19 AUG 2008 – Reconstruction
 Editors Top Five:  UNC researchers find MSG use linked to obesity Pathogen that causes disease in cattle also associated with Crohn's disease Anemia of chronic disease: an adaptive…
French team claim bestselling brand of GM ( Monsanto) corn caused tumours and multiple organ damage: GMO Proponents go into Damage Control
Fresh row over GM foods as French study claims rats fed the controversial crops suffered tumours French team claim bestselling brand of GM corn caused tumours and multiple organ damage…
Monsanto Roundup weedkiller and GM maize implicated in ‘shocking’ new cancer study: ” Mammary tumours, severe liver and kidney damage as early as four months”
19 Sep 2012 | By Elinor Zuke The world’s best-selling weedkiller, and a genetically modified maize resistant to it, can cause tumours, multiple organ damage and lead to premature death,…
For the first time more millionaires call Asia-Pacific, instead of North America, ‘home’
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 19, 2012 4:10 EDT Topics: Asia Pacific ♦ millionaires ♦ North America Asia-Pacific has overtaken North America as home to the most millionaires for the…
Massive worldwide slaughter of farm animals set to push food prices up 14 percent
By Rupert Neate, The Guardian Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:38 EDT Topics: farm animals ♦ food prices ♦ Rabobank Farmers who cannot afford feed ‘liquidating’ pig and cattle herds will…
French magazine publishes naked Prophet Mohammed cartoons
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 19, 2012 4:41 EDT Topics: charlie hebdo ♦ laurent fabius ♦ Prophet Mohammed cartoons A French satirical magazine published nude cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed…
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