A Harvard scholar has written a soon to be published book which asserts that Hollywood did not just collaborate with Nazi Germany, it aided Adolf Hitler directly. Ben Urwand, currently at Harvard's Society of Fellows has written the book "The Collaboration: Hollywood's Pact With Hitler," to be released in October. According to press reports (I have not read the book yet), he draws from German and American archives that studio bosses, many of them Jewish immigrants cut films scene by scene to suit Nazi officials so that the films could be re-purposed into Nazi propaganda films. In the book, he ...
By Jeff Newman Hempel watched the scrawny girl fish off the skiff in the late afternoon sun. The thought of leaving her cut into his heart. “Grampa, can we work on the table later on?” she asked. “Sure, if you want. Then homework. It’s important.” “I know. Mom said it’s important but I like workin’ in the shop better.” “School is more important,” he said. “Will I always be with you grampa?” “Not always. You’ll be grown up one day.” “But that’s not for a long time, right grampa?” “Right. Not for a long time.” They caught two big catfish and cooked them for dinner. The man stood by the girl ...
Posted on September 20, 2010 by Jeffrey Newman
Local hospitals and hospital systems are expanding by agreeing to run clinics at Walmarts in their communities. Walmart is planning to put in over 2000 health clinics. So far, nearly half the retail clinics are located in the most populous states, California, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota and Texas. Clinical services include: Treatment for acne, bladder infections, […]
Posted on September 12, 2010 by Jeffrey Newman
A unique company in Cambridge Ma. has created a comprehensive social networking web site community for individuals with specific illnesses and their family members. The company Patientslikeme.com offers information about the latest treatments and the creation of a database of voluntary contributors on the benefits of certain treatments as well as the detriments. It is […]
Posted on September 5, 2010 by Jeffrey Newman
Researchers as Worcester Polytech have reported strong findings from a small clinical study that cranberry juice blocks a strain of Staphylococcus aureus from beginning the process of infection in lab studies. Urine samples from subjects who had recently consumed cranberry juice significantly reduced the ability of both S. auereus and E.coli to form on the […]
Posted on September 2, 2010 by Jeffrey Newman
Some new research reported in the Journal Nature this week and highlighted in the New York Times, suggests that an existing drug used for leukemia could prevent the growth of beta amyloid, thought to cause Alzheimer’s disease. The problem is that when tested in animals, the drug Gleevec does not remain in the brain long […]
Posted on September 1, 2010 by Jeffrey Newman
Shivani Agarwal, a Postdoc student in the Computer Science Dept at Harvard has created a new kind of algorithm that can predict a drugs’ success more reliably than those in current use. The difference is in how the algorithms measure the accuracy of the prediction about drugs. Traditional algorithms when predicting the accuracy of a […]
Posted on September 1, 2010 by Jeffrey Newman
Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital has agreed to financially assist dialysis provider Fresenius to offer care to several illegal immigrants who are end-stage renal patients
Posted on August 29, 2010 by Jeffrey Newman
An article in the NYTimes highlights the conclusions of a panel of distinguished scientists appointed by The National Institute of Health that no evidence that anything exists to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/health/research/29prevent.html. For several months, I have been reporting here on Alzheimer’s research, partricularly new hypotheses on its cause and the more than hundred […]
Posted on August 28, 2010 by Jeffrey Newman
A friend pointed out a front page article in the New York Times today (Aug 13, 2010) about an unusual collabortive worldwide project concerning the study of Alzheimer’s disease, tto find its biomarkers for early detection. www.nytimes.com. It shares data gained from the use of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scans of early Alzheimer’s disease patients […]