Federal health officials are investigating another Peanut Corp. of America processing plant as a possible second source in the national salmonella outbreak, officials said Monday.
Peanut Corp.’s plant in Plainview, Texas, was identified as a potential source of salmonella after Colorado health officials found six cases that have the same genetic fingerprint as the salmonella cases linked to the Blakely plant.
The development of a potential Read the rest of this entry »
CHINA: ANTI-RUST INSTEAD OF SALT, 170 IN HOSPITAL
(AGI) – Beijing, Oct 13 – In China 170 people have ended up in
hospital after food intoxication. This happened in a village in
the northern Hebei province. The Beijing News reports that the
victims had come together in the house of a girl who was to get
married the next day. When it was dinner time during the
celebration, some found the food, a single pot, lacked salt and
added some. Unfortunately Read the rest of this entry »
October 17, 2008 11:23:00
The managers of Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) Hospital have defended a decision to close its women’s health ward.
The ward is for patients who have had treatment such as gynaecological surgery. They will now be treated in mixed wards.
The hospital is also considering closing its children’s ward.
The executive director of RPA, Di Gill, says improvements in treatment mean a dedicated ward is no longer needed. Read the rest of this entry »
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of
Chinese parents are blaming a growing number of cases of kidney stones in babies on dairy products made by Dumex Baby Food Co., a subsidiary of France’s Groupe Danone SA, the
reported.
But the company says its products are safe and health officials said tests showed the products do not contain the industrial chemical melamine, which was found in tainted Read the rest of this entry »
Minnesotans who’ve found dental care elusive should gain access to better treatment with the creation of a new health discipline in the state. Just how soon that happens, and exactly what form it takes, will shake out during the 2009 legislative session in Saint Paul.
Lawmakers last year agreed to create the new discipline, known as an Oral Health Practitioner, as a mid-level professional trained to do basic dental procedures by themselves and more Read the rest of this entry »
An advisory committee for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the thumbs up for a key technology from transgenic therapeutics provider
Framingham-based GTC (Nasdaq: GTCB) announced its ATryn antithrombin recombinant had been approved by the FDA’s Blood Products Advisory Committee. More specifically, the committee had voted that ATryn is “safe and efficacious” to prevent and treat venous thromboembolism in hereditary Read the rest of this entry »
President Barack Obama has signaled he will not go to bat for birth control in the economic stimulus bill — a move likely to set off a firestorm among powerful forces in the Democratic Party.
Obama has asked House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) to strip a plan to extend birth control coverage under Medicaid from the stimulus package, the
reports. The plea comes as Obama courts Republican support for the $825 billion Read the rest of this entry »
In general, the elderly should be especially careful to watch how much alcohol they drink. The clinic offers the following pitfalls of elderly drinking:
Alcohol affects coordination and balance, and could increase an older person’s risk of falling.Alcohol could minimize pain that signals an injury or health problem.Alcohol can affect the blood vessels and heart, which could mask the symptoms of a heart attack.Alcohol could be dangerous if combined Read the rest of this entry »
It may not have occurred to him that he’d also be charged with stopping the commercial exploitation of his client’s image — the Obama can openers, Obama chocolate chip cookies, Obama chocolate bars and the like now on sale just about everywhere. And Craig is also the keeper of the official presidential seal, making sure it doesn’t get used on T-shirts or beer bottles contrary to White House policy or even federal law.
The counsel’s office for many Read the rest of this entry »
TOKYO, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) — Japan’s current extraordinary Diet session will be extended for 25 days to Dec. 25 under the present plan, a senior lawmaker of the New Komeito party indicated Wednesday.
According to Japanese Constitution, the more powerful House of Representatives can hold a revote to pass a bill if the upper house, which is controlled by opposition parties, rejects it or holds no vote within 60 days of receiving the bill.
On the financial Read the rest of this entry »