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Suspected cholera outbreak in Philippines kills 21

August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- A suspected cholera outbreak in a remote southern Philippine township has killed 21 people and sickened at least 50 others, the mayor and the Red Cross said Wednesday.


Lens implant offers chance at beating lazy eye

August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Dr. Paul Dougherty delicately slipped a tiny lens inside the right eye of 7-year-old Megan Garvin - a last-ditch shot at saving her sight in that eye. The California girl last week became one of a ...


Salmonella probe likened to 'Keystone Kops'

August 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | User comments: 2

(AP) -- The government bungled the salmonella outbreak probe so badly, a House committee chairman said Thursday, that federal investigators reminded him of Keystone Kops. A colleague hoped the maligned tomato ...


Mexico criticizes US salmonella findings

July 31, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Mexican agriculture officials said Thursday that U.S. colleagues hunting for the source of a salmonella outbreak are rushing to a conclusion about finding the strain at a Mexican pepper farm.


FDA finds salmonella strain at second Mexican farm

July 30, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- The salmonella strain linked to a nationwide outbreak has been found in irrigation water and a serrano pepper at a Mexican farm, federal health officials said Wednesday.


Study: 'Pre-dementia' is rising, especially in men

July 28, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | No comments yet

(AP) -- New research shows that a milder type of mental decline that often precedes Alzheimer's disease is much more common than thought.


Putting the squeeze on produce to kill germs

July 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Could food producers literally squeeze the salmonella out of a jalapeno? Or zap the E. coli from lettuce without it going limp?


A hot (pepper) lead in hunt for salmonella source

July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

(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.


ADHD increasingly common in older kids, CDC says

July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2

(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.