Medical breakthrough for multiple sclerosis sufferers

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 06-06-2013  •  Fox News 

 When patients are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, their bodies begin to attack the protein myelin, which insulates the body’s spinal cord, brain and optic nerves. As a result, MS patients experience symptoms such as numbness in their limbs, paralysis and sometimes blindness.

However, during a phase one clinical trial of a new treatment for MS patients, researchers were able to curtail the body’s attacks on myelin by 50 to 75 percent, while sustaining the functionality of the rest of the immune system.

Current treatments for MS seek to lessen the body’s autoimmune response to myelin, but this often results in decreased effectiveness of the entire immune system.

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Reported by Robert Lee

In pictures: Meet the preppers brushing up on their survival skills for the apocalypse

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06-05-2013  •  dailyrecord.co.uk 

 

THE zombies aren’t quite pouring out of the ground yet, while the worldwide economy hasn’t crashed and burned leading to all-out chaos and anarchy.

But for the growing army of preppers, one of the fastest growing global lifestyle choices, there’s still time for that yet.

Whether it’s a compound filled with guns and ammo, a secret cache of dried food and knives, or a goat-filled trailer ready to leave at a moment’s notice, there are now millions of people who dedicate their lives to preparing for the end of the world – or prepping.

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Reported by Robert Lee

NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily - reveal

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06-05-2013  •  by Glenn Greenwald (The Guardian) 

The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April.
The order, a copy of which has been obtained by the Guardian, requires Verizon on an "ongoing, daily basis" to give the NSA information on all telephone calls in its systems, both within the US and between the US and other countries.

The document shows for the first time that under the Obama administration the communication records of millions of US citizens are being collected indiscriminately and in bulk – regardless of whether they are suspected of any wrongdoing.
 

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Reported by Powell Gammill