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April 13th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Alcohol Can Help Problem Solving, Doesn’t Make
You Smarter: Researcher
Media reports that alcohol makes you smarter are misinterpreting a
study that found that a small amount of alcohol may encourage creative
problem solving, the study authors say.
“There are times where having a bit of alcohol might help you with what
you are trying to accomplish,” researcher Andrew Jarosz, a graduate
student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, told ABC
News.
He and his colleagues found that a certain amount of alcohol could push
your mind just enough out of focus to be able to consider unorthodox
solutions to a difficult problem. The amount cited in the study would be
enough to make you blow a 0.075 on a breathalyzer.
The study, published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition,
received extensive media coverage, with headlines such as “Drinking
Alcohol Makes You Smarter,” ABC News reported.
Jarosz called that a “complete misinterpretation.”
“We’re not going to argue ‘smarter’ or ‘intelligence’ or anything like
that,” he told ABC News. “In some cases, it’s beneficial. Is it
beneficial in all cases? No, we’re not saying that.”
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Drug Giant Hit With $1.2 Billion in
Fines
Fines of more than $1.2 billion were slapped on Johnson Johnson
and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals after a jury found that the
companies minimized or concealed dangers associated with the antipsychotic
drug Risperdal.
Experts said the penalty imposed by an Arkansas judge is one of the
largest on record for a state fraud case involving a drug company, The
New York Times reported.
The judge issued a penalty of $1.19 billion for nearly 240,000
violations of Arkansas’ Medicaid fraud law and also fined the companies
$11 million for violations of the state’s deceptive practices act.
Earlier this year, Texas settled a similar case with Janssen for $158
million. Last year, Janssen was hit with a $327 million penalty in South
Carolina and nearly $258 million in damages in Louisiana, the Times
reported.
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Vehicle Seat Design Makes Child Seat Use
Difficult: Study
The design of passenger seats in many cars makes it difficult to
properly install child safety seats, finds a new study by the Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety and the University of Michigan Transportation
Research Institute.
It found that just 21 of 98 top-selling 2010 and 2011 model year
vehicles have seat designs that are easy to use with child restraints, the
Los Angeles Times reported.
The low percentage is notable in light of the fact that the auto
industry uses a system called Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children
(Latch) that’s meant to make it easier to install child safety seats.
The insurance institute said the problem is that auto makers don’t pay
enough attention to how the Latch system works when designing passenger
seats.
“Installing a child restraint isn’t always as simple as a couple of
clicks and you’re done,” study co-author Anne McCartt, the insurance
institute’s senior vice president for research, told the Times.
“Sometimes parents blame themselves when they struggle with Latch, but
oftentimes the problem lies with the vehicle, not the user.”
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E. Coli Found in Nearly Half of Raw Chicken
Products: Study
The bacteria E. coli was found in nearly half of packaged raw chicken
products bought at grocery stores across the United States, a new study
says.
Researchers found E. coli — an indicator of fecal contamination — in
48 percent of 120 raw chicken products bought in 10 major cities, The
New York Times reported.
The study was conducted by the Physicians Committee for Responsible
Medicine, a nonprofit group that advocates a vegetarian diet, among other
things.
Food safety experts downplayed the findings, noting that the type of E.
coli found in the chicken was not the kind that threatened public
health.
“What’s surprising to me is that they didn’t find more,” Dr. Michael
Doyle, director of the Center for Food Safety at the University of
Georgia, told the Times. “Poop gets into your food, and not just
into meat — produce is grown in soil fertilized with manure, and there’s
E. coli in that, too.”
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