The problems with the mathematical models started when banks started offering mortgages without knowing a borrower's assets or income. (These were called "NINjA" loans, as in "No Income? No Assets? Here is a loan anyway.") Models don't generally run very well unless you have good data to plug into the model; therefore, analysts were forced to make what amounted to an educated guess as to the chance that a NINjA loan would end in default. ... << MORE >>

The transposon was chosen by the International Society for Molecular and Cell Biology and Biotechnology Protocols and Research for enabling stable gene transfer in vertebrates.
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According to the study, alcohol is the most frequently used substance among adolescents. Previous research shows that less than 50% of 8th graders have used alcohol, whereas 50% of 12th graders reported ever being drunk, 30% reported participating in binge drinking, and 3% drank daily.

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This paper offers real-world examples of how therapists can avoid resorting to coercive interventions while attempting to respectfully help those in severe distress. (Author is responsible for content.)<< MORE >>

Philosophically, I agree that further research and easier access for medical use are good things if marijuana can help alleviate patient suffering. As a primary care physician and a mother, however, I worry that becoming too lax with restrictions might make it easier to obtain for nonmedical use. The AMA report also reminds us that "whether or not cannabis is a gateway drug to other substance misuse is controversial." That's what makes this issue hit close to my home and my office.

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The Parliamentary inquiry will look into the issue of „falsified
pandemic“ that was declared by WHO in June 2009 on the advice of its
group of academic experts, SAGE, many of whose members have been
documented to have intense financial ties to the same pharmaceutical
giants such as GlaxoSmithKline, Roche, Novartis, who benefit from the
production of drugs and untested H1N1 vaccines. ... << MORE >>

These "inconvenient truth" brain damage medical studies -- confirmed
by repeated animal studies, brain scans and autopsies -- are now well
known throughout the medical field, but are almost never explained to
the general public, who are often the ones to pay for these expensive
prescriptions.
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Many of the
medications currently provided are typically associated with
significant medical risk, are often experienced as subjectively
harmful, and their long-term effectiveness remains controversial.
Furthermore, there are widely researched psychosocial alternative
treatments likely to be at least as effective for many, with fewer
harmful effects.” ... << MORE >>

Staff members of Governing were reluctant to speak on the record because they did not want to antagonize their new employers. One person who spoke on the condition of anonymity said, “There have been some eyebrows raised based on the fact that the St. Pete Times has been doing these stories, while simultaneously they have been selling this to a company run by Scientologists.” ... << MORE >>

"This drug has the potential to finally open the door to acceptance of the idea that decreased desire can be something that involves a dysfunctional way the brain works, and not only a bad partner,"
said research Jim Pfaus
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