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February 10, 2012

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Included in this edition:

Green tea helps keep elderly agile
Vitamin D can help turn health around
Magnesium may benefit stroke risk
Brown University, a Paxil study and retractions
Johnson &Johnson hid Risperdal studies to boost drug sales, lawyer says
Bayer Crop Science told to compensate Indian farmers for poor yields
Food herbicide residues set to rise as much as 150 times
Organic farming dwarfs GM crops in Europe as public rejection hits biotech firms
Modified crops tap a wellspring of protest
Monsanto scraps GM maize in France
China says 'no' to genetically engineered rice
Vitamin D deficiency high among trauma patients
Low vitamin D status linked to food allergy and eczema in children
44% of postmenopausal women with distal radius fracture have low vitamin D
Pesticides linked to vitamin D deficiency
The bailout money won't go to ordinary Greeks

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February 3, 2012

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Included in this edition:

Vitamin C prevents radiation damage
Maternal omega-3 reduces eczema risk in children
Honey could be effective at treating and preventing wound infections
Vitamin D can boost fertility in men and women
Green tea may reduce functional disability risk
Aged garlic reduces cold and flu severity
Study unlocks Pycnogenol's skin health mechanism
Indigestion drugs linked to hip fractures
Why is “hot chemo” an acceptable cancer treatment but IV vitamin C isn't?
Takeda hid harmful drug interactions
Experts want suicide risk warning on ADHD drug
James Murdoch leaves the Glaxo board
Spain plans budget law as drug firms owed $8.4 billion by states
Genetically engineered crops will not feed the world
GM mosquito manufacturer not coming clean with information
England’s chief medical officer backs free vitamin D supplements
Call for vitamin D infant death probe
Banks profit on hunger
Ireland begins bitter referendum debate
Czech President Klaus says EU fiscal pact tramples on national sovereignty
Military-grade surveillance technology spying on Dutch citizens
Merkel to join Sarkozy on campaign trail for French presidential election
Austerity Treaty: no democracy without referendums
What are bankers doing inside EU summits?

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January 27, 2012

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Wikipedia – A So-Called 'Free Encyclopedia' Controlled by Special Interest Groups

A personal reflection by Norbert Cobabus

In the years prior to my retirement, before summer 2009, I was directly involved with Wikipedia. The German National Library, where I was employed for almost 35 years, had a project in which – based on its literary data – it supplied Wikipedia with the titles of its stock and notified it of entries on the Wikipedia website that it considered to be incorrect. In dealing with this, I thus was in contact with several authors and occasionally with management staff from Wikipedia. Through both my professional involvement with the above project and my private use of Wikipedia – in context of my cultural anthropological and historical research – I soon discovered that Wikipedia is by no means as perfect and objective as it is often claimed to be.

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Included in this edition:

CoQ10 may enhance anti-inflammatory potential of Mediterranean-style diet
Magnesium may reduce stroke risk
Daily dose of rosehip extract could help cut heart disease
Statin drugs shown to significantly increase risk of diabetes
Challenging medical ghostwriting in US courts
Pharma fights effort to dispose of unused drugs
Johnson & Johnson must face lawsuits over drug labeling
European Medicines Agency probes Novartis multiple sclerosis drug over deaths
Merck to settle Canadian Vioxx lawsuits for up to 37 million dollars
Johnson & Johnson pays 158 million dollars to settle Risperdal lawsuit in Texas
Side effects of Tamiflu – Roche continues to withhold key trial data
Cancer drugs cause tumors to spread, rather than preventing them
Nurses' miscarriages linked to working with chemotherapy chemicals
Pesticide illnesses and GM soybeans
BASF stops GM crop development in Europe
A quarter of UK toddlers are lacking Vitamin D
Tobacco companies manipulated doctors into calming concerns over smoking
Croatia’s EU leap

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January 20, 2012

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Included in this edition:

More vitamin E linked to better mental function
Omega-3 linked to better memory in former depressives
Pycnogenol improves both mental and cellular health in elderly
Inositol helps metabolic health in postmenopausal women
Prescription medication 'increases falls in all ages'
New 'smart' pill tells patients when drugs dose due
U.S. to force drug firms to report money paid to doctors
Roche faces first trial of claims over Raptiva infections
UK survey finds science misconduct "alive and well"
Texas official on the Johnson & Johnson payroll
Move by former drug agency boss 'damaging' public trust in EU
Statins could aggravate diabetes risk in women
Pradaxa side effect reports show hemorrhaging
Glyphosate hazards: USDA scientist reveals all
Vitamin D deficiency strikes one-third of Australians
Healthy brain wiring in adults depends on iron levels in adolescence
Chemical found in deodorants discovered in tumours of breast cancer patients
Child leukaemia doubles near French nuclear plants
Stephen Hawking's longevity with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Italy MPs block arrest of Berlusconi ally Cosentino

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January 13, 2012

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Included in this edition:

Vitamin D again shows anti-diabetic activity
Omega-3 may enhance benefits of strength training for the elderly
'Silver bullet' supplement could slow brain aging
Micronutrient combination may boost male fertility
Exercise cuts bowel cancer risk
Gold kiwifruit may slash severity of common cold
GlaxoSmithKline fined over trials on the babies of Argentinian poor
Deadly peril in an aspirin
Pfizer must pay $45 million in Prempro cases, court rules
Parents sue Pfizer over birth defects allegedly caused by Zoloft
Zimbabwe government defends decision to ban GMOs
70 percent of Europeans suffer from low vitamin D levels
Europeans do not achieve fruit and vegetable consumption recommendations
Low vitamin D levels linked to depression, psychiatrists report
Osteoporosis to cost €38.5bn in Europe's 'big 5' by 2025
Doomsday Clock moves one minute closer to midnight

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January 6, 2012

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Included in this edition:

Alzheimer's disease: Diet 'can stop brain shrinking'
Mediterranean diet 'extends life by up to three years'
High bodily levels of nickel and selenium may lower pancreatic cancer risk
Folic acid plus B12 shows brain function benefits in older people
Could cod liver oil help combat tuberculosis?
Vitamin that can combat memory loss
Painkiller 10 times stronger than Vicodin sparks addiction fears
Patient advocacy group funded by success of painkiller drugs, probe finds
Judge dismisses case against parents who stopped chemo for 10-year-old son
US FDA looking into death of patient on Novartis' Gilenya
Australian woman wins thalidomide hearing: court
'Prozac defence' stands in Canadian teenager's murder case
US beetle developing resistance to widely used GM crop
GM crops banned in Peru
Responsible approach to GM fish is to assume escape: US committee hearing
US FDA salami-slice strategy for supplements continues
Organic agriculture may be outgrowing its ideals
No deaths from vitamins: America's largest database confirms supplement safety
Add vitamin D to Scotland's food – experts
Traditional medicine offers a "revolution" in Tanzanian healthcare
Prunes are not a laxative, Brussels EU rules
Argentina tango lessons: Europe's turn for financial danse macabre?
'UK equipped Saddam during war on Iran'

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