Orphanage at the FDA

Tails from the Orphanage

Examining a portion of the northern Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) footprint, we detect at least three and possibly seven halo debris streams. One of these (PS1-D) was recently detected in the Pan-STARRS1 p 3 survey, and the remaining two are also evident as extensions of the SDSS detections. All of these streams are metal-poor and are found at a distance of around 21±5 kpc. The streams are ...

Enterobhsis in an Orphanage

The objectives of this study were to measure dietary fluoride intake in children aged 3-7 years, to correlate dietary fluoride and fluoride content in water for used in schools and to estimate fluoride gained from the daily diet. Fifty food samples were collected in 45 schools under the jurisdietion of the Border Patrol Police Department. The schools were sampled by multiple stratified cluster ...

Enterobhsis in an Orphanage

A cross sectional study was carried out to evaluate the effect of rice husk dust in rice millers in Malaysia. Altogether 69 workers participated in this study. They were interviewed using standardized questionnaires and lung function tests were performed. Chest tightness was among the common symptoms (34.9%) complained by workers. Age, duration of employment and smoking status were among the fa...

The Children of a Jewish Orphanage

This report is based upon the examination of 155 children in a Jewish orphanage in Philadelphia. The original purpose of the investigation was to compare the performance level of this group of children?showing an average school retardation of over one year? with the performance level, measured quantitatively, of an unselected larger group, using tests which had been standardized with the unsele...

Vioxx, the implosion of Merck, and aftershocks at the FDA.