Archive for September, 2016

Full Moons Can Apparently Trigger Earthquakes

Monday, September 12th, 2016

http://gizmodo.com/full-moons-can-apparently-trigger-earthquakes-1786530723?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_twitter&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Air Conditioning: Bringing You Relief… And Microbes

Monday, September 12th, 2016

AC http://seas.yale.edu/news-events/news/air-conditioning-bringing-you-relief-and-microbes @jordan_peccia : Cold, alt wet & dry…in units forms a unique environment…promoting a narrow range of microbes

As La Guardia Is Overhauled, the Check-In Line Starts at the Highway – NYTimes.com

Monday, September 12th, 2016

As #LGA Is Overhauled, CheckIn Line Starts at Highway
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/nyregion/la-guardia-airport-reconstruction-drop-your-bags.htm As a main airport for southern CT, perhaps forming at border

How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat – The New York Times

Monday, September 12th, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/well/eat/how-the-sugar-industry-shifted-blame-to-fat.html?_r=1

Susan Sontag – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunday, September 11th, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Sontag

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Sontag died in New York City on 28 December 2004, aged 71, from complications of myelodysplastic syndrome which had evolved into acute myelogenous leukemia.
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Reduced breast cancer mortality after 20+ years of follow-up in the Swedish randomized controlled mammography tr ials in Malmö, Stockholm, and Göteb… – PubMed – NCBI

Sunday, September 11th, 2016

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27306511

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The overview showed a 15% significant relative reduction in breast cancer mortality due to invitation to mammography screening. Heterogeneity in age, trial time, attendance rates, and length of screening intervals may have contributed to the variation in effect between the trials.
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benefit accruing to older women only

Flaws in CNBSS Are Vast, Impact on Screening Recommendations Is Nil – The ASCO Post

Sunday, September 11th, 2016

http://www.ascopost.com/issues/april-15-2014/flaws-in-cnbss-are-vast-impact-on-screening-recommendations-is-nil/

Philip Strax – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunday, September 11th, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Strax

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Philip Strax (January 1, 1909 – March 9, 1999) was a radiologist who pioneered the use ofmammography to screen for early breast cancer. With co-investigators statistician Sam Shapiro and surgeon Louis Venet he conducted a randomized controlled trial comparing outcomes of 60,000 women who received either mammogram and clinical breast exam (study group) or "usual practices in receiving medical care" (control group).
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Albert Salomon (surgeon) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunday, September 11th, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Salomon_(surgeon)

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The Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, known earlier as Pap smear, cervical smear, or smear test) is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially pre-cancerous and cancerous processes in the cervix (opening of the uterus or womb).
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Pap test – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunday, September 11th, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pap_test

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The Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, known earlier as Pap smear, cervical smear, or smear test) is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially pre-cancerous and cancerous processes in the cervix (opening of the uterus or womb).
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