“This is a particularly exciting and rewarding study because of the new science we have discovered and the potential promise of a therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. Our next objective is to ascertain if it acts similarly in humans.”-Gary Landreth, Case Western Reserve University
Research into a cancer drug called Bexarotene is showing promise as a treatment […] Continue Reading…
The UN’s World Health Organization recently said China was being hit with influenza B. On February 8, officials with the Chinese National Influenza Center said their research shows the current flu B is still preventable with flu shots.
Officials said that the current B strain has not mutated to a drug resistant form. They also […] Continue Reading…
A former park ranger in New Zealand spent two days looking for a Weta.
There are at least 70 types of weta on New Zealand. Most look like big wind scorpions, or gigantis potato bugs, but the one found by the former park ranger looks like a giant cricket.
The one he found is considered the […] Continue Reading…
Iranian media reports that a full scale model of the U.S. RQ-170 stealth drone will be used in upcoming parades celebrating the anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
Also, Reuters reporting that Iranian officials answered U.S. President Barack Obama’s demands to have the drone sent back to the U.S., by sending him a small hot […] Continue Reading…
Eastman Kodak, a U.S. pioneer in camera and film production since 1880, and the first company to make a digital camera, will no longer make cameras of any kind.
Kodak went bankrupt in January 2012. At least 400 employees in New York will lose their jobs. The company will focus on its lagging printer brand […] Continue Reading…
Forget the European Union crisis, Japan’s sovereign debt (such as government bonds) is now almost double that of Italy, and more than Greece. Some analysts say there is not enough money in Japan to pay the debt.
NHK interviewed two Japanese economic/finance analysts. One, Hiromichi Shirakawa, of Credit Suisse, said Japan’s economic problems are not […] Continue Reading…
The European Union’s Eurosurveillance published a report in 2009, about Greece’s efforts to combat flu viruses: “Greece is a known crossroads among three continents (Europe, Asia, Africa) through which resistant strains can spread.”
From 2004 to 2008, Greek researchers looked at how the various viruses reacted to available anti-viral drugs. Anti-viral drugs work mainly by […] Continue Reading…
On February 3, 2012, the UN’s World Health Organization said the new strain of H3N2 will dominate the 2011/2012 flu season. This came after 1.74 million Japanese were infected in January.
The WHO said notable increases in flu cases are expected in North America, Europe and northern China.
The dominant flu is H3N2 (a type of […] Continue Reading…
On January 27, 2012, it was reported that a Canadian study concluded that outbreaks of H3N2, from 2009 to 2011, could not have been prevented with flu shots!
It also showed that young adults were the best able to fight off H3N2, children and older people are at the most risk. Also, despite health officials […] Continue Reading…
France is now the second European country to sound a warning about the latest version of H3N2 swine flu! Unlike Norway, France says the number of infections in their country are nearing epidemic levels!
Cases are escalating in the French areas of Ile-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Health care providers are seeing an average of […] Continue Reading…