NEWARK - A researcher specializing in pharmacogenetics at UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School has been awarded a grant for more than $3 million to determine the effects of the mineral fluoride on dental and bone health in children.



Water fluoridation has emerged as one of the top public health achievements in the 20th century, reducing the incidence of dental caries (tooth decay) and its associated suffering. It has saved over $25 billion in… Continue

Tim Reid in Washington



Missiles fired from suspected US drones killed at least 15 people inside Pakistan today, the first such strikes since Barack Obama became president and a clear sign that the controversial military policy begun by George W Bush has not changed.



Security officials said the strikes, which saw up to five missiles slam into houses in separate villages, killed seven "foreigners" - a term that usually means al-Qaeda - but locals also said that three… Continue

The rate of sudden deaths increased six-fold in the first year that California law enforcement agencies deployed the use of stun guns, according to a UCSF study. Findings also showed a two-fold increase in the rate of firearm-related deaths during the same time period.



The most widely used brand of stun gun is the Taser, and the team surveyed for outcomes related… Continue

Dear President Obama,



We represent the 9 out of 10 Americans who enthusiastically support your campaign promise to require the mandatory labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods. In the spirit of governing smarter, we want to be clear about our comprehensive labeling expectations, so they are not diluted by lobbyists for corporate interests.



SPECIFICITY: “Derived By,” “Fed,” or “Injected”



All foods in which any single ingredient is intentionally or… Continue

On the Bill Bennett's radio show today, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) said that climate change deniers have prevailed in the battle over global warming and that the idea of global warming is a conspiracy that began at the United Nations.



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The only way consumers can protect their families and avoid potentially harmful so-called Frankenfoods is to buy directly from the grower, says a leading plant scientist.



"The important thing in local communities is know the producer," Arpad Pusztai told a crowd of about 30 people gathered to hear him speak about genetically modified food at the Niagara Artists' Centre on St. Paul Street in St. Catharines Saturday… Continue

Give an Hour is a nonprofit 501(c)(3), founded in September 2005 by Dr. Barbara V. Romberg, a psychologist in the Washington, D.C., area. The organizations mission is to develop national networks of volunteers capable of responding to both… Continue

Madison Avenue Magic: Study Reveals Positive Effects of Unconscious Exposure to Advertisements

Findings could help marketers optimize advertising for the human mind



Fads have been a staple of American pop culture for decades, from spandex in the 1980s to skinny jeans today. But while going from fad to flop may seem like the result of fickle consumers, a new study suggests that this is exactly what should be expected for a… Continue

January 13, 2009



National Children’s Study Begins Recruiting Volunteers



The National Institutes of Health announced today that the National Children’s Study will begin recruiting volunteers to take part in its comprehensive study of how genes and the environment interact to affect children’s health. At a briefing, NIH officials announced that the first phase of recruitment for the study will begin in Duplin County, North Carolina, and Queens, New York.



The study… Continue

The Regional Integrated Transportation Information System (RITIS) is currently operational in the Washington D.C. area.



Real-time Transportation System Visualization





I spoke with Mr. Lee Tune about future infrastructure and applications.

He told me the software and how it was designed is compatible with the red light and crime camera systems now in most major… Continue

The Body Soviet: Propaganda,

Hygiene and the Revolutionary State

by Tricia Starks



FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – By making the personal political, hygienists in the early days of the Soviet Union attempted to improve public health dramatically and played a key role in the establishment of the Soviet state. In The Body Soviet: Propaganda, Hygiene and the Revolutionary State, historian Tricia Starks examines the extensive collections… Continue

Study says 'error-monitoring' signals keep us from being too different from others



Your brain may be wired to go along with popular opinion in social situations, a new study suggests.



Scans done with functional magnetic resonance imaging showed that people whose opinion differed with that of a group of people experienced a neuronal response in the brain's rostral cingulate zone (RCZ) and nucleus accumbens (NAc) -- areas that seem… Continue

Monsanto does not own the Posilac Dairy Business anymore.

Elanco a Division of Eli Lilly and Company
Elanco Announces Acquisition of Posilac® Dairy Business

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Mustard Gas and

American Race-

Based Human

Experimentation

in World War II



Susan L. Smith



During World War II, scientists funded by

the United States government conducted

mustard gas experiments on 60,000

American soldiers as part of military preparation

for potential chemical warfare.1 One aspect of the

chemical warfare research program on mustard

gas involved race-based human experimentation.

In at least nine… Continue

This survey was informed by two focus groups (video - focus groups) conducted in August 2008 in suburban Baltimore. This is the first time—to the pollsters’ knowledge—that synthetic biology has been the subject of a representative national telephone survey.



Synthetic Biology:… Continue