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Re: beracun | Science-Query.com

Marcell Dello — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 03:25:25 -0000

saya pernah menemukan kelabang jenis epimorpha, ketika saya bunuh keluar cairan berwarna hijau stabilo... mengapa bisa demikian... mohon jawab ke email saya marcell.dello@yahoo.com

Re: Fatty Liver Treatment-5 Fat Reducing Remedies For Your Liver | Science-Query.com

What is fatty liver — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 07:24:24 -0000

Fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis are all consequences of excessive alcohol consumption. Learn about the symptoms, treatment and prognosis of alcoholic liver disease....

Re: Use Effective Home Remedies for Boils | Science-Query.com

home remedies for acne — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:08:47 -0000

Boils really makes person unattractive..Tea tree oil can be worked as the antiseptic for the boil treatment.. It is very helpful for the getting relief from boil problem..

Re: Super Immune Foods That Reverse Cancer | Science-Query.com

joy_anne — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:22:47 -0000

To successfully reverse cancer, you must teach the patient's immune system how to

respond effectively to the cancerous cells. This may sound obvious but when the body has a cancer

process underway, clearly the immune system has become dysfunctional and is either unable

or has forgotten how to eliminate the foreign cells.

Re: A Few Facts On Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis | Science-Query.com

Iron Supplements — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:08:48 -0000

Too much iron in your system is toxic. If you and your doctor identify hemochromatosis early, you can easily treat it, but if the condition lingers too long, the consequences can be debilitating and life-threatening. Careful monitoring and optimizing is critical. Self-treating because the symptoms suggest you are low in iron could be the wrong thing to do! Remember, symptoms for too much iron are similar to symptoms for too little iron.

Re: Chinese hospital hangs menâs underwear on walls as promotional tactic! | Science-Query.com

Jockstraps — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:22:07 -0000

This was really strange way of the promotion wish to look in the real advertisement of the hospital... lol....:)

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laser eye surgery Ireland — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:47:32 -0000

Artificial disc replacement is good alternative for fusion surgery .Now there is no need to go for painful surgeries Artificial disc backup may accord bigger abiding after-effects at lower amount than fusion surgery..But people should take care while going for this procedure because sometimes it may results side effects.

Re: higher phosphorus foods | Science-Query.com

Phosphorus Mineral — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:20:32 -0000

Higher phosphorus foods, including sodas, hot dogs, bacon, sausage, luncheon meats.

Re: How to Cite a Book | Science-Query.com

how to cite a book — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:11:19 -0000

Wonderful posting...............................

Re: Paid access to journal articles not a significant barrier for scientists

Stevan Harnad — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:12:48 -0000

ON METHODOLOGY AND ADVOCACY: Davis's Randomization Study of the OA Advantage

Suppose many studies report that cancer incidence is correlated with smoking and you want to demonstrate in a methodologically sounder way that this correlation is not causal but just an artifact of the fact that the people who self-select to smoke are more prone to cancer. So you test a small sample of people randomly assigned to smoke or not, and you find no difference in their cancer rates. How can you know your sample was big enough to detect the reported correlation at all unless you test whether it's big enough to show that cancer incidence is significantly higher for self-selected smoking than for randomized smoking?

Many studies have reported a statistically significant increase in citations for articles whose authors make them OA by self-archiving them. To show that this citation advantage is not causal but just a self-selection artifact (because authors selectively self-archive their better, more citeable papers), you first have to replicate the advantage for the self-archived OA articles in your sample, and then show that the advantage is absent for the articles made OA at random. But Davis showed only that the citation advantage was absent altogether in his sample. The likely reason is that the sample was much too small (36 journals, 712 articles randomly OA, 65 self-archived OA, 2533 non-OA).

In a recent study (Gargouri et al 2010) we controlled for self-selection with mandated (obligatory) OA rather than random OA. The far larger sample (1984 journals, 3055 articles mandatorily OA, 3664 self-archived OA, 20,982 non-OA) revealed a statistically significant citation advantage of about the same size for both self-selected and mandated OA.

If and when Davis's requisite self-selected self-archiving control is ever tested, the outcome will either be (1) the usual significant OA citation advantage in the self-archiving control condition that most other published studies have reported -- in which case the absence of the citation advantage in Davis's randomized condition would indeed be evidence that the citation advantage had been a self-selection artifact that was then successfully eliminated by the randomization -- or (more likely, I should think) (2) there will be no significant citation advantage in the self-archiving control condition either, in which case the Davis study will prove to have been just a non-replication of the usual significant OA citation advantage (perhaps because of Davis's small sample size, the fields, or the fact that most of the non-OA articles become OA on the journal's website after a year).

Until that requisite self-selected self-archiving control is done, this is just the sound of one hand clapping.

Readers can be trusted to draw their own conclusions as to whether Davis's study, tirelessly touted as the only methodologically sound one to date, is that -- or an exercise in advocacy.

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Self-Selected or Mandated, Open Access Increases Citation Impact for Higher Quality Research (2010) PLOS ONE 5 (10) (authors: Gargouri, Y., Hajjem, C., Lariviere, V., Gingras, Y., Brody, T., Carr, L. and Harnad, S.)
http://www.plosone.org/arti...

Re: The Great Chemical Unknown

Htspjs — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:24:03 -0000

Re: comment on, Fischetti, "The Great Chemical Unknown" SA Nov 2010. Anyone out there with any experience running bioassays in a lab can relate to the fact that we are living within a self-induced environmental bioassay. We just fail to write the figures down to draw any conclusions from the test. To paraphrase W. Shakespeare, "All the world is a bioassay and we are but the test animals lapping up the toxins." Thanks, Harold T. Sansing, Dunnellon, Florida

Re: Science fair projects - Super Science Fair Projects.net.

Michaelalacy123 — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:44:32 -0000

Science is a part of life!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: wmap satellite and LISA satellite dark matter talk by Michio Kaku …

Sol Aisenberg — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:49:49 -0000

ABSTRACT

Assumptions and speculations about the meaning of Hubble's red shift observations and the Hubble constant resulted in the major mystery of Dark Energy. Hubble observed that the fixed stars were galaxies with billions of stars. He measured the red shifts of the galaxies, determined their distances and showed that the red shifts were a linear function of their distances. Hubble assigned the cause of the red shifts as due to the Doppler effect (and later expressed doubt). He concluded that the galaxies were receding, resulting in speculation that that the universe is expanding. Actually there were never any direct observations of the receding galaxies. It was wrongly assumed that that the red shift remains linear at very large cosmic distances. The red shift must become nonlinear at large distance because otherwise it would predict that the decreasing photon energy must become zero. The distance of very, very remote galaxies were determined from type Ia supernova as standard candles, and compared with red shift distances . The optical distances were larger than the red shift distances and it was claimed (speculation) that the velocity of these remote galaxies had accelerated. The energy for this supposed acceleration was termed Dark energy. We will suggest a revision to the standard model of the universe and one that is based upon many observations of others.

PROBLEM

The work of Hubble in the early 1900's showed that the fixed stars in the universe were each actually galaxies consisting of vast collections of individual stars and were at very large cosmic distances. He also measured the distance of galaxies and their associated red shifts, and showed an apparent linear dependence. Others later extended the range of distances by measuring the red shift and the associated light intensity received from type Ia supernovas as standard candles. Because the type Ia supernovas have constant level light output bursts, they can be used as standard candles to measure the larger distances of remote galaxies and stars using the reduction of light as determined by the by the inverse square of distance.
Hubble assigned the cause of the red shifts as due to the Doppler effect (and later expressed doubt). He concluded that the galaxies were receding, resulting in speculation that that the universe is expanding. Actually there were never any direct observations of the receding galaxies.
The red shifts were observed to be a linear function of distance and the velocity is also believed to be a linear function of distance. This suggests that the galaxy velocity increases with distance. Where does the energy come from to power the expansion and the increase in velocity and kinetic energy of the galaxies?
The suggestion has been made that the red shift is due to the expansion of space-time. It should be noted that space-time is only a mathematical concept.
The redshift has been suggested by others as being caused by the expansion of space-time, and the expansion of space-time is supposed to be proven by the red shift. This is a nice example of illogical circular reasoning.
The Supernovae Cosmology Project, founded in 1988 by Saul Perlmutter and Carl Pennypacker at the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory looked for distant supernovas (exploding stars) that could be used to estimate the rate of contraction or expansion of the universe.
The study of velocity as a function of distance (elapsed time) was intended to determine if the expansion of the universe was slowing due to gravity. The results apparently showed that the expansion was accelerating.
Another group led by the astrophysicists, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess also noted that the expansion was apparently speeding up.
A large number of the observations of type Ia supernovae were obtained. These observations helped lead to the belief (speculation) that the supposed expansion of the universe was speeding up.
The observations and interpretation appeared to show that the very remote galaxies were apparently further away than expected and it was concluded that they were accelerating and Dark energy was introduced to provide the energy for the acceleration.

SOLUTION

This new analysis identifies speculations and observations. Confirmed observations must take priority over theories. Theories can be generated readily but a correct theory must be supported by observations.
The belief (speculation) in dark energy is based upon the belief that the work of Hubble in measuring the observed redshift of stars as a linear function of their observed distances is due to the Doppler effect and that the galaxies are receding and that the universe is expanding. This led to the belief that the observed red shifts could be used to demonstrate (speculation) that the stars and their associated galaxies are receding
There are no direct observations of the receding velocity of galaxies.
The result is the belief in the big bang, and depends upon the unproven speculation that the red shifts are due to the receding velocity of galaxies.
The redshift includes a contribution from the Doppler effect plus a component that increases with distance. This explains the observed blue shifts and red shifts observed in our milky way, and their relative unimportance at large cosmic distances where the distance contributions (due to the contribution of gravity effects) are dominant.
In our suggested model of the universe, the Doppler effects are major contributors to the red shifts at small distances such as for our milky way, but are relativity small at large distances where gravity effects increases the red shifts.
The need for the expansion energy disappears if it is admitted that the red shift is not a measure of galaxy velocity but is only a function of distance as based upon the observations by Hubble.
Even if we ignore the question of the energy for the velocity increase, there remains the need for energy (dark energy) required for the supposed acceleration of the expansion of very remote galaxies. If there is no receding velocity of the galaxies, then there is no need for the necessary energy.
However. There remains a problem in the use of the red shift to determine galaxy distances for very very large distances.
The supposed proof of the acceleration of the supposed expansion is based upon the differences obtained from the red shifts and the values of the distances of remote galaxies as determined from the light from the type Ia supernova as standard candles.
Note that the determination of the distances from the red shifts will not be valid at very large distances because this would require the photon energy to decrease to zero and even become negative (not very likely) if the linearity is believed to be valid at these distances. As the distance increases, the red shift increases, the wavelength increases, and the photon energy decreases, and approaches zero but should never can become negative.
Dark Energy is the most popular way to explain the apparent expansion and the apparent acceleration of the supposed expansion.
The distances of very remote galaxies with type Ia supernovae are also determined from the apparent magnitudes of these standard candles.
When their distances are also determined by the associated red shifts, the observations apparently show that the distances do not agree and apparently the distance determined from the observed red shift was smaller than that determined from magnitude.
The difference was ascribed (speculation) to an acceleration of the supposed expansion and the concept of dark energy was used as the explanation for the energy to power the acceleration..
The error in the two differently determined distances is due to the deviation from linearity of the red shift as already explained. Thus there is no need for or proof of dark energy.
The error of Dark energy is compounded because the supposed Dark energy is used to supply the mysterious Dark matter by the equivalence of energy and mass, according the Einstein's Special Relativity.
Additional details about Dark energy are provided in a recent analysis of this and other mysteries. [Ref. 1]

CONCLUSIONS

This analysis based upon observations and identifying current beliefs discloses that:
(a) the red shift for remote galaxies is not related to the Doppler effect or velocity,
(b) the red shift does not prove the receding of galaxies,
(c) there is no proof of the expansion of the universe,
(d) there is no proof of the acceleration of the supposed expansion, and
(e) there is no need for dark energy.

References

Re: Gardasil Approved to Prevent Anal Cancer

Leslie — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:12:20 -0000

S.A.N.E Vax Objects to FDA Ruling for Gardasil Use for Anal Cancer in 9 to 26 year olds –

Increasing Number of Consumers are Concerned over HPV Vaccine Safety. When will the FDA and the CDC take the initiative to investigate the side effects of the HPV Vaccines?

http://www.prlog.org/111782...

Re: Elementary Science Fair Projects – Growing Crystals

Lindasawiris — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:25:52 -0000

Your informative, useful and interesting elementary school science projects made me recall cherished long ago memories when my son was in elementary school in the early seventies(now a researcher with a Ph.d. in Medical Biochemistry). I remember we grew soft,delicate and beautiful crystals using charcoal briquettes, salt, bluing and food coloring among other things. It was very educational and pleasing to watch , but sorry we didn't take pictures !

Re: Isoflavones and Breast Cancer Risk

Jane Mertes — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:02:58 -0000

Prof Jane Plant

WHY WOMEN IN CHINA DO NOT GET BREAST CANCER
By Prof. Jane Plant, PhD, CBE
I had no alternative but to die or to try to find a cure for myself. I am a scientist - surely there was a rational explanation for this cruel illness that affects one in 12 women in the UK ?Fortunately, this desire drove me to
unearth the facts, some of which were known only to a handful of scientists at the time.
Anyone who has come into contact with breast cancer will know that certain risk factors - such as increasing

age, early onset of womanhood, late onset of menopause and a family history of breast cancer - are completely out of our control. But there are many risk factors, which we can control easily.
These "controllable" risk factors readily translate into

simple changes that we can all make in our day-to-day lives to help prevent or treat breast cancer. My message is that even advanced breast cancer can be overcome because I have done it.
The first clue to understanding what was promoting my breast

cancer came when my husband Peter, who was also a scientist, arrived back from working in China while I was being plugged in for a chemotherapy session.
He had brought with him cards and

letters, as well as some amazing herbal suppositories, sent by my friends and science colleagues in China .
The suppositories

were sent to me as a cure for breast cancer. Despite the awfulness of the situation, we both had a good belly laugh, and I remember saying that this was the treatment for breast cancer in China , then it was little wonder that Chinese women avoided getting the disease.
Those words echoed in my mind.

I had suffered the loss of one breast, and undergone

radiotherapy I was now receiving painful chemotherapy, and had been seen by some of the country's most eminent specialists. But, deep down, I felt certain I was facing death. I had a loving husband, a beautiful home and two young children to care for. I desperately wanted to live.

Why didn't Chinese women in China get breast cancer?

I had collaborated once with Chinese colleagues on a study of links between soil chemistry and disease, and I remembered some of the statistics.
The disease was virtually non-existent throughout the whole country. Only one in 10,000 women in China will die from it, compared to that terrible figure of one in 12 in Britain and the even grimmer average of one in 10 across most Western countries.

It is not just a matter of China being a more rural country, with less urban pollution. In highly urbanized Hong Kong , the rate rises to 34 women in every 10,000 but still puts the West to shame.
The Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have similar rates. And remember, both cities were attacked withnuclear weapons, so in addition to the usual pollution-related cancers, one would also expect to find some radiation-related cases, too.

The conclusion we can draw from these statistics strikes you with some force. If a Western woman were to move to industrialized, irradiated Hiroshima , she would slash her risk of contracting breast cancer by half. Obviously this is absurd.

It seemed obvious to me that some lifestyle factor not related to pollution, urbanization or the environment is seriously increasing the Western woman's chance of contracting breast cancer

.
I then discovered that whatever causes the huge differences in

breast cancer rates between oriental and Western countries, it isn't genetic.
Scientific research showed that when Chinese or Japanese people move to the West, within one or two generations their rates of breast cancer approach those of their host community.

The same thing happens when oriental people adopt a completely Western lifestyle in Hong Kong . In fact, the slang name for breast cancer in China translates as 'Rich Woman's Disease'. This is because, in China, only the better off can afford to eat what is termed ' Hong Kong food'.

The Chinese describe all Western food, including everything from ice cream and chocolate bars to spaghetti and feta cheese, as "Hong Kong food", because of its availability in the former British colony and its scarcity, in the past, in mainland China .
So it made perfect sense to me that whatever was causing my breast cancer

and the shockingly high incidence in this country generally, it was almost certainly something to do with our better-off, middle-class, Western lifestyle.
There is an important point for men here, too. I have observed in my

research that much of the data about prostate cancer leads to similar conclusions.
According to figures from the World Health Organization, the number of men contracting prostate cancer in rural China is negligible, only 0.5 men in every 100,000.

In England, Scotland and Wales , however, this figure is 70 times higher. Like breast cancer, it is a middle-class disease that primarily attacks the wealthier and higher socio-economic groups, those that can afford to eat rich foods.
I remember saying to my husband, "Come on Peter, you have just come back

from China . What is it about the Chinese way of life that is so different?"
Why don't they get breast cancer?'
We decided to utilize our joint scientific backgrounds and approach it

logically.
We examined scientific data that pointed us in the general direction of fats in diets.
Researchers had discovered in the 1980s that only l4% of calories in the average Chinese diet were from fat, compared to almost 36% in the West.
But the diet I had been living on for years before I contracted breast cancer was very low in fat and high in fibre.
Besides, I knew as a scientist that fat intake in adults has not been shown to increase risk for breast cancer in most investigations that have followed large groups of women for up to a dozen years.
Then one day something rather special happened. Peter and I have worked together so closely over the years that I am not sure which one of us first said:

"The Chinese don't eat dairy produce!"
It is hard to explain to a non-scientist the sudden mental and emotional

'buzz' you get when you know you have had an important insight. It's as if you have had a lot of pieces of a jigsaw in your mind, and suddenly, in a few seconds, they all fall into place and the whole picture is clear.
Suddenly I recalled how many Chinese people were physically unable to

tolerate milk, how the Chinese people I had worked with had always said that milk was only for babies, and how one of my close friends, who is of Chinese origin, always politely turned down the cheese course at dinner parties.
I knew of no Chinese people who lived a traditional Chinese life who ever

used cow or other dairy food to feed their babies. The tradition was to use a wet nurse but never, ever, dairy products.
Culturally, the Chinese find our Western preoccupation with milk and milk

products very strange. I remember entertaining a large delegation of Chinese scientists shortly after the ending of the Cultural Revolution in the 1980s.
On advice from the Foreign Office, we had asked the caterer to provide a pudding that contained a lot of ice cream. After inquiring what the pudding consisted of, all of the Chinese, including their interpreter, politely but firmly refused to eat it, and they could not be persuaded to change their minds.

At the time we were all delighted and ate extra portions!

Milk, I discovered, is one of the most common causes of food allergies ..

Over 70% of the world's population are unable to digest the milk sugar, lactose, which has led nutritionists to believe that this is the normal condition for adults, not some sort of deficiency. Perhaps nature is trying to tell us that we are eating the wrong food.

Before I had breast cancer for the first time, I had eaten a lot of dairy produce, such as skimmed milk, low-fat cheese and yogurt. I had used it as my main source of protein. I also ate cheap but lean minced beef, which I now realized was probably often ground-up dairy cow.Recently, I discovered that way back in 1989 yogurt had been implicated in ovarian cancer. Dr Daniel Cramer of Harvard University studied hundreds of women with ovarian cancer, and had them record in detail what they normally ate. Wish I'd been made aware of his findings when he had first discovered them.

In order to cope with the chemotherapy I received for my fifth case of

cancer, I had been eating organic yogurts as a way of helping my digestive tract to recover and repopulate my gut with 'good' bacteria.

Following Peter's and my insight into the Chinese diet, I decided to give up not just yogurt but all dairy produce immediately. Cheese, butter, milk and yogurt and anything else that contained dairy produce - it went down the sink or in the rubbish.
It is surprising how many products, including commercial soups, biscuits and cakes, contain some form of dairy produce. Even many proprietary brands of margarine marketed as soya, sunflower or olive oil spreads can contain dairy produce
.
I therefore became an avid reader of the small print on food labels.
Up to this point, I had been steadfastly measuring the progress of my fifth cancerous lump with callipers and plotting the results. Despite all the encouraging comments and positive feedback from my doctors and nurses, my own precise observations told me the bitter truth.

My first chemotherapy sessions had produced no effect - the lump was still the same size.

Then I eliminated dairy products. Within days, the lump started to shrink
.
About two weeks after my second chemotherapy session and one week after giving up dairy produce, the lump in my neck started to itch. Then it began to soften and to reduce in size. The line on the graph, which had shown no change, was now pointing downwards as the tumour got smaller and smaller.My specialist was as overjoyed as I was When I first discussed my ideas with him he was understandably sceptical. But I understand that he now uses maps showing cancer mortality in China in his lectures, and recommends a non-dairy diet to his cancer patients.
I now believe that the link between dairy produce and breast cancer is similar to the link between smoking and lung cancer.

And, very significantly, I noted that instead of declining exponentially (a graceful curve) as cancer is meant to do, the tumour's decrease in size was plotted on a straight line heading off the bottom of the graph, indicating a cure, not suppression (or remission) of the tumour.

One Saturday afternoon after about six weeks of excluding all dairy produce from my diet, I practised an hour of meditation then felt for what was left of the lump. I couldn't find it. Yet I was very experienced at detecting cancerous lumps - I had discovered all five cancers on my own. I went downstairs and asked my husband to feel my neck. He could not find any trace of the lump either.

On the following Thursday I was due to be seen by my cancer specialist at

Charing Cross Hospital in London . He examined me thoroughly, especially my neck where the tumour had been. He was initially bemused and then delighted as he said, "I cannot find it." None of my doctors, it appeared, had expected someone with my type and stage of cancer (which had clearly spread to the lymph system) to survive, let alone be so hale and hearty.
I believe that identifying the link between breast cancer and dairy produce, and then developing a diet specifically targeted at maintaining the health of my breast and hormone system, cured me.

It was difficult for me, as it may be for you, to accept that a substance as 'natural' as milk might have such ominous health implications.

But I am a living proof that it works and, starting from tomorrow, I shall reveal the secrets of my revolutionary action plan.
Extracted from Your Life in Your Hands, by Professor Jane Plan

Re: #8: The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention

Marc — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:38:54 -0000

you would have a bowl of warm leaves

Re: #8: The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention

Jentankq — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:42:59 -0000

what would happen if i plucked some leaves and put them in the water with temperature of 65 degrees celsius

Re: [News of the Week] ScienceNOW.org: From Science’s Online Daily News Site

Linda sawiris — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:58:39 -0000

Thank you for reminding and exposing readers to the sever medical risks associated with cats' feces (Article-Your Kitty and Mental Disorder). Cats cannot flush their toilet and cleaning the litter box is not a favored activity. Hygiene is of prime importance to cats and their owners.

Re: Prostate Cancer Patients Face Rationing of Provenge

FDA Aproval? — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:10:30 -0000

This is a major problem in biological research - FDA approval for a new is very hard to get. On the other hand the FDA has prevented a lot of harmful drugs that would never have worked from being sold in the usa....i dunno which is better.

Re: Prostate Cancer Patients Face Rationing of Provenge

Gerald Gaffey — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:36:31 -0000

The FDA should take the total blame, for not having this new treatment available. They have taken to long for approval of the treatment. Now they will take to long for approval, of the factories. Just think of all the families, that will have to suffer, because of the FDA.

Re: Turtles’ Christmas journey tracked by scientists

lsoweis — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:30:47 -0000

Many nights, I have difficulty getting quality sleep-falling asleep, continue to sleep in spite of being tired and sleepy, laying awake most of the night. My son who holds a Ph.D in Biochemistry suggested that I take Trytophan with warm milk. It worked and many nights I enjoyed calm and restful time sleeping. It made a difference. I am writing this so others who have same problem can benefit from my experience.

Re: Researchers find two units of umbilical cord blood reduce risk of leukemia recurrence

Anjna — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:48:47 -0000

I lost my Aunt 2 years back ... She was suffering from breast cancer.. We were not aware of Stem cell treatment for Breast Cancer in its early stages.. That would be the only grief that will remain in our hearts till we breathe ... We really miss you aunt..!!May your soul rest in PEACE.. but for other patients I want to create awareness about Stem cell treatment given by Stem Cell Global Foundation, I have seen their treatment provided to be very promising in giving quality life to breast cancer patients. I personally recommend this organization and For more information ,Please visit website, www.stemcellgf.org

Re: Toddler Gets a Telescoping, Prosthetic Arm Bone That Grows With Him

cadrpr — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:14:35 -0000

Can you post an article on "Ewing’s sarcoma" in details please,

Re: INTERVIEW: Dr. Mike Brown, Pluto Killer

laurele — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:01:20 -0000

Brown represents only one side of a very much ongoing debate over the status of Pluto and definition of planet, yet he misrepresents his point of view as the only legimitate one in the astronomy community.

In his blog "Mike Brown's Planets," Brown has repeatedly denied that a debate even exists, claiming over and over again that everyone has accepted the "new" eight-planet solar system when this is completely untrue. Several hundred professional astronomers signed a formal petition rejecting the IAU decision; their petition can be found here: http://www.ipetitions.com/p... .

Many of these astronomers including New Horizons Principal Investigator Dr. Alan Stern, Dr. Mark Sykes, Dr. David Morrison, Dr. David Grinspoon, and Dr. Hal Weaver decided to boycott this year's IAU General Assembly because in spite of their multiple requests, the IAU leadership adamantly refused to reopen discussion on the continuing controversy over planet definition.

Because Brown represents only one side of this debate yet misleadingly repeats over and over that there is no debate, it is a tremendous disservice to the public to interview him without also interviewing another astronomer representing the other side of this debate, namely support for the geophysical definition of planet (which defines a planet as any non-self-luminous spheroidal body orbiting a star). Members of the public deserve to know that the 2006 IAU decision is not a done deal, and that Pluto has never been "killed" as a planet. If you do not sponsor a speaker representing this view, many will be misled into believing Brown is portraying the facts as opposed to one interpretation of the facts.

The fact that this debate remains ongoing can be seen from the popularity of Alan Boyle's new book The Case for Pluto and Pluto Confidential, a book by two astronomers, Laurence A. Marshall and Stephen P. Maran, who represent both sides of this controversy.

The persistence of the debate is also very evident in the audio transcripts of the Great Planet Debate, held at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, MD in August 2008, specifically in response to the problematic 2006 IAU General Assembly. Many of the astronomers mentioned above were key speakers at that event, whose proceedings can be found at http://gpd.jhuapl.edu . I urge you all to take the time to listen to this very engaging discussion, which was conducted on a professional level and addressed all points of view regarding the question of "What Is A Planet."

Brown is just plain wrong when he says "most people are over" it regarding the wrongful demotion of Pluto. This is his denial talking and can be seen from the plethora of Internet groups and forums, many run by amateur astronomers, where many express rejection of Pluto's demotion. We will get planet Pluto reinstated.

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