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The Demographics of Mortality in California

Public Policy Institute of California

by Hans P. Johnson and Joseph M. Hayes

July 16, 2011

Examines differences in mortality rates and life expectancies across 19 racial/ethnic groups in California. Finds large differences in life expectancies by gender, nativity (U.S.-born versus foreign-born), and racial/ethnic group.

Antarctica sets new record for sea ice extent

wattsupwiththat.com

by Harold Ambler

June 29, 2014

The sea ice surrounding Antarctica, which, as I reported in my book, has been steadily increasing throughout the period of satellite measurement that began in 1979, has hit a new all-time record high for areal coverage.

The new record anomaly for Southern Hemisphere sea ice, the ice encircling the southernmost continent, is 2.074 million square kilometers and was posted for the first time by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's The Cryosphere Today early Sunday morning. The previous record anomaly for Southern Hemisphere sea ice area was 1.840 million square kilometers and occurred on December 20, 2007. Global sea ice area, as of Sunday morning, stood at 1.005 million square kilometers above average.

The Consequences of Apple's Walled Garden

techland.time.com

by Harry McCracken

November 14, 2011

At the SysCan conference in Taiwan this week, security researcher Charlie Miller will describe a flaw he discovered in the iPhone's web browser that allows a malicious app installed on the phone to download executable code from a remote server.

Miller is well-known for finding security flaws in Apple software, and this latest instance could be the most serious flaw he's uncovered yet. A hacker that sneaks an app that exploits this vulnerability into the App Store would essentially have free reign over the phones on which it is installed, including access to photos and contacts. To prove his point, Miller did just that. He submitted and got approved a stock price ticker app called Instastock. Unbeknownst to users who installed it, the app called in to a server at Miller's home in St. Louis, and from there Miller could control the compromised phones. When this came to light, Apple was irate.

Pupil Rights Law Allows Parents to Opt Students Out of Surveys

Antidepressants Facts

by Health and Health Care in Schools

May 1, 2003

A 1998 federal law, the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA), allows parents to inspect instructional materials used in connection with any U.S. DoE-funded "survey, analysis, or evaluation."

The law, often called the "Hatch amendment" or the "Grassley amendment" for the members of Congress who introduced it, also requires schools to obtain written parental consent before minor students participate in Education Department-funded surveys that ask questions about personal or family matters.

Flu Vaccines Sold by Marketing Fear, Not Because They Work

healthimpactnews.com

by Heidi Stevenson

November 23, 2013

The British Medical Journal (BMJ), one of the world's most highly revered scientific medical publications, has published an article that condemns influenza vaccines and their marketing.

Influenza vaccines are killers, life destroyers, and provide little or no benefit. The evidence is clear. A report published in the BMJ clarifies how these facts are ignored by health agencies. To get around them, they simply push fear of disease well past the point of absurdity. But the CDC and other health agencies have no other way to sell the unsellable. The last sentence reads: "It's no wonder so many people feel that flu shots don't work: for most flus, they can't."

More Vaccines Equal More Infant Deaths: Study Documents

gaia-health.com

by Heidi Stevenson

July 14, 2012

Vaccines are proclaimed to save babies' lives. But is it true? This study provides compelling evidence that it is not, that in reality they're killers.

The reason for giving vaccinations to infants is supposedly to protect them from harm. If that's true, then it would follow that the countries giving the most vaccines would have the lowest rates of infant mortality. But they don't. In fact, a new study documents just the opposite. The Journal of Human & Experimental Toxicology published a study in which the authors carefully compared the vaccination rates of the nations with the lowest infant mortality rates to see if there's a correlation between number of vaccines and death rates of infants. The results could not be clearer. The more vaccinations a country gives, the more babies die.

Why watching TV won't turn your baby into a genius

Times Online

by Helen Rumbelow

October 29, 2009

In the early 1990s neuroscientists realised what a crucial period the first two years of life are for the human brain. The brain is embryonic at birth; it forms itself in response to what it finds on the outside.

Children placed in foster care before the age of 2 made remarkable recoveries. Those who were given homes after the age of 2 had damaged IQs and cognitive ability. Their neglect could be seen on a brain scan.

UMass finds partners to join research

The Republican (MA)

by Holly Angelo

July 16, 2011

How can a $1 million endowment turn into a $40 million research center that's expected to yield $100 million in 10 years, creating new products and new jobs, and save lives?

It's not easy, but it's being done at the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus at the new Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA).

Skull of Homo erectus throws story of human evolution into disarray

theguardian.com

by Ian Sample

October 17, 2013

A haul of fossils found in Georgia suggests that half a dozen species of early human ancestor were actually all Homo erectus

The spectacular fossilised skull of an ancient human ancestor that died nearly two million years ago has forced scientists to rethink the story of early human evolution. Anthropologists unearthed the skull at a site in Dmanisi, a small town in southern Georgia, where other remains of human ancestors, simple stone tools and long-extinct animals have been dated to 1.8m years old. Experts believe the skull is one of the most important fossil finds to date, but it has proved as controversial as it is stunning. Analysis of the skull and other remains at Dmanisi suggests that scientists have been too ready to name separate species of human ancestors in Africa. Many of those species may now have to be wiped from the textbooks.

Exercise found to treat chronic disease conditions better than drugs, with no toxicity

naturalnews.com

by J. D. Heyes

October 17, 2013

Readers of our site have no doubt heard for years that regular exercise leads to healthier minds and bodies, but new research indicates that physical exercise on a routine basis is just as effective as prescription medications in treating chronic, sometimes deadly, diseases - and without all of the associated drug toxicities. According to a study published recently in the British Medical Journal, scientists from the London School of Economics, Harvard Medical School and Stanford University School of Medicine wanted to see if the benefits of exercise and drugs from past clinical trials were comparable, in a bid to see if they could extend a person's life.

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