http://www.sott.net Signs of the Times, featuring news and commentary on world events. Never wavering in our unending search for the light of truth in a pathocracy driven world! en-us Original content Copyright 2009 by Signs of the Times. For other content, see our Fair Use Policy at www.sott.net Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:57:08 -0500 http://www.sott.net/images/sottlogo_rss.jpg SOTT.net http://www.sott.net http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197404-The-Flu-Epidemic-All-Fatal-Ukraine-Cases-at-GISAID-Have-RBD-D225G-Mutation The patient data associated with the 10 Ukraine isolates sequenced by Mill Hill and deposited at GISAID has been updated with demographic information, suggesting that the samples were from 10 individuals and four of the samples were from deceased patients. These are the same four samples that have D225G (see list below). This association suggests that swine H1N1 with D225G is more aggressive and is cause for concern. As noted earlier, D225G has been appended onto multiple genetic backgrounds via recombination, and the data from Ukraine adds further support. Samples from Ternopil and Khmelnitsky (see updated map) have a regional marker that is found in swine but no other human isolates. This marker is on all 6 Termopil isolates, indicating it was an early acquisition, but only the two fatal cases have D225G indicating it was appended onto the Ternopil genetic background. However, it is also found in the two fatal cases from Lviv, which do not have the regional marker. Similarly, earlier isolates with D225G represent distinct genetic backgrounds with D225G. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197404-The-Flu-Epidemic-All-Fatal-Ukraine-Cases-at-GISAID-Have-RBD-D225G-Mutation Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:54:24 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197400-Norwegian-scientists-report-mutated-form-of-swine-flu Scientists in Norway announced Friday they had detected a mutated form of the swine flu virus in two patients who died of the flu and a third who was severely ill. In a statement, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health said the mutation "could possibly make the virus more prone to infect deeper in the airways and thus cause more severe disease," such as pneumonia. The institute said there was no indication that the mutation would hinder the ability of the vaccine to protect people from becoming infected or impair the effectiveness of antiviral drugs in treating people who became infected. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197400-Norwegian-scientists-report-mutated-form-of-swine-flu Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:25:24 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197393-Study-Uses-Brain-Scans-to-Discover-How-Children-Read-Faces Oxford University scientists are using brain-scanning technology to understand how we learn to recognize and 'read' faces as children. The research will also investigate whether there are any differences in the way people with autism spectrum disorders respond to seeing faces. 'Faces are really very similar in their basic features, but we are very good at recognizing different faces instantly. The brain has to be very specialized to be able to do this quickly and accurately,' says Dr Jennifer Swettenham, who is leading the study. The ability to recognize faces is very important for communication and socializing. We need to be able to recognize people's facial features, and also understand their emotions, respond to where they are looking, and many other signs and indications. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197393-Study-Uses-Brain-Scans-to-Discover-How-Children-Read-Faces Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:44:04 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197386-World-s-largest-aspartame-maker-Ajinomoto-is-trying-to-rename-it-Aminosweet- If you have read any of my articles at OpEdNews over the past two years, or any by the many physicians who have also written articles and letters to the FDA commissioner, you will recognize what a bunch of stupid gobbledegook appears below. These critics of aspartame include Neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, Internist H.J. Roberts, Psychiatrist Ralph Walton, and Pediatrician Kenneth Stoller, all medical doctors. This new press release is one of the dumbest things I have ever read, but no surprise: aspartame is at the heart of the many reasons that Americans have gotten dumber, after decades of the "dumbing down" processes.... http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197386-World-s-largest-aspartame-maker-Ajinomoto-is-trying-to-rename-it-Aminosweet- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:03:59 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197377-Mathematical-Abilities-Examined-in-Children-with-Fetal-Alcohol-Spectrum-Disorder Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) have a number of cognitive deficits, but mathematical ability seems particularly damaged. Little is known about the brain structures related to mathematical deficits in children with FASD. A new study that used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to investigate the relationship between mathematical skills and brain white matter structure in children with FASD supports the importance of the left parietal area for mathematical tasks. Results will be published in the February 2010 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. "Children with FASD have learning difficulties with reading, memory, executive functioning, attention, and mathematics," said Christian Beaulieu, associate professor in the department of biomedical engineering at the University of Alberta and senior author for the study. "Specific deficits in mathematics exist even when their global deficits are taken into account," added Claire D. Coles, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Emory University School of Medicine. "Children with FASD are similar in their presentation to children with nonverbal learning disabilities, which are sometimes associated with visual/spatial deficits and math deficits; one of the factors thought to produce these effects is deficits in white matter integrity." http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197377-Mathematical-Abilities-Examined-in-Children-with-Fetal-Alcohol-Spectrum-Disorder Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:09:27 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197369-Sounds-Can-Penetrate-Deep-Sleep-and-Enhance-Associated-Memories-Upon-Waking They were in a deep sleep, yet sounds, such as a teakettle whistle and a cat's meow, somehow penetrated their slumber. The 25 sounds presented during the nap were reminders of earlier spatial learning, though the Northwestern University research participants were unaware of the sounds as they slept. Yet, upon waking, memory tests showed that spatial memories had changed. The participants were more accurate in dragging an object to the correct location on a computer screen for the 25 images whose corresponding sounds were presented during sleep (such as a muffled explosion for a photo of dynamite) than for another 25 matched objects. "The research strongly suggests that we don't shut down our minds during deep sleep," said John Rudoy, lead author of the study and a neuroscience Ph.D. student at Northwestern. "Rather this is an important time for consolidating memories." http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197369-Sounds-Can-Penetrate-Deep-Sleep-and-Enhance-Associated-Memories-Upon-Waking Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:31:08 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197368-New-Cause-of-Osteoporosis-Mutation-in-a-miroRNA Many biological processes are controlled by small molecules known as microRNAs, which work by suppressing the expression of specific sets of genes. Xiang-Hang Luo and colleagues, at Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, People's Republic of China, have now identified a previously unknown microRNA (miR-2861) as crucial to bone maintenance in mice and humans. Of clinical importance, expression of functional miR-2861 was absent in two related adolescents with primary osteoporosis. Several lines of evidence determined the key role of miR-2861 in maintaining bone. First, miR-2861 promoted the in vitro development of a mouse stromal cell line into the cells responsible for bone formation. Second, in mice, in vivo silencing of miR-2861 inhibited bone formation and decreased bone mass. Last, analysis of ten patients with primary osteoporosis revealed two related adolescents in whom disease was caused by a mutation in the miR-2861 precursor (pre-miR-2861) that blocked expression of miR-2861. These data led the authors to conclude that miR-2861 has an important role in controlling the generation of the cells responsible for bone formation and that defects in the processing of its precursor can cause osteoporosis. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197368-New-Cause-of-Osteoporosis-Mutation-in-a-miroRNA Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:28:05 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197366-Ancestry-Attracts-but-Love-Is-Blind People preferentially marry those with similar ancestry, but their decisions are not necessarily based on hair, eye or skin colour. Research, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology, shows that Mexicans mate according to proportions of Native American to European ancestry, while Puerto Ricans are more likely to settle down with someone carrying a similar mix of African and European genes. Neil Risch, from the University of California, San Francisco, worked with a team of researchers to study the effects of ancestry on partner choice in Mexicans and Puerto Ricans living in their own countries or in the USA. The subjects came from The Genetics of Asthma in Latino Americans (GALA) study, conducted by Risch's UCSF colleague, Esteban Gonzalez Burchard. Risch said, "Latin America provides a unique opportunity to study population structure and non-random mating, due to the historical confluence of European, Native American and African racial groups over the past five centuries. We found that assortative mating, that is partner choice based on a shared ancestry, is very common in these populations." Quite how our DNA influences our desires remains mysterious. Risch and his colleagues did not find that geography or socio-economic status could explain the ancestral influence on romance, and factors like hair, eye and skin colour individually only had a minor role. According to Burchard, "Certainly physical characteristics, such as skin pigment, hair texture, eye color, and other physical features are correlated with ancestry and are likely to be factors in mate selection. However, the spouse correlation for these traits and the correlation of these traits with ancestry were actually below what would be required to fully explain the phenomenon." http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197366-Ancestry-Attracts-but-Love-Is-Blind Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:15:10 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197363-Aspirin-Kills-400-More-People-than-H1N1-Swine-Flu The CDC now reports that nearly 4,000 Americans have been killed by H1N1 swine flu. This number is supposed to sound big and scary, motivating millions of people to go out and pay good money to be injected with untested, unproven H1N1 vaccines. But let's put the number in perspective: Did you know that more than four times as many people are killed each year by common NSAID painkillers like aspirin? The July 1998 issue of The American Journal of Medicine explains it as follows: "Conservative calculations estimate that approximately 107,000 patients are hospitalized annually for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)-related gastrointestinal (GI) complications and at least 16,500 NSAID-related deaths occur each year among arthritis patients alone." (Singh Gurkirpal, MD, "Recent Considerations in Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Gastropathy", The American Journal of Medicine, July 27, 1998, p. 31S) So for every person the CDC claims was killed by H1N1 swine flu this year, common painkillers like aspirin have killed four! Yet you don't see the CDC, FDA, WHO or mainstream media running around screaming about the extreme dangers of aspirin, do you? All those deaths apparently don't matter. Only swine flu deaths lead to hysteria. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197363-Aspirin-Kills-400-More-People-than-H1N1-Swine-Flu Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:05:03 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197362-Braking-News-Particles-from-Car-Brakes-Harm-Lung-Cells Real-life particles released by car brake pads can harm lung cells in vitro. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Particle and Fibre Toxicology found that heavy braking, as in an emergency stop, caused the most damage, but normal breaking and even close proximity to a disengaged brake resulted in potentially dangerous cellular stress. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser and Peter Gehr from the University of Bern, Switzerland, and Michael Riediker from the Institute for Work and Health, Lausanne, Switzerland, worked with a team of researchers to study the effects of brake particles on cultured lung cells placed in a chamber close to the axle of a car. They said, "Brake wear contributes up to 20% of total traffic emissions, but the health effects of brake particles remain largely unstudied. We've found that the metals in brake wear particles can damage junctions between cells by a mechanism involving oxidative stress". http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197362-Braking-News-Particles-from-Car-Brakes-Harm-Lung-Cells Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:59:34 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197349-Psychiatrist-Dr-Michael-Reinstein-received-nearly-500-000-to-promote-dangerous-anti-psychotics Company paid him to promote Seroquel despite misgivings about his research Executives inside pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca faced a high-stakes dilemma. On one hand, Chicago psychiatrist Dr. Michael Reinstein was bringing the company a small fortune in sales and was conducting research that made one of its most promising drugs look spectacular. On the other, some worried that his research findings might be too good to be true. As Reinstein grew irritated with what he perceived as the company's slights, a top executive outlined the scenario in an e-mail to colleagues. "If he is in fact worth half a billion dollars to (AstraZeneca)," the company's U.S. sales chief wrote in 2001, "we need to put him in a different category." To avoid scaring Reinstein away, he said, the firm should answer "his every query and satisfy any of his quirky behaviors." Putting aside its concerns, AstraZeneca would continue its relationship with Reinstein, paying him $490,000 over a decade to travel the nation promoting its best-selling antipsychotic drug, Seroquel. In return, Reinstein provided the company a vast customer base: thousands of mentally ill residents in Chicago-area nursing homes. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197349-Psychiatrist-Dr-Michael-Reinstein-received-nearly-500-000-to-promote-dangerous-anti-psychotics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:18:22 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197330-WTF-Obama-Get-Big-Ag-Players-Out-of-Government- The fact that there's a revolving door between government and industry will come as news to no one. What is surprising (though hardly, says the cynical devil on my shoulder) is that President Obama continues to spin it around. What ever happened to "No political appointees in an Obama-Biden administration will be permitted to work on regulations or contracts directly and substantially related to their prior employer for two years" (as stated in Obama's ethics rules)? Whatever happened to "We'll tell ConAgra that it's not the Department of Agribusiness. It's the Department of Agriculture. We're going to put the people's interests ahead of the special interests" (speech to the Iowa Farmers Union, November 2007)? http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197330-WTF-Obama-Get-Big-Ag-Players-Out-of-Government- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:33:07 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197329-US-Monsanto-Lawyer-Hired-by-FDA-as-Key-Advisor Washington, D.C. - After Barack Obama said that he will not employ lobbyists in the government the FDA (which is part of the government in the US) employs a Monsanto Lawyer that is responsible for much of the genetically [modified] milk being consumed in the US. Michael Taylor former employee of Monsanto now takes the top job of advising Margaret Hamburg. She is the commissioner of food and drugs in the US. It does not just stop there, we know that the US wants to outlaw vitamins and nutrition from food, if I have it correctly they are already labeled as toxins and this guy called Michael Taylor will also work as the DA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, the Center for Veterinary Medicine, the Office of Regulatory Affairs, Congress and the White House. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197329-US-Monsanto-Lawyer-Hired-by-FDA-as-Key-Advisor Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:14:17 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197312-Yoga-Helps-Even-Little-Ones-Channel-Energy-Emotion Decatur, Georgia -- Gigi reaches up into her sun salutation. She steps back into her high lunge and kicks her legs straight into plank pose, a push-up she holds without wobbling for 10 seconds before looking up impatiently at her yoga teacher. It's close to 6 p.m. She's had a long day. She collapses on her mat, rolls on her back and closes her eyes. And then sends one finger digging up her nose. What? C'mon, she's only 5. This is yoga for kids. Once an oddity reserved for only the crunchiest communities, downward dog for the grade-school set is now being taught in studios from Minnetonka, Minnesota, to Moscow, Russia. And educators, including Chicago's Namaste School, which serves mostly poor kids who speak a language other than English, are turning to yoga to connect with a generation that many say has been dismissed as deficit this or hyperactive that. At Decatur Yoga and Pilates studio, just outside Atlanta, Georgia, Dylan Laakmann, sits quietly next to his mother. The lanky 12-year-old whose fashionably long hair hangs in his face, describes himself as a "downer" before he started taking yoga two years ago. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197312-Yoga-Helps-Even-Little-Ones-Channel-Energy-Emotion Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:21:33 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197298-Swine-Flu-Deception-and-Disinformation-Exposed There has been a flurry of contradictory swine flu events reported here and from Ukraine this early fall. These coincided with a CBS news program releasing information that very few reported swine cases actually tested positive for H1N1. CBS's state by state survey discovered that less than 5 percent of flu cases reported in most American states were confirmed as H1N1. In most states less than half the reported cases were not even a flu of any type! The CDC and WHO conveniently canceled the need for laboratory swine flu confirmations in mid-summer 2009. That makes it easier to pump up the statistics, doesn't it? Back Ground Details Since the WHO this year changed the criteria for declaring a pandemic from worldwide high mortality rates to infections only, it's easier to claim a pandemic with the Swine Flu. Connect these dots: Swine Flu is actually less severe than a normal seasonal flu. But it is highly contagious! So why bother with this rule juggling to make it easy to categorize a spreading flu as a pandemic? Once the stage 6 pandemic level is called, and it has been, the WHO via the United Nations becomes a medical dictator by international law to almost 200 member nations. And over the past few years, laws have been arranged to exclude Big Pharma and governments from being financially liable for vaccine related injuries and deaths during a pandemic. A license to kill? http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197298-Swine-Flu-Deception-and-Disinformation-Exposed Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:54:20 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197287-Pushing-the-Brain-to-Find-New-Pathways Until recently, scientists believed that, following a stroke, a patient had about six months to regain any lost function. After that, patients would be forced to compensate for the lost function by focusing on their remaining abilities. Although this belief has been refuted, a University of Missouri occupational therapy professor believes that the current health system is still not giving patients enough time to recover and underestimating what the human brain can do given the right conditions. In a recent article for OT Practice Magazine, Guy McCormack, clinical professor and chair of the occupational therapy and occupational science department at the MU School of Health Professions, argues that health practitioners believe their clients need more time and motivation to reclaim lost functions, such as the use of an arm, hand or leg. With today's therapies, it is possible for patients to regain more function than ever thought possible, McCormack said. "Patients are able to regain function due to the principle of neuroplasticity, or the brain's ability to change, especially when patients continue therapy long after their injuries," McCormack said. "Therapists once believed the brain doesn't develop new neurons; but, now they know neurons change their shape and create new branches to connect with other neurons, rewiring the brain following an injury or trauma." http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197287-Pushing-the-Brain-to-Find-New-Pathways Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:14:25 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197270-Big-Pharma-pushing-vaccine-against-smoking Smokers may soon be able to break their habit with an injectable vaccine that prevents nicotine in tobacco entering the brain, where it creates a highly addictive sensation of pleasure. The NicVAX vaccine moved closer to the market on Monday after a deal between GlaxoSmithKline and the US biotech company Nabi Pharmaceuticals, which developed the product. GSK will pay $40m (£24m) up front and as much as $500m in the future to Nabi at a time of growing concern over the heavy burden of tobacco-related diseases as one of the leading preventable causes of death worldwide. The product potentially opens a new front in the tobacco wars, with most existing so-called smoking cessation products and methods failing to prevent many people from returning to their tobacco habits. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197270-Big-Pharma-pushing-vaccine-against-smoking Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:08:39 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197222-Children-left-vulnerable-by-therapy-culture The rise of a celebrity-fuelled "therapy culture" is damaging a generation of children, according to new book. An increase in reality TV programmes, self-help guides and confessional autobiographies is leaving young people feeling increasingly "vulnerable" and unable to cope with normal pressure, it was claimed. Kathryn Ecclestone, professor of education at Birmingham University, said the trend had been driven by New Labour which had "responded to popular concerns about emotional vulnerability and unhappiness" by rewriting the way education is delivered in schools, colleges and universities. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197222-Children-left-vulnerable-by-therapy-culture Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:05:52 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197220-Atrocious-diet-leads-to-behavioural-problems-atrocious-drugs-make-them-worse Growing numbers of parents are turning to drugs for a "quick fix" solution to their children's mental disorders, figures show. Sami Timimi, consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist in the NHS and a visiting professor at Lincoln University, said the trend underlined the "McDonaldisation" of childhood mental health. He said that, like fast food, the medical industry fed on "peoples' desire for instant satisfaction and a quick fix". More children were taking medication to deal with emotional difficulties, anxiety, eating disorders and behavioural problems with little evidence of improvements, he said. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197220-Atrocious-diet-leads-to-behavioural-problems-atrocious-drugs-make-them-worse Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:00:55 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197218-Children-Turned-into-Mini-Adults- Children are being treated as "mini-adults" by society, according to an academic. Richard House, from Roehampton University's Research Centre for Therapeutic Education, criticised the Government's "nappy curriculum" for under-fives. Under the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework, children are supposed to hit 69 learning targets by the time they start full-time education. But Dr House, who co-edited the book Childhood, Wellbeing and a Therapeutic Ethos, said it was "robbing children more and more of their right to a childhood relatively free of adult anxieties, preoccupations, and intrusions". Biddy Youell, head of child psychotherapy at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, said that children's development could be stunted unless they were given the opportunity to play and be playful at an early age. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197218-Children-Turned-into-Mini-Adults- Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:35:22 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197207-Study-Vitamin-D-linked-to-heart-health Research from a new study reaffirms the importance of proper vitamin D levels to a healthy heart. Researchers at Intermountain Medical Center in Utah found that low levels of vitamin D significantly increase the risk for stroke, heart disease and death. The study followed 27,686 people age 50 and older with no history of cardiovascular disease. The participants were divided into three groups based on their vitamin D levels of normal, low or very low. After just a year, those with very low levels were 77 percent more likely to die, 45 percent more likely to develop coronary artery disease and 78 percent more likely to have a stroke compared to those with normal vitamin D levels. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197207-Study-Vitamin-D-linked-to-heart-health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:39:11 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197206-US-Study-Finds-Uninsured-Trauma-Patients-Much-More-Likely-To-Die-In-ER A new study shows that trauma patients without health insurance are twice as likely to die in the hospital as those with insurance, according to the Associated Press. Doctors and health experts, who thought emergency room treatment was fair and unprejudiced, were shocked to hear the news from the Harvard University researchers. "This is another drop in a sea of evidence that the uninsured fare much worse in their health in the United States," said senior author Dr. Atul Gawande, a Harvard surgeon and medical journalist. Published in the November issue of Archives of Surgery, the study is just in time to add fuel to the debate in Congress over extending health insurance coverage to the millions of uninsured in America. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197206-US-Study-Finds-Uninsured-Trauma-Patients-Much-More-Likely-To-Die-In-ER Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:36:36 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197195-Meditation-cuts-risk-of-heart-attack-by-half- Meditation is good for the body as well as the mind, scientists have discovered, as the practice significantly reduces the risk of a heart attack for people with heart disease. Patients with heart disease who practised Transcendental Meditation cut their chances of a heart attack, stroke and death by half, compared with non-meditating patients, the first study of its kind has found. Stress is a major factor in heart disease and meditation experts say the technique can help control it. Transcendental Meditation, practised by the Beatles and based on an ancient tradition of enlightenment in India, involves sitting quietly and concentrating to focus the mind inwards by silently repeating a mantra. The practice is said to induce inner peace by allowing thoughts to flow in and out of the mind. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197195-Meditation-cuts-risk-of-heart-attack-by-half- Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:31:26 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197181-Researchers-Examine-How-Viruses-Destroy-Bacteria Viruses are well known for attacking humans and animals, but some viruses instead attack bacteria. Texas A&M University researchers are exploring how hungry viruses, armed with transformer-like weapons, attack bacteria, which may aid in the treatment of bacterial infections. The Texas A&M researchers' work is published in the renowned journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. The attackers are called phages, or bacteriophages, meaning eaters of bacteria. The word bacteriophage is derived from the Greek phagein, meaning eater of bacteria. "The phages first attach to the bacteria and then inject their DNA," says Sun Qingan, coauthor of the article and a doctoral student at Texas A&M. "Then they reproduce inside the cell cytoplasm." http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197181-Researchers-Examine-How-Viruses-Destroy-Bacteria Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:19:39 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197178-Split-Second-Decision-Making-Negatively-Affected-by-Sleep-Deprivation Sleep deprivation adversely affects automatic, accurate responses and can lead to potentially devastating errors, a finding of particular concern among firefighters, police officers, soldiers and others who work in a sleep-deprived state, University of Texas at Austin researchers say. Psychology professors Todd Maddox and David Schnyer found moderate sleep deprivation causes some people to shift from a faster and more accurate process of information categorization (information-integration) to a more controlled, explicit process (rule-based), resulting in negative effects on performance. The researchers examined sleep deprivation effects on information-integration, a cognitive operation that relies heavily on implicit split-second, gut-feeling decisions. "It's important to understand this domain of procedural learning because information-integration - the fast and accurate strategy - is critical in situations when solders need to make split-second decisions about whether a potential target is an enemy soldier, a civilian or one of their own," Maddox said. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197178-Split-Second-Decision-Making-Negatively-Affected-by-Sleep-Deprivation Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:08:00 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197175-A-Parable-on-the-National-School-Lunch-Program Not long ago or far away, there was a great and mighty kingdom that was the envy of all other kingdoms in the world. The kingdom was home to two groups of people, the Big People and the Little People. The Big People had many jobs and responsibilities, but foremost among these was their unalterable duty to care for the well being of the Little People above all else. The Little People had only one responsibility, to follow the advice of the Big People so that they, too, could grow up to be Big. For many, many years, the Big People diligently watched over the Little People and looked out for their interests, while the Little People followed their examples and grew strong. The kingdom thrived and prospered. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197175-A-Parable-on-the-National-School-Lunch-Program Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:51:22 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197172-Antifibrotic-Effects-of-Green-Tea Several studies have shown that lipid peroxidation stimulates collagen production in fibroblasts and hepatic stellate cells (HSC), and plays an important role in the development of liver fibrosis. Hepatoprotective effects of green tea against carbon tetrachloride, cholestasis and alcohol induced liver fibrosis were reported in many studies. However, the hepatoprotective effect of green tea in dimethylnitrosamine (DMN)-induced models has not been studied. A research article published on November 7, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this question. The research team, led by Prof. Hong-Yon Cho from Korea University examined the protective effect of green tea extract (GT) on hepatic fibrosis in a rat HSC line and in a rat model of DMN-induced hepatic fibrosis. The results showed GT administration prevented the development of hepatic fibrosis in the rat model of DMN-induced liver fibrosis. These results were confirmed both by liver histology and by quantitative measurement of hepatic hydroxyproline content, a marker of liver collagen deposition. Accordingly, inhibition of proliferation, reduced collagen deposition, and type 1 collagen expression were observed in activated HSC-T6 cells following GT treatment. These results imply that GT reduced the proliferation of activated HSC and down regulated the collagen content and expression of collagen type 1, thereby ameliorating hepatic fibrosis. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197172-Antifibrotic-Effects-of-Green-Tea Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:37:14 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197171-Immune-System-Activated-in-Schizophrenia Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered that patients with recent-onset schizophrenia have higher levels of inflammatory substances in their brains. Their findings offer hope of being able to treat schizophrenia with drugs that affect the immune system. The causes of schizophrenia are largely unknown, and this hinders the development of effective treatments. One theory is that infections caught early on in life might increase the risk of developing schizophrenia, but to date any direct evidence of this has not been forthcoming. Scientists at Karolinska Institutet have now been able to analyse inflammatory substances in the spinal fluid of patients with schizophrenia, instead of, as in previous studies, in the blood. The results show that patients with recent-onset schizophrenia have raised levels of a signal substance called interleukin-1beta, which can be released in the presence of inflammation. In the healthy control patients, this substance was barely measurable. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197171-Immune-System-Activated-in-Schizophrenia Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:34:55 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197167-Your-Own-Stem-Cells-Can-Treat-Heart-Disease-Study-Suggests The largest national stem cell study for heart disease showed the first evidence that transplanting a potent form of adult stem cells into the heart muscle of subjects with severe angina results in less pain and an improved ability to walk. The transplant subjects also experienced fewer deaths than those who didn't receive stem cells. In the 12-month Phase II, double-blind trial, subjects' own purified stem cells, called CD34+ cells, were injected into their hearts in an effort to spur the growth of small blood vessels that make up the microcirculation of the heart muscle. Researchers believe the loss of these blood vessels contributes to the pain of chronic, severe angina. "This is the first study to show significant benefit in pain reduction and improved exercise capacity in this population with very advanced heart disease," said principal investigator Douglas Losordo, M.D., the Eileen M. Foell Professor of Heart Research at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a cardiologist and director of the program in cardiovascular regenerative medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the lead site of the study. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197167-Your-Own-Stem-Cells-Can-Treat-Heart-Disease-Study-Suggests Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:19:39 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197151-Flu-Viruses-and-Vitamin-C-Megadoses-A-Personal-Statement Like most Americans, throughout most of my life I have occasionally been down with a virus. But for a long time, a simple cold for me started as a headache, sore throat and congestion in my nasal passages, and typically progressed to prolonged infection in my lungs, and a terrible cough. The whole experience took up to two weeks for recovery from the virus, and several more weeks for my lungs to recover. In his book Vitamin C and the Common Cold (1), Linus Pauling explained that vitamin C, taken at the proper dose, can prevent a virus from taking hold in the body. This pioneering book, written back in 1970, was ignored by many doctors but was well-received by the public. One chemistry professor told me that he had heard of Pauling's book and the vitamin C therapy but didn't think taking a big dose of an acid, even a mild one like ascorbic acid, would be good for the body. As for me, I imagined Pauling was probably correct about the details he had researched, because he was a renowned scientist and knew much more than most about biochemistry. Perhaps, I thought, he had simply gotten some of the medical details wrong or had missed some of the important studies about the effects of vitamins. But I started taking 1,000 mg of vitamin C every day and kept this up for several decades. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197151-Flu-Viruses-and-Vitamin-C-Megadoses-A-Personal-Statement Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:45:51 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197146-Poisoned-Profits-makes-case-against-chemical-companies Despite President Bush's claims that we have "the best health care system in the world," nearly one of every three children in the United States struggles with some form of chronic disease. To those unfamiliar with the near-crisis situation faced by the country's youth, the roll call reads like a report from a Third World nation: with 2.5 million born with birth defects; 310,000 poisoned by lead; 6 million with asthma, and 12 million with developmental disorders like autism or attention deficit hyperactivity. Perhaps most disconcerting, childhood cancer has increased more than 67 percent from 1950 to 2001. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197146-Poisoned-Profits-makes-case-against-chemical-companies Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:16:50 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197125-Fearless-3-Year-Olds-Might-Be-Tomorrow-s-Criminals Children who are fearless at 3 years of age might just be poised for a life of crime. According to a new study, poor fear conditioning at the tender age of 3 can predispose that person to break the law as an adult. Yet other factors, such as education of the parents, large family size, nutrition, physical activity, configuration of the household and other elements also play a role, the researchers concluded. "There's no 100 percent correspondence between conditioning deficits and crime: Not all poor conditioners will become criminals and not all criminals have the early fear conditioning deficits," explained study author Yu Gao, a research associate in the department of criminology at the University of Pennsylvania. His findings are published in the Nov. 16 online issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197125-Fearless-3-Year-Olds-Might-Be-Tomorrow-s-Criminals Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:03:12 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197124-Foodborne-Illness-Impact-Hard-to-Assess Foodborne illness is under reported, has inadequate follow-up and a lack of research making its impact difficult to assess, a U.S. non-profit group says. The report by the The Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention documents what is known about the long-term health outcomes associated with several foodborne illnesses. "Foodborne illness is a serious public health issue in the 21st century," report author Tanya Roberts, chairwoman of the center's board of directors, said in a statement. "But the vast majority of these illnesses are never reported to public health agencies, leaving us with many unanswered questions about the impact that foodborne illness is having on different populations, particularly young children and the elderly." http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197124-Foodborne-Illness-Impact-Hard-to-Assess Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:39:52 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197123-The-CDC-says-Teen-girls-have-the-highest-STD-rate Atlanta -- More than 400,000 U.S. teen girls ages 15-19 were infected with the sexually transmitted diseases of chlamydia and gonorrhea in 2008, health officials say. The annual report on sexually transmitted diseases released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta Monday found more than 1.5 million cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea were reported last year. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197123-The-CDC-says-Teen-girls-have-the-highest-STD-rate Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:28:15 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197109-Phthalate-Warning-Medications-Contain-Chemicals-that-Feminize-Unborn-Baby-Boys In a bombshell finding that has far-reaching implications for society and culture, scientists at the University of Rochester have found that phthalates -- the chemical found in many vinyl and plastic products -- tends to "feminize" boys, altering their brains to express more feminine characteristics. The study has been published in the Journal of Andrology. Phthalates are found in vinyl products (including vinyl flooring), PVC shower curtains, plastic furniture and even in the plastic coating of the insides of dishwashing machines. The feminization process happens during pregnancy when phthalate exposure causes hormone disruptions in the unborn baby. This chemical feminizes males by disrupting the action of the hormone testosterone. In this recent study, researchers found a strong correlation between the types of toys that male children play with and the level of phthalates found in their mothers when they were pregnant. Researchers discovered that boys exposed to high levels of phthalates in the womb tend to avoid playing with cars, trains or toy guns. They also avoided rough play, instead preferring more feminine toys and activities. (Barbie?) http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197109-Phthalate-Warning-Medications-Contain-Chemicals-that-Feminize-Unborn-Baby-Boys Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:42:11 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197105-Cancer-Screening-is-Essentially-Useless-Experts-Finally-Begin-Questioning-Sanity-of-Routine-Screening- Cancer experts are expressing increasing concern over the explosion of campaigns urging people to get regularly screened for a wide variety of cancers, warning that such programs may do more harm than good. "It is a real problem," said Otis W. Brawley of the American Cancer Society. "They are doing things that might actually harm the people they want to help." Brawley made his comments about supporters of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Shultz's bill that would mandate an education program to promote breast cancer self-screening among young women. But the comments could just as easily apply to supporters of the American Urological Association's ad campaign urging prostate cancer screening, or the Light of Life Foundation's ads promoting screening for thyroid cancer. There are now campaigns to promote regular screening for nearly every variety of cancer, based on the widespread popular belief that early detection of cancer is important in saving lives. Yet experts note that for the vast majority of cancers, there is little support for this belief. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197105-Cancer-Screening-is-Essentially-Useless-Experts-Finally-Begin-Questioning-Sanity-of-Routine-Screening- Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:31:25 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197104-Vaccines-and-Pregnancy-Do-Not-Mix From an internet forum: "I got both vaccines [seasonal and swine flu] on Thursday. I was 9 weeks pregnant. I miscarried on Sunday. I was told by several doctors to get these vaccines. Now I wish I followed my gut feeling and not get them at ALL!" This is not an isolated case. Here's another report: "I feel like I had a healthy baby and I caused this by getting the H1N1 vaccine. My doctors pushed it. I researched online and there have been many miscarriages after the H1N1 vaccine but they haven't been reported since it is hard to say what caused the miscarriages." She researched online, the only source reporting vaccination tragedies throughout the world. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197104-Vaccines-and-Pregnancy-Do-Not-Mix Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:28:56 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197103-Genetic-Variation-Linked-to-Individual-Empathy-Stress-Levels Researchers have discovered a genetic variation that may contribute to how empathetic a human is, and how that person reacts to stress. In the first study of its kind, a variation in the hormone/neurotransmitter oxytocin's receptor was linked to a person's ability to infer the mental state of others. Interestingly, this same genetic variation also related to stress reactivity. These findings could have a significant impact in adding to the body of knowledge about the importance of oxytocin, and its link to conditions such as autism and unhealthy levels of stress. Sarina Rodrigues, an assistant professor of psychology at Oregon State University, and Laura Saslow, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, published their findings in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197103-Genetic-Variation-Linked-to-Individual-Empathy-Stress-Levels Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:20:50 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197102-Are-Teenagers-Wired-Differently-from-Adults- Parents have long suspected that the brains of their teenagers function differently from those of adults. With the advent of magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, we have begun to appreciate how the brain continues to develop structurally through adolescence and on into adulthood. High emotionality is a characteristic of adolescents and researchers are trying to understand how 'emotional areas' of the brain differ between adults and adolescents. Scientists from the National Institute of Mental Health, publishing in the November 15th issue of Elsevier's Biological Psychiatry, have helped to advance our understanding. They studied the amygdala, the major emotional center in the brain, which undergoes structural reorganization during adolescence. To do so, they examined emotional learning in both juvenile and adult mice. "Our work on the amygdala revealed that the neuronal pathways that carry sensory information to the amygdala directly, bypassing cortex, are more plastic in the juvenile than in adult mice," explained senior author Alexei Morozov, PhD. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197102-Are-Teenagers-Wired-Differently-from-Adults- Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:17:29 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197101-Monetary-Gain-and-High-Risk-Tactics-Stimulate-Activity-in-the-Brain Monetary gain stimulates activity in the brain. Even the mere possibility of receiving a reward is known to activate an area of the brain called the striatum. A team of Japanese researchers report in the January 2010 issue of Cortex, published by Elsevier, the results of a study in which they measured striatum activation in volunteers performing a monetary task and found high-risk/high-gain options to cause higher levels of activation than more conservative options. They also found levels of activation to increase with the amount of money owned. Dr. Tadashi Ino and colleagues, from the Department of Neurology at the Rakuwakai-Otowa Hospital and the Research Center for Nano Medical Engineering at Kyoto University, used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study hemodynamic changes in the brains of 17 healthy volunteers performing a monetary task. The volunteers were given an initial stock of money and then required repetitively to press one of two buttons, which resulted in either an increase or decrease of the money stock, depending on whether their choice agreed or disagreed with a number that appeared randomly after the button had been pressed. One button was a low-risk option and the other involved high-risk, so that more money was gained or lost when choosing the high-risk option. The volunteers were also able to keep track of the total money stock throughout the task. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197101-Monetary-Gain-and-High-Risk-Tactics-Stimulate-Activity-in-the-Brain Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:13:24 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197096-Fluoridation-Increases-Infant-Death-Rates Fluoridation causes more premature births, one of the top causes of infant death in the USA. It poses the greatest risk to poor non-white mothers and babies. This is the finding State University of New York researchers from data spanning 1993 to 2002. Research in Chile in the 1970s also showed fluoridation caused an increase in infant death rates. Chile stopped fluoridation as a result. A baby born at least 3 weeks early is classified as premature - accounting for about 12 percent of US births. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197096-Fluoridation-Increases-Infant-Death-Rates Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:42:03 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197089-What-the-Inventor-of-the-Flu-Shot-NOW-Thinks-of-the-Vaccine- President Obama and his top health officials are engaging in a major public relations effort to divert attention away from whether its swine flu vaccine is effective and safe by focusing attention on whether there is enough of it to go around. And the media is cooperating fully. Increasing numbers of scientists and doctors are issuing harsh criticisms of the government's plan to vaccinate virtually the entire U.S. population with a poorly tested vaccine that is not only ineffective against swine flu, but could cripple and even kill many more people than it helps. The CDC's public relations campaign has been running "scare" ads that portray swine flu as a full-blown "pandemic" responsible for snuffing out countless lives. But scientists and health officials throughout the world have called the governments claims unjustified and deliberately misleading. Global Research, October 29, 2009 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197089-What-the-Inventor-of-the-Flu-Shot-NOW-Thinks-of-the-Vaccine- Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:31:45 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197075-Ukraine-Flu-Outbreak-Virus-Is-a-Mixture-of-H1N1-and-Parainfluenza-Causes-Cardiopulmonary-Failure The Head of the Chernivtsi regional forensic bureau, Professor Victor Bachinsky M.D. makes a strong statement: all the victims of the virus in Bukovina (22 persons aged 20 to 40 years) died not from bilateral (double) pneumonia, as previously thought, but as a result of viral distress syndrome, i.e. the total destruction of the lungs. We caught up with Professor Bachinsky, to find out how he came to this conclusion, and how people can protect themselves from this disease. Based on autopsies, we have come to the conclusion: it's not pneumonia, but cardiopulmonary insufficiency and cardiogenic shock... The virus enters directly into the lungs, there is bleeding... Antibiotics should not be used... Why do we have such a high mortality rate in the country? Because people are going to pharmacies to get medicine instead of going to their doctors to be treated... No it is not pneumonic plague. It's all nonsense... antibiotics do not help... Those with strong immune systems will survive. People with weak immune systems will succumb to the illness... Face Masks provide 30% extra protection. Wearing glasses gives an additional 10% protection, that is 40%, because the virus penetrates the mucose membranes. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197075-Ukraine-Flu-Outbreak-Virus-Is-a-Mixture-of-H1N1-and-Parainfluenza-Causes-Cardiopulmonary-Failure Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:33:16 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197057-Can-Food-Change-Your-Genes- New research shows how nutrition can help prevent certain diseases. A new field of medical science is showing that nutrition may eliminate disease by changing our very biochemistry. PARADE asked Dr. Mark Hyman - a leading practitioner in nutrigenomics, which studies the relationship between food and genes - to explain how four common conditions can be cured before they cause lasting damage. In the future, a drop of your blood placed on a special DNA chip will predict the diseases that lie dormant in your genes. Your doctor will then suggest a personalized set of lifestyle and dietary changes, as well as pharmaceutical recommendations. These changes will "turn off" the genetic trigger in your cells that begins the process of disease. Medicine will be able to deal with disease at the roots, rather than at the branches. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197057-Can-Food-Change-Your-Genes- Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:43:02 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197048-Hypnosis-has-Real-Brain-Effect Hypnosis has a "very real" effect that can be picked up on brain scans, say Hull University researchers. An imaging study of hypnotised participants showed decreased activity in the parts of the brain linked with daydreaming or letting the mind wander. The same brain patterns were absent in people who had the tests but who were not susceptible to being hypnotised. One psychologist said the study backed the theory that hypnosis "primes" the brain to be open to suggestion. Hypnosis is increasingly being used to help people stop smoking or lose weight and advisers recently recommended its use on the NHS to treat irritable bowel syndrome. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197048-Hypnosis-has-Real-Brain-Effect Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:55:46 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197047-Gut-Disorder-Blamed-on-Leaks- Genetic defects leading to a leaky gut are a key cause of the inflammatory disorder ulcerative colitis, UK research suggests. The disorder causes ulceration of the rectum and the colon, but its exact cause has yet to be pinned down. The latest study links the condition to four genes which all play a role in keeping the intestine lining healthy. The Nature Genetics study is based on an analysis of the genes of 12,700 people. It is twice as large as any previous study - giving the results far greater robustness. Ulcerative colitis (Colitis ulcerosa) is a life-long, incurable condition, which can cause diarrhoea, fever, abdominal pain and swelling and weight loss. It affects approximately one in 1,000 people. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197047-Gut-Disorder-Blamed-on-Leaks- Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:49:31 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197046-Hooked-Canada-s-Painkiller-Problem Canadians use prescription pills at a higher rate than almost any other nation. Patients are becoming addicts and pills are taking over from heroin as the street drug of choice. So why are voluntary 'guidelines' for doctors the best the experts can offer? http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197046-Hooked-Canada-s-Painkiller-Problem Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:45:23 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197042-Chill-A-Little-Stress-May-Help-You-Live-Longer Here's a statement you never hear: "I'm so stressed out - it's awesome!" But the fact is, certain pressure-filled situations - say, the occasional public-speaking gig or cramming for an exam - can be good for your health. "There are good and bad types of stress. The bad kind is chronic and uncontrollable, like the tension caused by an unhappy marriage or a sick relative," says Edward Calabrese, Ph. D., a toxicologist at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. "But there are a lot of positives associated with short bursts of stress that ease up quickly," such as being stuck in a snarl of traffic or sweating through a presentation at work. In a recent Ohio State University study, mice that experienced brief but intense stress were better able to fight the flu. And a smattering of research has linked acute short-term stress to a reduced risk of diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and Alzheimer's. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197042-Chill-A-Little-Stress-May-Help-You-Live-Longer Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:10:46 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197041-Breast-Cancer-Stigma-Endangers-Poorer-Women In developing nations, two-thirds aren't diagnosed until disease has spread Washington- Nurses were training women in rural Mexico to examine their breasts for cancer when one raised her hand to object. If she lost her breast, Harvard public health specialist Felicia Knaul recalls the woman saying, "My man would leave me" - and with him, the family's income. International cancer specialists meet this week to plan an assault on a troubling increase of breast cancer in developing countries, where nearly two-thirds of women aren't diagnosed until it has spread through their bodies. Adding to the problem, some worrisome data suggests that breast cancer seems to strike women, on average, about 10 years younger in poor countries than it does in the U.S. No one knows why. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197041-Breast-Cancer-Stigma-Endangers-Poorer-Women Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:52:00 -0500 http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197025-Major-Schizophrenia-Study-Finds-Striking-Similarities-Across-37-Countries-in-6-Regions An international study of more than 17,000 people with schizophrenia has found striking similarities in symptoms, medication, employment and sexual problems, despite the fact that it covered a diverse range of patients and healthcare systems in 37 different countries. The research, published in the November issue of International Journal of Comparative Psychology (IJCP), provides a valuable international profile of the mental health disorder, which is estimated to affect as many as one in every 250 people at some point in their lives. Schizophrenia is the fifth leading cause of years lost through disability in men and the sixth leading cause in women. "The Worldwide-Schizophrenia Outpatient Health Outcomes study (W-SOHO) was a three-year observational study designed to assess costs and outcomes in outpatients using antipsychotics" says lead author Dr Jamie Karagianis from Eli Lilly Canada Inc. "It has enabled us to build up a valuable international picture of the demographics and treatment of schizophrenia across ten European countries and 27 countries from East Asia, Latin America, North Africa and the Middle East. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/197025-Major-Schizophrenia-Study-Finds-Striking-Similarities-Across-37-Countries-in-6-Regions Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:12:44 -0500