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April 2007 - Posts
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Amid growing revelations that suppliers in China frequently spike pet food and other food ingredients with contaminants to boost profits, momentum is building Read More...
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The evil Dr. Diabetes leaps from a hospital window, crashing through the glass, determined to infect anyone in his path with the chronic, debilitating Read More...
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The U.S. government said 38 poultry farms in Indiana were given contaminated feed in early February containing melamine, with some of the animals likely Read More...
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Only a fraction of patients with hard-to-treat lymphoma ever try two breakthrough “smart-bomb” drugs that bring radiation straight to cancerous cells — Read More...
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Doctors at a hospital outside New Orleans sued the state Monday, seeking $100 million they say they are owed for providing free care to poor and uninsured Read More...
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Adolescents with daily headaches — and especially those with migraines — may be at greater risk of suicide, Taiwanese researchers reported. They said young Read More...
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Drug-resistant versions of the AIDS virus passed from mother to child can quickly hide in the infant’s immune system cells and lurk for years, researchers Read More...
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Perfectionists are more sensitive to psychosocial stresses than their more relaxed peers, and this greater responsiveness to stress may have health consequences Read More...
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The mildly toxic chemical melamine is commonly added to animal feed in China, a manager of a feed company and one of the chemical’s producers said Monday Read More...
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Brain scans showing how cannabis affects brain function may help explain why heavy consumption of the drug triggers psychosis and schizophrenia in a small Read More...
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Researchers are exploring new ways to do surgery using slender instruments through the body’s natural openings, avoiding cutting through the skin and muscle Read More...
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Tooth decay in young children’s baby teeth is on the rise, a worrying trend that signals the preschool crowd is eating too much sugar, according to the Read More...
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Kentucky Fried Chicken announced that all 5,500 of its U.S. restaurants have stopped frying chicken in artery-clogging trans fat. The company had said Read More...
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There’s a lot of talk about stressed out humans, and now a company in Japan reportedly claims it has a product that can tell if Tabby or Fido are wound Read More...
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People with migraines also may be suffering from some brain damage as brain cells swell and become starved of oxygen — a finding that may help explain Read More...
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While Botox does a great job of temporarily reducing wrinkles, technologically advanced skin creams and injectables such as Restylane and collagen are Read More...
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For years, the common wisdom in “shaken-baby” cases was that the last person with the child before symptoms appeared was the guilty party. But studies Read More...
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A leading U.S. health agency staged a war game this week to test its response to one of the worst health emergencies it could imagine — an outbreak of Read More...
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, is a common digestive disorder that can affect people of all ages and that often is tied to being overweight. Read More...
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Health statistics predict this year about 500,000 Americans will die of heart attacks, 164,000 of lung cancer and 60,000 due to colon cancer — but a number Read More...
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Merck & Co. says the FDA has turned down its request to market its planned successor to Vioxx, osteoarthritis drug Arcoxia, in the United States. Read More...
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The federal Food and Drug Administration conducted a search of the Las Vegas offices of ChemNutra, supplier of the ingredient suspected in the contamination Read More...
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You don't necessarily have to become a vegetarian to experience health benefits such as a lower risk of heart disease and certain cancers. Just try eating Read More...
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A bomb was left in a duffel bag in the parking lot of a clinic where abortions are performed, but a bomb squad safely detonated it. Read More...
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An estimated 6,000 hogs from New York to California were likely given feed containing melamine, a chemical used in plastics and fertilizer, the U.S. Agriculture Read More...
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Workers at factories that make food flavorings are at risk of a rare and life-threatening lung disease called bronchiolitis obliterans, the U.S. Centers Read More...
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Surgery has been effective in treating extreme obesity in adults. Researchers want to find out if adults and adolescents who have the surgery have significantly Read More...
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Scientists have found clusters of new gene variants that raise the risk of Type 2 diabetes — and how the researchers did it is as important as what they Read More...
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Chenango Valley Pet Foods has begun voluntarily recalling pet foods manufactured with a certain shipment of rice protein concentrate, the company said Read More...
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A fatty acid found in fish may help thwart the buildup of brain proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease, a study in mice suggests. Read More...
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A new study provides preliminary evidence that an herbal medicine used to help women cope with menopausal symptoms may reduce *** cancer risk. Read More...
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The American Cancer Society said it was looking for half a million volunteers willing to let researchers watch them for the next 20 years to see if they Read More...
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Texas lawmakers rejected Gov. Rick Perry’s anti-cancer vaccine order Wednesday, sending him a bill that blocks state officials from requiring the shots Read More...
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Like Stacy's mom, a lot of older woman have got it goin’ on. Read More...
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Four out of five doctors surveyed said they let drug and device makers buy them food and drinks despite recent efforts to tighten ethics rules and avoid Read More...
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First, cats and dogs were sickened and died after they ate pet food contaminated with an industrial chemical. Then, it was disclosed that hogs were fed Read More...
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The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood says the soon-to-open “Shrek the Third” has too many promotional ties with unhealthy foods to justify using Read More...
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Young adults who have several risk factors for heart disease may start to show problems in their arteries by the time they’re in their 40s, a new study Read More...
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A look at the eating patterns of 183,518 California and Hawaii residents has found evidence that a diet high in flavonols might help ward off pancreatic Read More...
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Man’s best friend may have a new best friend after Eli Lilly and Co. won U.S. approval to sell its former blockbuster antidepressant Prozac to treat misbehaving Read More...
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The marijuana being sold across the United States is stronger than ever, which could explain a growing number of medical emergencies that involve the drug, Read More...
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Millions of children soon could be saying goodbye to regular colas, candy and salty snacks during school hours. Read More...
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A significant number of Medicare hospice programs were not checked by state inspectors for nine years and were long overdue for certification, according Read More...
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Parents who are of different races, such as a white father and an Asian-American mother, spend more time and money on their kids than parents who are both Read More...
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Salvaged pet food contaminated with an industrial chemical was fed to hogs in as many as six states, federal health officials said Tuesday. It was not Read More...
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The environment has become a very hot topic these days, especially among parents who want to protect their children’s health and the world they’ll be inheriting. Read More...
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The federal government should approve a novel drug that targets the cells of HIV-infected patients and not the virus itself, health advisers recommended Read More...
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Detecting head and neck cancer early, when the odds of successful treatment are best, may be as simple as gargling with saline and spitting in a cup, according Read More...
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The aging baby boom generation is likely to increase the nation’s disabled population, and a study says the United States needs a better system to provide Read More...
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High blood levels of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids, which are found in fish oil, may help preserve thinking ability in the elderly, according Read More...
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Gentlemen please, rate yourselves: are you a cucumber or a banana in bed? Read More...
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Before the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, global public health was an effort that aspired to spend a few dollars here and there. It wallowed in hopelessness, Read More...
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Elderly people who are depressed are more likely to become diabetic than those who are not, according to a study that suggests depression may play a role Read More...
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The drugs used to execute prisoners in the United States sometimes fail to work as planned, causing slow and painful deaths that probably violate constitutional Read More...
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While ***-feeding has many benefits, it won’t prevent a child from becoming fat as an adult, says a new study that challenges dogma from U.S. health officials Read More...
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As much as doctors would like to deny it, subtle attention from friendly drug sales representatives can have a big impact on what drugs they prescribe, Read More...
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A second company likely imported rice protein from China that was contaminated with a chemical linked to a major pet food recall, two U.S. senators said Read More...
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Electrodes inserted in the brain may point the way to restoring sight lost to eye disease or trauma. Read More...
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The research could give you whiplash: Aspirin prevents cancer, one study says. Oops, maybe not, says another. Read More...
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Overweight workers cost their bosses more in injury claims than their lean colleagues, suggests a study that found the heaviest employees had twice the Read More...
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A Harvard study supports earlier findings by a panel of experts that having an abortion doesn’t increase a woman’s risk of getting *** cancer. Read More...
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A week’s worth of intense media coverage of the heinous murders of students and faculty at Virginia Tech and analysis focusing on guns by innumerable experts Read More...
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Skinny African girls may get to strut on Western catwalks, but the fat ones have to stay at home. This is the message being delivered to the 500 or so Read More...
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“Fidel: 80 More Years,” proclaim the good wishes still hanging on storefront and balcony banners months after Cubans celebrated their leader’s 80th birthday Read More...
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Demand for the vaccine against cervical cancer is outstripping supply as New Hampshire offers the shots for free. Read More...
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Evidence that pesticides can cause Parkinson’s disease is stronger than it has ever been after a meeting of experts who have put together links in animals Read More...
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The number of overweight people in Europe is rising and there is an especially worrying trend of increasing childhood obesity and in the number of people Read More...
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The same food safety net that couldn’t catch poisoned pet food ingredients from China has a much bigger hole. Billions of dollars’ worth of foreign ingredients Read More...
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For those suffering from excessive sweating — medically known as hyperhidrosis — life is one long struggle to stay dry. While most of us sweat after exercise, Read More...
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