 A hot (pepper) lead in hunt for salmonella source 14 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- It was a hot lead for detectives on a cold case. People suddenly were getting salmonella at a Minnesota restaurant more than 1,000 miles from the center of the nation's outbreak. | |
Pandemic flu: Most nursing homes don't have a plan July 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
If an influenza pandemic hits the United States, acute care hospitals are likely to be overwhelmed. Nursing homes may then be expected to assist with the patient overflow, but a new study in the Journal of the American ... | |
FDA finds salmonella strain in jalapeno pepper July 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Government inspectors finally have a big clue in the nationwide salmonella outbreak: They found the same bacteria on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper handled by a small Texas produce shipper. | |
PCI preference -- will that be an arm or a leg? July 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
When it comes to stenting – using metal tubes to prop open blocked arteries – physicians are continuing to choose to gain entry to the circulatory system through an opening in the leg instead of the arm, even though the latter ... | |
Early study reveals promising Alzheimer's disease treatment July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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A drug once approved as an antihistamine in Russia improved thinking processes and ability to function in patients with Alzheimer's disease in a study conducted there, said an expert at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. ... | |
 FDA declares it's OK to eat tomatoes again July 17, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- The U.S. government has declared it's OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak - while not over - may finally be slowing. | |
Obsessive compulsive disorder linked to brain activity July 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Cambridge researchers have discovered that measuring activity in a region of the brain could help to identify people at risk of developing obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). | |
Turning on hormone tap could aid osteoporosis fight July 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
A potential new drug that 'opens the taps' for the release of useful hormones could stimulate new bone growth – and may eventually bring relief to osteoporosis sufferers. | |
E. coli linked to beef now reported in 5 states July 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- An E. coli outbreak traced to recalled beef in Michigan and Ohio has spawned cases in three other states, U.S. health officials said Tuesday. | |
Potential to prevent loss of insulin in type 2 diabetes July 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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There are two completely different diseases known as diabetes. Type 1 is an autoimmune condition that often starts in childhood or adolescence. Type 2 is a metabolic disorder sometimes associated with lifestyle. In both cases, ... | |
Researchers link Huntington's disease to overactive immune response in the brain July 14, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The damage to brain tissue seen in Huntington's disease may be caused by an overactive immune response in the bloodstream and the brain, according to new findings from two teams of researchers at the University of Washington ... | |
Identifying and disrupting key elements of malaria's 'sticky sack' adhesion strategy July 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Malaria is one of the most devastating diseases afflicting humanity. It infects and debilitates about 600 million people and kills up to three million people every year, mainly in the wet tropical regions of the world. Children ... | |
More suspects in frustrating salmonella probe July 10, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Think of your favorite recipe for salsa. Three common ingredients now are suspects in the salmonella poisonings that have become the nation's largest foodborne outbreak in at least a decade. | |
Salmonella toll tops 1,000; peppers now eyed July 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 6
(AP) -- More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a grim milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst foodborne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, ... | |
Pandemic mutations in bird flu revealed July 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Scientists have discovered how bird flu adapts in patients, offering a new way to monitor the disease and prevent a pandemic, according to research published in the August issue of the Journal of General Virology. ... | |
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