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Ionicon Analytik Ges.m.b.H.
based in Innsbruck, AUSTRIA
IONICON is the world's leading producer of trace gas analyzers with market-leading, real-time, single-digit pptv-level detection limits for VOCs using the unique Proton Transfer Reaction – Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS) and Selective Reagent Ionization – Mass Spectrometry (SRI-MS) technology. IONICON also produces trace calibration devices for analytical instruments and ...
Sigma-Aldrich Co., LLC
based in Bellefonte, PENNSYLVANIA (USA)
Sigma-Aldrich is a leading Life Science and High Technology company whose biochemical, organic chemical products, kits and services are used in scientific research, including genomic and proteomic research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, the diagnosis of disease and as key components in pharmaceutical, diagnostics and high technology manufacturing. ...
Ashtead Technology Ltd
based in Letchworth, UNITED KINGDOM
Ashtead Technology was formed in 1985 when Ashtead Group plc acquired SubSpek Limited, which at the time provided underwater positioning, survey and inspection equipment rental from a base in Aberdeen. In 1994 the Singapore base was opened, focussing on the offshore oil and gas industry and the subsea telecommunications cable market in Asia Pacific. The first US ...
Pollution Srl
based in Budrio, ITALY
POLLUTION is an experienced designer and manufacturer of analytical instruments for the on-site chemical analysis of volatile compounds. Since 1991 POLLUTION has been a leader in micro GC and emissions FID technologies. Markets served: Environmental, Energy & Process (natural gas, petrochemical) , Health & Safety. POLLUTION's young and highly motivated team, on top of ...
TRS Group, Inc. (TRS)
based in Longview, WASHINGTON (USA)
TRS Group, Inc. is the world's most experienced provider of Electrical Resistance Heating (ERH) for in situ soil and groundwater remediation. TRS has applied ERH on 100 projects. TRS consistently meets and surpasses our client's objectives, providing rapid closure to sites that have often attempted other remediation technologies without success. With 45 offices ...
Inland Technology
based in Tacoma, WASHINGTON (USA)
Over the last 30 years, Inland Technology has primarily been a research and development company. Our principle business is designing and manufacturing environmental technology; technology that reduces or eliminates the generation of hazardous waste and hazardous air emissions. We have been successful at providing non-hazardous green chemistry for the Military, Aerospace, ...
PACE Environmental Products, Inc.
based in Whitehall, PENNSYLVANIA (USA)
PACE Environmental Products Inc. is your single best resource for turnkey CEMS Systems. Each CEMS is designed to conform to current EPA standards and is built to suit the monitoring requirements you need. Housed within a single cabinet, all systems are built with the highest quality and designed for easy maintenance and serviceability. Gases such as SO2, NO, NOx, CO2, O2 ...
Spill Doctor (SA)
based in Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
The Jesbra Group, now trading as Spill Doctor in Africa, represents some of the worlds industry leading providers of environmental, safety and health products. With over a decade of international experience and 25 years operating in Africa, Spill Doctor has consolidated a range of internationaly recognised products that both our regional and international clients regard ...
Microseeps Inc.
based in Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA (USA)
Microseeps is a group of former Gulf Research & Development Company. Microseeps is a recognized leader in the development of specialized analytical methods to support Monitored Natural Attenuation and other in-situ remediation techniques. Microseeps has developed new methods and overcome several technical challenges for performing geochemical analyses on soils and ground ...
HI-Q Environmental Products Company
based in San Diego, CALIFORNIA (USA)
HI-Q Environmental Products Company (HI-Q) has been a leading manufacturer of Air Sampling & Radiation Monitoring Equipment, Systems & Accessories since 1973. HI-Q started primarily as a manufacturer of activated carbon cartridges and high/low volume air sampling pumps intended to be used as "Record Samplers" in the collection of radioiodine and radioactive dust ...
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Promoting Innovations in Medical Education
Like most aspects of our society, the practice of medicine is changing at a rapid pace. Future physicians must be able to navigate new and increasingly complicated health information technologies, understand and use advances in personalized medicine and in some cases practice in coordinated settings such as accountable care organizations and medical homes.
To be successful, these future physicians – our nation's current and upcoming medical students – must be prepared to thrive in a rapidly changing health care environment. Gaps now exist between how physicians are trained and the nature of the work they will do. To help narrow these gaps, some medical schools have begun innovative programs to advance medical education. Others have begun to think about ways to make changes to their programs, but are held back by constraints on time or resources.
As the nation's largest organization representing physicians and medical students, the American Medical Association (AMA) is pleased to have played a leadership role in all levels of physician education. Now we want to take the next step in accelerating change in medical education.
The first step of the Accelerating Change in Medical Education program kicks off this week with the launch of a $10 million initiative to identify and develop innovative new education models that can be duplicated in medical schools throughout the country. Our aim with this new project is to facilitate meaningful change by over the next five years by providing funding for approximately 10 projects that support a significant redesign of undergraduate medical education.
The challenge has been extended to medical schools nationwide. We are seeking to attract and support bold, rigorously evaluated innovations that align medical student training with the evolving needs of patients, communities and the changing health care environment. We are looking for creative ideas – ways to develop new methods for teaching and assessing key competencies; foster flexible, individualized learning plans; promote methods to achieve patient safety, performance improvement and team based care; and improve students' understanding of the health care system and financing.
To be considered, medical schools can now submit their ideas. We will review the proposals and announce those receiving grants at our Annual Meeting in June. The goal is to showcase successful innovations and promote their adoption in medical schools nationwide. We'll be forming a learning consortium so participating schools can share best practices and structural innovations.
Students are invited to weigh in on this important discussion as well. If you have thoughts on how medical education can evolve, we want to hear about them. Let us know your thoughts in a comment on the AMA Medical Student Section Facebook page. Some ideas to think about: How can medical students prepare to meet the needs of diverse patient populations facing complex, costly problems in a continuously evolving health care system? Should medical schools move from a time-based (e.g., 4 year curriculum) to competency-based education where students demonstrate the achievement of milestones? If you want to highlight innovative activities, classes, educational tools, clerkships, structural changes, etc., going on at your medical school we'd love to know about those as well.
The future of medicine relies on inventive medical education that prepares today's medical students to care for tomorrow's patients. It is time to bring medical education up to date and provide students with the best possible training to succeed in our vital and rapidly changing field.
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Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist in private practice in Denver, having served as speaker of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates from 2007 to 2011, became the 167th president of the AMA in June 2012. He is a past president of the Colorado Medical Society, the Colorado Psychiatric Society and the Arapahoe County Medical Society.
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Cancer cells
Cell Growth : In adults, cells normally grow and divide slowly and in a controlled way. This ensures that the number of cells in a tissue or system stays about the same. But in cancer, something goes wrong. One cell starts dividing out of control. In most types of cancer, a growing mass of cells called a tumor is formed.
Cancer cells are cells that grow and divide at an unregulated, quick pace. Although cancer cells can be quite common in a person they are only malignant when the other cells (particularly natural killer cells) fail to recognize and/or destroy them. In the past a common belief was that cancer cells failed to be recognized and destroyed because of a weakness in the immune system. However more recent research has shown that the failure to recognize cancer cells is caused by the lack of particular co-stimulated molecules that aid in the way antigens react with lymphocytes.
Causes of Cancer By researching stem cells scientists have suggested that too much SP2 protein may turn stem cells into cancer cells. Other issues thought to play a role in the spread of cancer include viruses, immune system issues, genetics, environment and age. However, a lack of particular co-stimulated molecules that aid in the way antigens react with lymphocytes can impair the natural killer cells ability and ultimately cause cancer.
All cancers begin in cells, the body's basic unit of life. To understand cancer, it's helpful to know what happens when normal cells become cancer cells.
The body is made up of many types of cells. These cells grow and are controlled to produce more cells as they are needed to keep the body healthy. When cells become old or damaged, they die and are replaced with new cells.
Sometimes this process of controlled production of cells goes wrong. The genetic material (DNA) of a cell start producing mutations that affect normal cell growth and division by being damaged. When this happens, sometimes these cells do not die but form a mass of tissue called a tumor. Said mutations accumulate, being another reason that cancer is found more often in older people.
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A Spotify playlist for Alan Light's book on the song 'Hallelujah'
In his new book "The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of 'Hallelujah' (Atria)," Alan Light traces the evolution of Leonard Cohen's song from 1984 album track to one of the pop fixtures of our time.
In an interview published at the fabulous Cohen fansite 1heckofaguy.com, Light expressed his hope for the book this way: »Read Full Blog Post
Yo La Tengo swings from calm to full-on rocking
Yo La Tengo's show at Turner Hall on Saturday showed that in music, there are different types of Zen.
The Hoboken, N.J.-based indie rock darling began a nine-song opening acoustic set with a meditative variation of "Ohm," the first track off "Fade," its lovely and relaxed 13th full-length studio album released in January. Georgia Hubley gently tapped the drums with brushes, her husband Ira Kaplan glided the song toward a subdued Middle Eastern-influenced guitar jam, and the couple along with primary bassist James McNew sang sweetly, quietly, together. »Read Full Article
MSO captures excitement of rarely performed Beethoven works
In the culinary world it's quite the event to plan a meal around a single delicacy, for instance a white truffle meal.
In the music world, it's a similar treat to plan a meal around a musical delicacy, for instance some of the infrequently performed symphonies of Beethoven. »Read Full Article
Milwaukee Rep's 'Clybourne Park' an electrifying production
Because "Clybourne Park" is so good and because it explores issues that aren't going away, it's easy to agree with Mark Clements' prediction - made in his director's notes for the new Milwaukee Repertory Theater production - that Bruce Norris' play is built to last.
It's much harder to imagine watching the inevitable revival, 10 or 20 years from now, without hearkening back to the electrifying performance I saw Friday night, in which Clements' all-star cast gave "Clybourne" the treatment it deserves. »Read Full Article(1)
Winter Jam tour brings full range of Christian music to U.S. Cellular Arena
The Christian music industry has long been a bit of an enigma.
Mostly, the genre has remained separate from its pop brethren. There it has thrived, in record sales, at festivals and on Christian radio. »Read Full Article(3)


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Appalachian State University men's soccer could not find an answer for a UNC Greensboro goal in the 39th minute, as the Mountaineers fell to the Spartans, 1-0, on Saturday night at UNCG Soccer Field. With the loss, Appalachian dropped its
Seniors Dana Oliver (Miami, Fla.) and Taylor Clendenin (Statesville, N.C.) recorded 16 and 12 kills, respectively to lead the Lees-McRae College women's volleyball team on Saturday afternoon as the Bobcats fell to Mount Olive College in
The Lenoir-Rhyne Volleyball Team (8-5, 4-2) bounced back with a 3-1 victory over Carson-Newman (4-7, 2-4) in a South Atlantic Conference contest Saturday at Holt Fieldhouse. The Bears prevailed over the Eagles by scores of 21-25,
The No. 22 Lenoir-Rhyne Women's Soccer Team (7-1, 4-0) made it four wins in a row with a 3-1 victory over Newberry (4-5-1, 1-3) Saturday afternoon in a South Atlantic Conference match. Three different players scored for the Bears,
The Lenoir-Rhyne Women's Cross Country Team won the inaugural Bulldog Invitational, hosted by The Citadel, Saturday morning at Laurel Hill Plantation. The first-place finish is the second in a row for the Bears. L-R were led by junior
The Watuaga High football team ran into a well-oiled machine Friday night. Like a brand new Ferrari roaring its way off the showroom floor, Elizabethon blasted the Pioneers 40-8 on Homecoming night at Brown-Childress Stadium. The Cyclones
After an impressive 34-17 road win at Chattanooga last Saturday, Appalachian State University returns home for its final non-conference matchup of the regular season versus Coastal Carolina. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. at Kidd Brewer Stadium.
Sophomore forward Julia Holz's goal in the eighth minute was all Appalachian State University women's soccer needed, as the Mountaineers earned their second conference victory of the season over Georgia Southern 1-0 Friday night at the
Appalachian State University women's cross country team finished second overall in the 6,000m event, defeating all nine Southern Conference opponents in the 49er Invite. Senior Amanda Hamilton led the Mountaineers for the third time
Freshmen Jordan Banta (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Angela Morse (Clinton Township, Mich.) combined for 20 kills and eight blocks to lead the Lees-McRae College women's volleyball team to a straight-set sweep of Barton College in
The Lees-McRae College women's cross country team finished fifth out of competing NCAA Division II programs at the Charlotte Cross Country Invitational on Friday. Lees-McRae placed 28th overall and fifth among NCAA II teams,
The woes continue for the Avery High football team. The Vikings (2-5 overall; 0-3 Western Highlands 1A/2A Conference) suffered tehir fifth straight loss Friday night at home against Hendersonville. The Bearcats (6-1; 3-0), led by Grant
The woes continue for the Watauga High volleyball team. The Pioneers (11-7 overall; 6-2 Northwestern 3A/4A Conference) dropped their fifth consecutive match Thursday night as Fred
A recent review to determine if "clustering" of student-athletes in specific academic majors and classes occurs at Appalachian State University found that it is not existent within any of Appalachian's 20 varsity sports programs or
The San Francisco Giants have hired former T.C. Roberson baseball coach Donnie Suttles to be a territorial scout for North Carolina, South Carolina
The Associated Press weekly football polls are out for the week of September 24-28. The only regional team ranked in the top ten is Boonville-
Bradford Perley has been racing mountain bikes for a long, long time. And now after all those races the Kennebunk High grad (Class of 2007) can call himself
Soccer has often been characterized as "the beautiful game" when referring to matches that are played on the World Cup stage. On Wednesday, Watauga's men's soccer team gave a great demonstration of the beautiful game at the


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As of Sept. 7, 103 of the 722 Australian/New Zealand patients -- or just over 14 percent -- had died, while 15.8 percent were still in the hospital.
Even though that seems like a high death rate, Kuittinen pointed out that these patients were typically very sick before catching the flu and probably had multiple other health problems.
And the mortality rate was no higher than that typically seen with seasonal flu, stressed the authors of the report, from several different universities in Australia.
Another expert said the findings were in line with expectations.
"It verifies a lot of our planning notions for the past couple of years. We're seeing a lot of the same numbers, it's reassurance," said Dr. Michael Proctor, director of training at Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health and the National Center for Emergency Medical Preparedness and Response, in College Station, Texas.
"There's no cause for panic, just cause for caution," Kuittinen added. "Look at this, hear this news and practice good hygiene. Wash your hands, carry hand sanitizers, sneeze into a tissue."
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Learn more about H1N1 flu from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
SOURCES: Tamara R. Kuittinen, M.D. emergency physician, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; Anthony Fauci, M.D., director, U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Md.; Michael Proctor, M.D., director of training at Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health and the National Center for Emergency Medical Preparedness and Response; College Station, Tex; Oct. 8, 2009, New England Journal of Medicine, online
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As if celebrities needed further glorification, Tinder will now help them verify their VIP status when looking for love.
Tickets sold for $4,000 a pop, which included access to a VIP tent and a luncheon catered by Giada de Laurentiis.
Inside this inner sanctum was yet another black door, another secret chamber: the VIP of VIPs.
also V.I.P., 1933, initialism for very important person or personage.
At most, the greatest persons, are but great wens, and excrescences; men of wit and delightfull conversation, but as moales for ornament, except they be so incorporated into the body of the world, that they contribute something to the sustentation of the whole. [John Donne, letter to Sir Henry Goodere, Sept. 1608]
VIP abbr.
vasoactive intestinal polypeptide
An abbreviation for "Very Important Person": "The luncheon will be exclusive, with VIPs only."
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|1 Medium, chopped
|Instant beef broth envelope/1 beef flavor bouillon cube
|1 Ounce (1 Envelope)
|Bottled chili sauce
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Marjoram leaf
|1⁄4 Teaspoon, crumbled
|Rosemary leaf
|1⁄4 Teaspoon, crumbled
|3 Cup (48 tbs)
|8 Medium, pared, halved lengthwise, and cut in 1-inch lengths
|4 Medium, pared and cut up
|Frozen cut green beans package
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1) Preheat oven to 300°F before baking.
2) Cut sausages into 1/2 inch thick slices.
3) Figure ground beef or lamb into 1-inch balls and coat with a mixture of flour, salt, and pepper.
4) In a large frying pan, brown the sausages slowly and keep aside in a bowl, taking them off from pan with a slotted spoon.
5) In the same pan, brown the meat balls in drippings and then add to sausage.
6) Add onion to pan and sauté them until soft.
7) Mix in browned meat, beef broth or bouillon cube, chili sauce, marjoram, rosemary, and water and cook to boiling, stirring constantly.
8) Take a 12-cup baking dish; pour the mixture into it and then mix in carrots, potatoes, and beans, crumbling up beans with a fork.
9) Bake, covered for 2 hours and 20 minutes in preheated oven and then increase the oven temperature to 425°F after taking off the vegetable mixture from oven.
10) Remove any fat from meat mixture.
11) Take a medium-size bowl and mix together biscuit mix and cheese in it.
12) Immediately pour in milk and mix lightly just until evenly moist.
13) On a lightly floured pastry cloth or board, knead the dough for 1/2 minute and then even out to a 10x6 rectangle.
14) Using a pastry wheel or knife, slice the rectangle crosswise into 8 strips of about 1/4 inch wide.
15) Place the strips in a crisscross pattern on top of meat mixture.
16) Bake for 20 minutes in preheated hot oven until golden-brown.
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The phone calls began around breakfast time on March 12. Emails also started pouring in, to me, to our friends, to our friends' friends and to this newspaper, which, that morning, had published my story – "Wonder Drug That Stole My Memory" – about my experience of taking statins.
It seems to have struck a nerve. Over the next fortnight, scores of people up and down the country posted comments on telegraph.co.uk about their own experiences with the same drugs. Their symptoms included forgetfulness, confusion, loss of names and words, numbness in the fingertips. Reading about my predicament seemed to have synthesised a lot of fears and emotions, ranging from bitterness towards the medical profession, to relief that their symptoms might not premise Alzheimer's after all.
How many more people must there be who think they are alone in their suffering? Last week it was claimed that every third person in England over the age of 45 was taking statins – around seven million people. Worldwide, they are now the most commonly prescribed drug in the history of medicine. Yet, according to the Department of Health, up to 10 per cent of patients may have significant side-effects. That is to say, 700,000 Britons may now be suffering moderate to crippling pain or loss of memory or libido, after taking a drug that is hailed everywhere as the greatest pharmacological find of the 21st century.
Many of my respondents had suffered far worse experiences that anything that the doctors, the warnings on the packets or the promotional literature could have led them to expect. They claim their limbs felt like lead weights; they had lost the power of concentration, and in some cases their sex drive was affected. One man who had severe muscle pains was told by his doctor that tests in the US had revealed that statins could have the effect of "dissolving muscles". It sounded like science fiction – but then I spoke to my cousin, a London GP, who rang me while recovering from hip surgery. He believes that his two hip replacements were both largely down to the statins he took, which weakened the musculature of his hips and thighs.
As for forgetfulness, there were writers who could not remember their own phone number. One post read heart-rendingly, "I am 62 and have been taking high-dosage statins for 20 years following a heart attack. My high cholesterol is genetic. I have insomnia, muscle pains and serious memory loss, short and long term. I can't even remember the events of my wedding day. My life is a closed book."
Why has the widespread evidence of such side-effects from statin intolerance been ignored by the medical profession for so long? The nonchalance with which some GPs appear to shrug off the problem is extraordinary. As another correspondent states, "If the substance was a sweet, a drink or a foodstuff, the Health and Safety Executive would get it banned immediately".
I believe there is a reluctance to investigate any statin-related problems properly. Too many people in the scientific and medical professions see them as drugs that can do no wrong. They are also cheap and effective, and according to the Department of Health, they save 10,000 lives a year, significantly reducing strokes and coronary heart disease. The latest evidence suggests that they may also cut the risk of deep-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolisms.
It is no wonder, then, that having found this "wonder-drug" effective against some of the most common health problems in the industrialised world, scientists are not all that keen to criticise it. For one thing, it would be taking on the pharmaceutical giants that developed the drug; for another, as Telegraph columnist Dr James LeFanu pointed out recently, family doctors get a special payment from the Government for everyone they treat for a raised cholesterol level.
It is left up to each GP as to what constitutes a "raised" level, which may be why I came across so many "cholesterol victims" among my correspondents. I have had relatively high cholesterol for years, probably genetic, and I have always been told the same thing by GPs and Bupa doctors: 7.5 is too high, 6.5 is rather higher than it should be, and if you can bring it down to a level of 5.5 that would be just fine. Yet there are patients here being treated with statins for mildly high blood pressure when their cholesterol level was at 4.3 or lower. These pills are handed out like Smarties.
Despite the mounting evidence of problems, the medical profession seems alarmingly relaxed about the risks. The other day I happened upon a six-year-old transcript of a BBC radio phone-in show on statins. A cardiologist was present in the studio. Everything was going swimmingly until a lady from Powys said she was getting terrible muscle pain in her thighs after taking the drugs. "I couldn't lift my foot off the ground," she complained. "I couldn't get on and off the loo; let's face it, I couldn't even put my knickers on." The cardiologist tried to reassure her. "In less than one person in a thousand, quite literally, less than one person in a thousand, do statins cause a serious inflammation in the muscles," he said.
Today, the figure has risen to as many as one in 10. But just the other day, on a BBC ask-the-doctor website, a consultant was, to my mind, downplaying the side-effects. "Tummy upsets, aches, muscle aches and liver problems are among the common side effects of statins," she stated airily. "Most of these settle with time."
This is not good enough. Statin 'victims' deserve better. For one thing, they need more answers to crucial questions, such as what alternatives there might be to statin therapy – such as fibrates or diet, for example – and how successful they are. The British Heart Foundation says that tests can be done to identify those patients at greatest risk of side-effects; if so, why are they not widely utilised? The Department of Health refuses to commit itself on alternatives to statins, saying only that there is a range of cholesterol-lowering treatments that can be used in cases of statin intolerance, and patients should consult their doctors about which one is most appropriate.
Many of those who responded to my article recommended a range of alternatives. My favourite came from Father Ignatius Brown: "Red wine, dark chocolate, porridge, fresh air, long walks, small amounts of cheese made from unpasteurised milk, plenty of leafy greens, wild salmon, berries – and laughter".
For my part, I believe that I haven't fully shaken off the effects of my encounter with statins, and I don't know whether I will. What I do know is that there is a dark and growing underside to the "wonder drug" that needs to be exposed and more fully researched.
• What are statins?
Statins are used to lower levels of blood cholesterol. The drugs block the action of a chemical in the liver required to make cholesterol. Cholesterol is necessary for normal cell and body function, but very high levels of it can lead to atherosclerosis, a condition in which cholesterol-containing plaques build up in arteries and reduce blood flow. By reducing blood cholesterol levels, statins lower the risk of chest pain (angina), heart attack, and stroke.
• A doctor writes...
A year ago I wrote an article in the Telegraph advocating the greater use of statins. Therefore, I feel obliged to respond to Christopher Hudson's concerns. Statins were first developed in Japan in the late Seventies. Today they are taken by tens of millions of middle-aged and elderly people worldwide. In the last 20 years, the use of statins has increased exponentially. So what impact have they had at the frontline of the NHS, in the emergency rooms of our District General Hospitals?
In the last 10 years death rates from coronary heart disease (CHD) have fallen by 46 per cent in people under 65. The decrease in mortality is greatest in the over 55's, and is due to a reduction in the major risk factors such as smoking, improved treatment in the immediate aftermath of a heart attack (eg clot-busting drugs), and widespread secondary prevention, including statins.
The figures are conclusive: we are winning the battle for our arteries, and statins are one of our most powerful allies against heart attacks, strokes, and other vascular diseases. We have enormous amounts of data on statins now, confirming that they are safe to take, and that their benefits far outweigh the well-documented risks.
All drugs have side-effects, and with every prescription he or she writes, a doctor is making a risk-benefit analysis. The most significant side-effect of statins is a reversible inflammation of muscle which is seen in less than 0.01 per cent of recipients. As with every drug, extreme side-effects are occasionally reported: in the case of statins there have been fatalities due to renal failure with an incidence of 0.15 cases per million prescriptions. Abnormalities in liver function are also recognised but rarely significant, and almost always reversible on cessation of medication.
Memory problems are a rare but serious side effect of statins. Patients who are concerned about this aspect of statin medication, should consult their GP and consider a "drug holiday". The vast majority of side-effects would be expected to resolve within the course of a month and if symptoms persisted then other causes should be considered. In those at risk from vascular disease, memory problems are common after middle-age and often a result of damage to small blood vessels in the brain by high blood pressure and atheroma. In this case, it would be an error to attribute a poor memory to a side-effect when, in the majority of cases, the drug is protecting against further damage to our brains.
Let us return to the statistics: CHD is the most common cause of death (and premature death) in Britain; 1 in 5 men and 1 in 6 women die from CHD, and it causes 101,000 deaths here annually. Each year, 130,000 people succumb to strokes, and it is the biggest single cause of serious disability in Britain. In my view, and that of most doctors, the risk-benefit analysis for statins is favourable.
• Lawrence Seymour is a consultant in internal medicine at an NHS teaching hospital. He has no affiliation to any pharmaceutical company


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Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Franklin Graham Against Interfaith Prayer
Like Dobson and most other leaders of the Religious Right who wrongly proclaim that the U.S. is a "Christian Nation," they only want liberty for their own brand of religion.
22 comments:
- Dr. Mike Kear said...
Hi Bruce,
You said, "they only want liberty for their own brand of religion."
How true. According to the Agape article, "the NDOP website states that the coordinators welcome the involvement other faith traditions in the event; but the policy statement adds that, 'our expression of that involvement is specifically limited to the Judeo-Christian heritage and those who share that conviction.'"
Franklin Graham then limits this even more. He said the nationwide prayer initiative has been championed and organized largely by a single group: "Evangelicals."
Does God bless disobedience? What has caused this country to have been blessed to have and enjoy the freedom it's had (James 1:17)? Franklin Graham did not say that we are a theocracy, but there is no denying that it was NOT founded on a secular view of man. I really wonder why there is such an aversion against our nations history and any talk about the faith of those that were instrumental in the establishing of the government. Nobody is saying that they were all Christians either. However, some people (as I've had happen in previous discussions) will deny that any were Christians - and say they were all deists! That's a revising of history for some present day agenda I'm afraid.
>they only want liberty for their own brand of religion...
Jesus made the claims that He was the ONLY way to the Father (John 14:6). There is salvation by NO other name (Acts 4:12). That is not negotiable. The consequences are serious if Jesus told the truth (Luke 13:5).
- Alice Clay said...
"I really wonder why there is such an aversion against our nations history..."
I would imagine the aversion is not so much against history as it is against how history is applied. To say that America was established as a Christian nation (a notion I personally disagree with), does not give present-day Christians the right to force their religious beliefs on Jews, Atheists, Muslims, etc.
I would venture to guess that's what Bruce is getting at with his statement about how they want liberty for their own brand of religion.
What I don't understand is your reaction to that statement. Who said anything against Jesus' claims regarding salvation??
A separation of Church and State does not mean a separation of salt from society (Matthew 5:13). For that reason and the exclusive nature of truth and Jesus' statements that I previously referenced, it shouldn't be seen as 'forcing a belief' on anybody, rather instead a sharing of a truth that has eternal consequences - and that we are accountable for. That is not a particular 'brand of religion' as Bruce stated, but the truth.
And to follow up on the original post, it's not about us being a Theocracy, it's about Thankfulness. If we eliminate God from our history, we deny him the Glory that only He deserves. It's not about the wisdom of man providing us with a doctrine or government. It's not about being thankful for our founders. Instead, let's be thankful to God for his provision. Where is the harm in that? Who do we worship...God or government?
>I would imagine the aversion is not so much against history...
Let's go back to the story Bruce linked:
>"The National Day of Prayer goes back to the Continental Congress," Graham points out, "with George Washington, when he set aside a day of prayer. So this goes back to the very beginning and the foundations of this nation. "
Is that fact or fiction? What God were they praying to?
>And while all Americans are invited to participate, Graham suggests that the day of prayer has historically been a Judeo-Christian event.
Is that not true?
- Greek Shadow said...
I've been teaching both U.S. and World History for twenty four years. History is a pack of lies mutually agreed upon by the winners. Right now the moral mafia is in the ascendant and their message is that America is great because God has blessed us.
Maybe my attitude is like Mae Wests in one of her movies. She is wearing a mink stole and another woman says "Goodness what a beautiful coat." And Mae West replies "Goodness had nothing to do with it."
America is great because of our sheer size, abundant natural resourses, free enterprise that has rewarded innovation, a strong work ethic, rugged individualism, bloody wars of conquest upon Mexico and the indigenous population that I am sure God did not approve of. God hardly approved of the Jim Crow laws and a took a courageous Christian leader sacrificing his life to bring that to the attention the general public. Most of what has made America great was our Constitution, the checks and ballances, separation of power not only between the branches of government but between the Federal, State and Local levels. God did not send a Moses down to impose this on us, it was voted on and ratified by the people. It's never been perfect, but a sure lot better than the theocracy of Iran, the nihilism going on Iraq, the genocide of Africa, all being done in the name of a supreme diety.
- Snoofy said...
I learn the national day of prayer was declared by a joint resolution of Congress in 1952, set aside as the first Thursday in May by Reagan in 1988, and has been declared by the governors of all 50 states since last year. My question is: If it is the NATIONAL Day of Prayer, why is it only for evangelical Christians or people of the Judeo-Christian faith. If it was it should be called the Evangelical Christian Day of Prayer or the Day of Prayer for Christians and Jews. Of course Jesus is the only way to the Father. That is why Baptists churches require a regenerated church membership and are bodies separate from the world. Sorry, the whole nation does not fall under that category. Too bad for everyone who wants to worship God in spirit and truth in a National Church.
- Lulu Maude said...
Thanks for your comments and for the general mission of your blog.
I love Jesus. I do not love many of the people who insist upon clubbing other people with him.
I'm grateful for your enlightened attitudes.
Shine on!
- Monk-in-Training said...
Anonymous, or Roger (not sure if that is your name with the Anon posting)
Franklin Graham did not say that we are a theocracy, but there is no denying that it was NOT founded on a secular view of man
You are apparently saying that the US Constitution is based on biblical principles. I don't buy it, no where is there voting in the Scriptures. Governments are established by God, not ordained by the people. How is the selection of Senators or Representatives based on Scripture?
The authors of the United States Constitution had first-hand experience with governments created and supported by God. Preaching at the coronation of King George III, the Archbishop of Canterbury informed the people that the new monarch ruled by "divine appointment" and this required his subjects to submit entirely to his authority. Every Founder broke a solomn oath, sworn in the Sacred Name of Jesus Christ, when they rebelled against King George III.
In leading a revolution, the Founders rejected the biblical model of God creating governements, they chose the revolutionary view that government has its basis outside the Bible, that is in Common law (English)and the French Enlightenment, with a bit of classical Rome thrown in.
The US Constitution explicitly outlaws religious tests for office holders. Our membership in or non membership in any religion has absolutely no bearing on loyalty to the state. Current proponents of including "one Nation under God" in the pledge of allegiance are reverting to a pre-Revolutionary War notion that political loyalty is tied to one's faith.
The fact that the Founders may or may not have been Christians are irrelevant, the structure of the Government they (not God) created is clearly intended to be faith neutral. I for one thank God for it.
- Dr. Bruce Prescott said...
I thank God for it too.
I am not calling for a theocracy as I don't believe Franklin Graham, or Dobson are either. The Biblical principles of a government restraining evil and the innate God-given desire of man to be free and to be creative, to discover and use their talents, and to worship Him (or not to, it's their choice) are reflected in their writings and in their work. The checks and balances countered the failures of previous government systems. By not establishing a theocracy, people are free to worship as they choose. We cannot deny the uniqueness of our government and that we are blessed to have the freedoms that we do. It's troubling when folks like 'Greek Shadow' go out of their way to deny God the credit where He is due. He genuinely seemed displeased when I talked about thankfulness earlier. Scripture tells us where blessings come from (James 1:17) - they are not from man and they are not by chance. Anyway, I have said nothing about religious tests for office holders (by the way, secularists are just as capable of implementing these as people of faith), or that the government is forcing or promoting a particular faith. However, it is deception to believe that faith-neutrality means no faith at all. Are some people implying that people of faith can't hold certain positions because it violates church and state? Who do you think benefits from that distortion? If you are a Christian, you understand that we are in a spiritual battle. I think it's very likely that something as understandable as the separation of church and state can be twisted by the enemy into a tool of restraining people of faith from impacting the world they live and work in (isn't that the goal of Satan?). If you are a believer, you are a believer everywhere you go. We don't change our beliefs based on our location. The enemy would love for us to believe otherwise.
Greek Shadow,
>History is a pack of lies...
I'm not talking about history as recorded in a textbook, I'm talking about a historical reality that we can't revise.
>Most of what has made America great was our Constitution, the checks and ballances, separation of power not only between the branches of government but between the Federal, State and Local levels. God did not send a Moses down to impose this on us, it was voted on and ratified by the people.
Honestly, you sound more like a deist than a Christian. God is not some remote, indifferent God who is not interested and intimately involved in His creation. He knows the number of hairs on our heads (Luke 12:7). You removed God from history, thus denying Him the glory. Do you have a problem with giving God the glory for his goodness and blessings? Maybe you are revealing something here. While you say I am making an idol out of the Bible, it appears to me that you are making an idol out of Government (with separation of church and state being among those principles) by giving it the credit that God is due.
I suppose that if you asked some orphan that is living in Haiti whether we are blessed or not that you would NOT get an ambiguous reply. Let's not be negative, pessimistic, and ungrateful. Let's regain our perspective here.
>Too bad for everyone who wants to worship God in spirit and truth
You can't worship God in spirit and truth if you are not worshiping the God of the Bible. I know that's not popular to say these days, but Jesus made those claims, not me. There are not multiple paths to God (John 14:6). Will people be helped by telling them otherwise? Why are we being pulled away from this truth? Why is it that those that want to pray to other gods can't create their own day of prayer? Instead, compromise is supposed to occur, thus compromising the truth.
- Snoofy said...
"You can't worship God in spirit and truth if you are not worshiping the God of the Bible."
That's absolutely right. So why are you trying to make a NATIONAL Day of Prayer to worship God in spirit and in truth. Go to you prayer closet or to your church.
- Monk-in-Training said...
It appears that the Christ that Roger is interested in, is a Christ of American culture, not the transcendant God of all humans/times/places.
It appears to be his way or not be a full citizen, just exactly how it was before our Constitution removed the requirement to BE a Christian to hold office.
Some in the Dominionist/Fundamentalist/Evangelical movment have already made calls along this line.
I just wish they would spend as much time reading the Gospels as they do listening to Rush/Hannity/Dobson.
- Greek Shadow said...
unlike the moral mafia I have the ability to compartmentalize. I have a strong and deep faith, reverence, and abiding belief in God. It is personal or subjective. As a public school teacher and I teach all the different religions present throughout the world I have to be objective and be very careful not to favor one over the other. I am able to do that because I was taught by the master at doing this. The late J. Iviloy Bishop my religion Professor at Wayland Baptist College. I can remember how he frustrated the "Just brainwash me crowd" in class. He would cover the different theories of Creation, or eschatology. Give their strengths and weaknesses. Then refuse to disclose his personal preference or belief. He maintained that our education was not complete until we made up our own minds and being in the postition of authority he did not want to prejudice that process. When I went to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary at that time most of the truly wonderful Godly men I had the pleasure of sitting under taught the same way. What a shame that education died at that wonderful institution the day Russell Dilday was fired, by thugs pretending to be doing God's work.
I am a Christian as a rebuttal to your implied libel. I am also a citizen of the United States. I can separate the two. I live in this world accept its limitations and try to live with good manners who are also fellow citizens. We share a pact which says you stay out of my house and I'll stay out of yours, you are free to worship as you choose and I will do the same. Ireland, The entire Middle East was be so much more peaceful if they would adopt the good sense our Baptist forebears insisted be added to our Constitution.
When I teach religion, and you can't teach history and leave it out, it has to be faith nuetral I represent the state not the church. Were my son or daughter in a class where the teacher denounced Luther or Calvin and praised Ignatius Of Loyolla. I would have words with the Principle of that school. Should the public school require my children to say the rosary, just because New Mexico is over 60% Catholic I would contact the ACLU and want them to use the courts to stop the practise. I don't force my beliefs on you, don't force them on me. The Constitution made no prohibitions against religion, its prohibitions are against the government using it's power to promote one religion over the others. I've wasted enough time trying to reason with the closed minded. It's like trying to reason with a teenager -- It just give you something to do until you realize you can't.
C'mon guys. I thought we were interested in debating and not turning this into a playground incident. I won't insult your intelligence if you won't insult mine - deal? I won't judge you if you won't judge me.
Ok, back on topic...
>That's absolutely right. So why are you trying to make a NATIONAL Day of Prayer to worship God in spirit and in truth. Go to you prayer closet or to your church.
Do you really fear that the NATIONAL day of prayer signifies a theocracy? Would just changing the name of the event to 'Day of Prayer' instead of 'National' day of prayer be the real solution? Plus, I don't understand why Christians are dictated to so much. Why should I have to go to my prayer closet or church? Why can't we assemble publicly if we want to?
This attitude is illogical. I know you don't have these complaints when presidents and political figures call for prayer. Have you forgotten that our sessions of Congress open in prayer?
>It appears that the Christ that Roger is interested in, is a Christ of American culture,
Do I want a Christ of materialism and unbridled lust? Nope, because that's what our culture is consumed with these days.
>I just wish they would spend as much time reading the Gospels...
I want not just a Christ of the Gospels but a Christ as illuminated by all of scripture. If Christ was the God-man, and God doesn't change, then we have all of scripture to guide us.
Greek Shadow,
>I am a Christian as a rebuttal to your implied libel.
I did not call you a deist. I merely stated that you (by your replies on this thread) sounded like one. Your reply troubled me as it reads as if you believed that God could care less about you and me, and the state of the nation we live in.
To all,
Let's not lose focus of who the real enemy is. The real enemy is not the fundamentalist, the dominionist, the evangelical, Rush, Hannity, or Dobson. We know who the accuser of the brethren is (Revelation 12:10) and who the author of confusion is (1 Corinthians 14:33, John 10:10). These are definitely confusing times we live in and God's people need wisdom and discernment to sort out truth from error. I say we all pray hard for that knowing God will give generously to those that honestly seek. (Matthew 7:11)
- Snoofy said...
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- Snoofy said...
You said:
"'Day of Prayer' instead of 'National' day of prayer be the real solution? Plus, I don't understand why Christians are dictated to so much. Why should I have to go to my prayer closet or church? Why can't we assemble publicly if we want to?"
"This attitude is illogical. I know you don't have these complaints when presidents and political figures call for prayer. Have you forgotten that our sessions of Congress open in prayer?"
Above I showed a web site that gave the history of the National Day of Prayer. If the National Day of Prayer is endorsed by Congress and the govenors of all the States, then it seems to me it should be for all Americans. I'm just objecting to making the National Day of Prayer a Christian only event.
No, I believe you should be able to pray in public or in private. And if you only want to invite Christians that is fine too. But don't get Congress to endorse it as the NATIONAL Day of Prayer if you aren't going to invite all Americans.
I really think we are missing some great opportunities to build relationships with our fellow countrymen by trying to take the National Day of Prayer over for ourselves only. Why not be a little more gracious? It could be a great opportunity of witness. Yes, you would have to be a little forgiving of people who don't know Jesus praying and saying things you didn't agree with. But why not loosen up a little, go with the flow, and see what God might do?
snoofy, do you really think the muslims will welcome with open arms, their prayer events to Christians so that everyone is included? Do you want to beat up on them for that like you seem to enjoy berating your own? Freedom to worship or pray does not have to mean that every event must be attended by all, it is the freedom we have to do our own thing.
- Snoofy said...
I guess it's just the manner in which the Christians are organizing their own events. They are trying to make it look like they run the National Day of Prayer. Look at this web site:
First, it claims to be the "Official Web Site" for the National Day of Prayer. That's some rather strong self-promotion and probably a lie of sorts. You can always call yourself the "official" organization for something, but that does not make it so. The Dobsons self-appointed themselves to be the official site - I suppose (Hey, I'm still trying to figure this out. If you understand it please explain it to me). Shirley Dobson claims to be the NDP Chairman. Who made her chairman? Where is the money coming from for this promotion, from taxpayers or from the Dobson organization? Either way it's wrong as far as I'm concerned. If tax payers are supporting it (which I would doubt, but with Bush trying to give government money to religious organization I don't know for sure), then not including all Americans is wrong. If Dobson's money is funding it, then they have the right to invite whom they want, but then how can they claim they are the official organization for the National Day of Prayer which it something declared by Congress? It's false advertising.
>I'm just objecting to making the National Day of Prayer a Christian only event.
I'm just failing to see how that is one step away from a Theocracy. Another thing I don't understand, why is there so much distrust of folks like Franklin Graham and Dobson and the others? A disagreeing with them politically doesn't automatically lead to a suspicion of them, or at least it shouldn't. Let's not be deceived by the enemy that wants to keep Christians distracted and fighting each other.
>Why not be a little more gracious? It could be a great opportunity of witness. Yes, you would have to be a little forgiving of people who don't know Jesus praying and saying things you didn't agree with. But why not loosen up a little, go with the flow, and see what God might do?
Why can't those that object to it say that instead of questioning Dobson's and Grahams intentions, labeling them as initiators of a clandestine theocracy, etc. I don't like the spirit behind those complaints.
- Dr. Bruce Prescott said...
A lot of us don't like the spirit behind the clandestine, and not so clandestine, attempts by Dobson, Graham and others to impose thier theocratic politics on all of society.
Bruce, This site is consistently the home of angry posters that seem to bear years old grudges and unforgiveness. I have never heard Dobson or the people you continually harp on speak that way about anyone. Hmmm.


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Friday, May 22, 2015
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
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New technology could fundamentally change future wireless communications
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I'm trying to convert both manuscripts into published books. I'm also getting back into teaching LEOs. I've agreed to teach again at the Riverside County (CA) Sheriff's Academy, known as Ben Clark Training Center, aka BCTC.
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Since when did one's mode of transportation become about politics? Who ever thought that riding one's bike to the grocery store, taking the bus to work or driving to run errands could be a sign of one's political stripes?
In some cities, such as New York and San Francisco, riding the train defines the experience of everyone living there. Entire movies, books and blogs have documented the romance and day-to-day life of riding public transit and navigating busy sidewalks. Can you even imagine what a New York free of subways, buses and pedestrians would look like? Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative, you're on the train.
Just ask Mitt.
Mitt Romney is among a vocal set of Republicans who have decided that certain forms of transportation are more democratic than others; he subscribes to the belief that roads are a given right of Americans, but that public transit is not.
This is interesting logic considering his previous governorship over a state with great cities like Boston that were entirely designed around transit. In Massachusetts, the Highway Trust Fund he presided over includes a highway account, which receives 15.44 cents per gallon of the gasoline tax, and a mass transit account, which receives 2.86 cents per gallon. In other words, Massachusetts taxpayers provide five times more support for roads than they do for public transit.
A free market ideology is the culprit behind this line of thinking. Romney has said that public transit "should pay for itself." Only a year ago, some of those in his party even railed against seemingly non-controversial bike trails with the award for most draconian going to a Republican Tea Party candidate in 2010 calling bicycling the "gateway drug to communism."
Here's the problem with this equation: Roads and highways don't pay for themselves, cars produce pollution that transit-riding residents pick up the health tab for, and without bus service, some communities wouldn't have access to employment or be mobile at all. Frankly, the air would stink a lot more without mass transit.
So what does a Romney presidency mean for Los Angeles? If Romney takes the helm, we could see the decimation of public transit funding, with the current battle in Congress over a new transportation bill already putting transit funding on the chopping block.
Angelenos understand the nightmares of traffic-choked streets and a city that has, for far too long, encouraged too much driving. This is why Measure R was approved by voters in 2008 to fund the expansion of light rail and mass transit in Los Angeles. In 30 years, L.A. is going to look like a radically different place, with trains connecting most parts of the region. Yet while L.A. leads the country in showing how carcentric cities can do right, Romney and the Republicans would slash the budgets until public transit wouldn't even be considered a viable transportation option anymore.
Additionally, the jobs produced by transit projects – the most effective way to rejuvenate L.A. County's economy and reduce unemployment and poverty long term – would be threatened if Republicans tried to reduce the federal funding of these projects in the Metropolitan Transit Authority's Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP).
Public transit, a public benefit that serves everyone, will never pay for itself. Neither will roads, also used by the public. And that's okay. It's important to serve the public's needs rather than simply running everything like a business.
Romney shouldn't force Americans who are struggling to stay afloat amidst foreclosures and unemployment to spend more of their money on auto transportation costs. This would truly be a bridge to nowhere.


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