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A hot (pepper) lead in hunt for salmonella source

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(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) | No comments yet

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) | No comments yet

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).


ADHD increasingly common in older kids, CDC says

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(AP) -- More older children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder while the rate is holding steady for children under 12, according to a government report released Wednesday.


Autism's social struggles due to disrupted communication networks in brain

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Picking up on innuendo and social cues is a central component of engaging in conversation, but people with autism often struggle to determine another person's intentions in a social interaction. New research from Carnegie ...


SKorea to start year-end monitoring for bird flu

July 22, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

South Korea is to start year-round monitoring for bird flu after being hit by its worst outbreak earlier this year, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday.


Malaria Millennium Development Goal 'unlikely to be met'

July 22, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1

The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria globally is unlikely to be met, according to Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow Professor Bob Snow. The statement comes in ...


Scientists identify how gastric reflux may trigger asthma

July 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center appear to have solved at least a piece of a puzzle that has mystified physicians for years: why so many patients with asthma also suffer from GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux ...


WHO says Asia should act against TB

July 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

(AP) -- The World Health Organization urged Asian countries on Monday to take action against the growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis, warning that even more virulent forms of the disease could spread if they fail ...


Tomato scare ending; fears linger for many people

July 19, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- The tomato scare may be over, but it has taken a toll - it's cost the industry an estimated $100 million and left millions of people with a new wariness about the safety of everyday foods.


No justification for denying obese patients knee replacements

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There is no justification for denying obese patients knee replacement surgery: They benefit almost as much as anyone else from the procedure, concludes a small study published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic ...


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