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Oct. 6, 2017
NPR discussed copy-cat killers earlier today, how heavy news coverage of mass killers inspired others. Ironic since NPR has kept reporting on it, only being able to report that nothing much is known.

Really turned off by the news media harping on possible comment by Tillerson of Trump being a moron. I might feel that way about him, but I'm sure many of us have referred to our boss, parents, etc. as morons when we disagreed with them. Reminds me of a piranha feeding frenzy.



Puerto Rico’s Hospitals Still in Triage Mode, 2 Weeks After Maria
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/puerto-rico-crisis/puerto-rico-s-hospitals-still-triage-mode-2-weeks-after-n807406


Japanese reporter died after clocking 159 hours of overtime in the month before her death.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/05/news/japan-work-overwork-woman-dies-karoshi/index.html


KIC 8462852: Mystery Dimming of Alien Megastructure Star Was Just Dust, NASA Says
http://www.newsweek.com/kic-8462852-alien-megastructure-nasa-dust-cloud-mystery-solved-678418


Hero who saved 30 people reunited with police officer who saved his own life
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/05/us/las-vegas-shooting-jonathan-smith-tom-mcgrath-hero-intv/index.html


No, gun silencers wouldn't have worsened the Las Vegas shooting
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/oct/04/hillary-clinton/no-gun-silencers-wouldnt-have-worsened-las-vegas-s/


Warming Drives Unexpected Pulses of CO2 from Forest Soil
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05102017/forest-soil-co2-carbon-global-warming-climate-change-study


Cannabis consumption increases violent behaviour in young people in psychiatric care
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uom-cci100617.php


Antibiotics for dental procedures linked to superbug infection, study shows
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/idso-afd100517.php


Bariatric surgery lowers cancer risk for severely obese patients
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uoca-bsl100517.php


Good-guy bacteria may help cancer immunotherapies do their job
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/usmc-gbm100517.php


Women who get frequent UTIs may reduce risk by drinking plenty of water
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/idso-wwg100517.php


Multivitamin use during pregnancy linked to lower risk of autism with intellectual disability
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/du-mud100517.php


Air pollution exposure on home-to-school routes reduces the growth of working memory
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/bifg-ape100517.php


Simplifying information aids fight against childhood obesity, study finds
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uovh-sia100517.php


Screen children with reading difficulties for hearing problems, says report
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/cu-scw100517.php


The impact of hearing loss on those closest to the patients should be considered when personalising rehabilitation plans for patients with deafness.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uon-iyp100417.php


A need for bananas? Dietary potassium regulates calcification of arteries
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uoaa-anf100217.php


The high price of the nocebo effect
People receiving an inert treatment believed they experienced more severe adverse side effects when the dummy drug was labeled as expensive, scientists report. The researchers say brain regions responsible for higher-order cognition can influence primal pain sensing at the spinal level.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/aaft-thp100217.php


tags: drug abuse