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10/6/2016

Humans & Age Limit

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Have Humans Hit the Limit of Our Life Span?
http://www.history.com/news/have-humans-hit-the-limit-of-our-life-span
History - October 6, 2016

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Evidence for a limit to human lifespan
Nature - 5 October 2016 - published online
Full Text - There are several options to purchase or rent full text access. Also, a link to a view-only version of the full text was found in the news article below. In the References section at the end of the news article, click on the link to dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature19793 after the authors' names.
Funding: NIH, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Institute for Aging Research/Nathan Shock Center, Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Human Aging at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature19793.html

Nature also posted a news article:
Human age limit claim sparks debate
Nature - 5 October 2016
http://www.nature.com/news/human-age-limit-claim-sparks-debate-1.20750

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9/29/2016

Milky Way & Size of Spiral Arms

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Study May Give New Respect to Our Milky Way Neighborhood
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/09/28/science/ap-us-sci-our-galactic-neighborhood.html
The New York Times - September 28, 2016 - 2:32 PM EDT.

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Our Home Spiral Arm in the Milky Way is Less Wimpy Than Thought
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2107456-our-home-spiral-arm-in-the-milky-way-is-less-wimpy-than-thought/
New Scientist - September 28, 2016

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The local spiral structure of the Milky Way
Science Advances - 28 September 2016: Vol. 2, no. 9, e1600878
Full Text - Free under terms of Creative Commons--Attribution-NonCommercial license
Funding: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Radio Astronomy
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/9/e1600878.full

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9/22/2016

Smoking & DNA

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Smoking Permanently Damages Your DNA, Study Finds
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/smoking-permanently-scars-your-dna-study-finds-n651471
nbcnews.com - September 21, 2016 8:26 AM

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Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking
Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics - September 20, 2016 published online before print
Full Text - Access can be purchased for one day for $35
http://circgenetics.ahajournals.org/content/early/2016/09/14/CIRCGENETICS.116.001506.abstract#aff-57

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9/14/2016

DNA & Wolf Species in North America

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DNA Study Reveals the One and Only Wolf Species in North America
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/science/red-eastern-gray-wolves.html?_r=0
The New York Times - July 27, 2016. A version of the article appears in print on July 28, 2016 on page A19 of the New York edition.

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Whole-genome sequence analysis shows that two endemic species of North American wolf are admixtures of the coyote and gray wolf
Science Advances - 27 July 2016: Vol. 2, no. 7, e1501714
Full Text - Free under terms of Creative Commons--Attribution-NonCommercial license
Funding: NIH, NSF, Morris Animal Foundation, Turner Foundation, Wilburforce Foundation
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/7/e1501714.full

The related journal Science also posted a news article:
How do you save a wolf that's not really a wolf?
Science July 27, 2016 2:00 PM
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/07/how-do-you-save-wolf-s-not-really-wolf

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8/31/2016

Dogs know what you're saying

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Good boy! Dogs know what you're saying, study suggests
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/eca2f6558ca2438ab8f22e654eda962c/dogs-use-same-parts-brain-humans-process-language
AP - Aug 30, 2016

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Neural mechanisms for lexical processing in dogs
Science. 2016 August 30. Published online.
*Full-Text is available with subscription or $30 to purchase short term access
*One year after publication, the full text will be free with a free registration to Science.
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2016/08/26/science.aaf3777

There is also a news article published by Science
Video: Your dog understands more than you think
Science. Aug 30, 2016 3:45 PM
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/video-your-dog-understands-more-you-think

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5/15/2016

Autism & Folic Acid

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Too Much Folic Acid in Pregnancy Tied to Raised Autism Risk in Study
MedicineNet.com
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=195642

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Maternal Plasma Folate, Vitamin B12 Levels and Multivitamin Supplement during Pregnancy and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Boston Birth Cohort
To be presented at the 2016 IMFAR (International Meeting for Autism Research) on May 13, 2016, 3:16 pm ET
The conference is sponsored by the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR).

The link is to an abstract for the presentation from the conference's online program.
The abstracts were embargoed until the press conference on May 11, 2016, at 10:00 am ET.
https://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2016/webprogram/Paper22533.html

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5/10/2016

Autism & MMR Vaccine

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The story for this post is the commonly heard report that the MMR vaccine causes Autism. A major scientific study related to this is a 1998 article in The Lancet in which Dr. Andrew Wakefield is the first author. Below are links to that article and some other related items.

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Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children
The Lancet. 1998 February 28. Volume 351, No. 9103. p637-641
Full-Text is free.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(97)11096-0/abstract

A commentary published in the same issue as the article above:
Vaccine adverse events: causal or coincidental?
The Lancet. 1998 February 28. Volume 351, No. 9103. p611-612
Full-Text is free if you register for a free account.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(05)78423-3/abstract

Three weeks later (which was also three issues of the The Lancet later), in pages 905-909 of the Correspondence section, there are 7 letters to the editor, 2 Author's Replies, and 1 Editor's Reply.
The Lancet. 1998 March 21. Volume 351, No. 9106. p905-909
Full-Text is free.
Pages 905-906
Pages 907-908
Page 909
The correspondence above is the first in response in The Lancet to the original article. In the weeks and years that follow, there are more articles and correspondence between the authors, editors, and those that write letters to the editor. For now, I have only included these first ones.

Partial Retraction in Retraction of an Interpretation
The Lancet. 2004 March 6. Volume 363, No. 9411. p750
Full-Text is free if you register for a free account.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(04)15715-2/abstract

The following articles are all in the same issue as the partial retraction. All are Full-Text for free if you register for a free account.
The lessons of MMR p747-749
A statement by the editors of The Lancet p820-821
A statement by Dr Simon Murch p821-822
A statement by Professor John Walker-Smith  p822-823
A statement by Dr Andrew Wakefield  p823-824
A statement by The Royal Free and University College Medical School and The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust  p824

Retraction--Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children
The Lancet. 2010 February 6. Volume 375, No. 9713. p445
Full-Text is free if you register for a free account.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)60175-4/abstract

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3/30/2016

NFL & New York Times & Concussion Research

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Both stories are in The New York Times, which allows 10 free articles per month for non-subscribers.
NF.L.'s Flawed Concussion Research and Ties to Tobacco Industry
The New York Times - March 24, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/sports/football/nfl-concussion-research-tobacco.html?_r=1

Decoding the N.F.L Database to Find 100 Missing Concussions
The New York Times - March 24, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/sports/football/at-least-100-concussions-left-out-of-nfl-studies.html

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The articles below are related to the "succession of research papers" mentioned in the first story above. I do not have access to the NFL database that The New York Times investigated or to the results of its investigation that led to the second story above.

Concussion in Professional Football: Reconstruction of Game Impacts and Injuries
Neurosurgery: October 2003 - Volume 53 - Issue 4 - p 799-814
Abstract available for free. Full text can be purchased for $59.
http://journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/Abstract/2003/10000/Concussion_in_Professional_Football_.4.aspx

There are also three letters in the same issue relating to the article:
For full text, these letters can be purchased for $59 each; however, there appears to be an image of the first page of each letter in the links.
* Editor's Letter p 795 - GALEN 2003: Critial Analysis of Brain Injury in Sport
* Guest Editorial p 796 - Tackling Concussions in Sports - Paul Tagliabue
* Guest Editorial p 797-798 - Background on the National Football League's Research on Concussion in Professional Football - Elliot Pellman

Below are the remaining articles of the 16 part series.
For each article, the abstract is available for free. Full text can be purchased for $59. A one year subscription to the journal can be purchased for $784.

Concussion in Professional Football: Location and Direction of Helmet Inpacts - Part 2
Neurosurgery: December 2003 - Volume 53 - Issue 6 - p 1328-1341

Concussion in Professional Football: Epidemiological Features of Game Injuries and Review of the Literature - Part 3
Neurosurgery: January 2004 - Volume 54 - Issue 1 - p 81-96

Concussion in Professional Football: Repeat Injuries - Part 4
Neurosurgery: October 2004 - Volume 55 - Issue 4 - p 860-876

Concussion in Professional Football: Injuries Involving 7 or More Days Out - part 5
Neurosurgery: November 2004 - Volume 55 - Issue 5 - p 1100-1119

Concussion in Professional Football: Neuropsychological Testing - part 6
Neurosurgery: December 2004 - Volume 55 - Issue 6 - p 1290-1305

Concussion in Professional Football: Players Returning to Same Game - part 7
Neurosurgery: January 2005 - Volume 56 - Issue 1 - p 79-92

Concussion in Professional Football: Biomechanics of the Striking Player - part 8
Neurosurgery: February 2005 - Volume 56 - Issue 2 - p 266-280

Concussion in Professional Football: Brain Responses by Finite Element Analysis - part 9
Neurosurgery: November 2005 - Volume 57 - Issue 5 - p 891-916

Concussion in Professional Football: Comparison with Boxing Head Impacts - part 10
Neurosurgery: December 2005 - Volume 57 - Issue 6 - p 1154-1172

Concussion in Professional Football: Helmet Testing to Assess Impact Performance - part 11
Neurosurgery: January 2006 - Volume 58 - Issue 1 - p 78-96

Concussion in Professional Football: Recovery of NFL and High School Athletes Assessed by Computerized Neuropsychological Testing - part 12
Neurosurgery: February 2006 - Volume 58 - Issue 2 - p 263-274

Concussion in Professional Football: Performance of Newer Helmets in Reconstructed Game Impacts - part 13
Neurosurgery: September 2006 - Volume 59 - Issue 3 - p 591-606

Concussion in Professional Football: Biomechanics of the Struck Player - part 14
Neurosurgery: August 2007 - Volume 61 - Issue 2 - p 313-328

Concussion in Professional Football: Animal Model of Brain Injury - part 15
Neurosurgery: June 2009 - Volume 64 - Issue 6 - p 1162-1173

Concussion in Professional Football: Morphology of Brain Injuries in the NFL Concussion Model - part 16
Neurosurgery: June 2009 - Volume 64 - Issue 6 - p 1174-7782

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1/27/2016

Bacon & Cancer

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Bacon and other processed meats can cause cancer, experts say
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-meat-idUSKCN0SK16P20151027
Reuters - Oct 27, 2015

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This study is a part of IARC Monograph Volume 114: Red Meat and Processed Meat which is not yet published.

However, there is a summary published in The Lancet Oncology - Carcinogenicity of consumption of red and processed meat
The full-text of the article is free, but you need to register for a free account
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(15)00444-1/fulltext

Also, there is the IARC Press Release and Q&A
Press Release
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1/11/2016

Violent Felons & Democrats

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CNN - Ted Cruz: Most violent felons are Democrats
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/30/politics/ted-cruz-democrats-felons/

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Do voting rights notification laws increase ex-felon turnout?
January 2014 - The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
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http://ann.sagepub.com/content/651/1/220.abstract

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