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Retail Spices Recalled in Salmonella Scare
Some Whole Foods and Frontier brand spices have been recalled due to possible salmonella contamination of pepper included in the products.
WebMD Health, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:49:52 GMT
Occasional High Blood Pressure Risky, Too?
Occasional high blood pressure readings are often ignored as nothing to worry about, but a new study suggests this episodic high blood pressure is a strong predictor of strokes.
WebMD Health, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:49:52 GMT
Onion Cream Treats New Stretch Marks
A moisturizing cream whose active ingredient is extract of onion can help to take the redness out of new stretch marks.
WebMD Health, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:49:52 GMT
Blood pressure spike 'stroke key'
Fluctuations in blood pressure could be more important than high readings as a warning sign for stroke, say researchers.
BBC News | Health | World Edition, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:49:52 GMT
Home 'cervical cancer' test hope
At-home screening tests for the virus responsible for most cervical cancers could detect many more cases, say researchers.
BBC News | Health | World Edition, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:49:52 GMT
GPs 'lax' on cholesterol targets
Many lives could be saved if GPs followed guidelines for reducing cholesterol in those at high risk of heart disease, a study suggests.
BBC News | Health | World Edition, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:49:52 GMT
Novel stroke treatment passes safety stage of clinical trial
A clinical research trial of a new treatment to restore brain cells damaged by stroke has passed an important safety stage, according to the neurologist who led the effort.
ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:30:55 GMT
Fewer platelets could be used for some cancer and bone-marrow transplantation patients
Physicians may be able to safely lower the platelet dosage in transfusions for cancer and bone-marrow transplant patients without risking increased bleeding, according to new research.
ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:30:55 GMT
Youth baseball throwing arm injuries are rising dramatically
Throwing arm injuries are on the rise in Little League and other youth baseball programs. After these injuries occur, many players are out for the season; others require surgery and must refrain from play for an even longer duration; still others sustain injuries so severe that they cause permanent damage and are unable to continue playing baseball. Three new studies address this critical issue, each offering new solutions to help prevent these injuries.
ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:30:55 GMT
UBC scientist honored with BMJ's Junior Doctor of the Year Award
(University of British Columbia) BMJ Group, publisher of the British Medical Journal, has recognized UBC Clinical Associate Prof. Evan Wood with its first annual Junior Doctor of the Year honor. Wood, a lead researcher at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, was selected from more than 100 nominations from Britain, Sudan, Iraq, Australia and Brazil for his research in and contribution to HIV, public health, illicit drug policy and addiction.
EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:30:55 GMT
Yellow fever strikes monkey populations in South America
(Wildlife Conservation Society) A group of Argentine scientists, including health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society, have announced that yellow fever is the culprit in a 2007-2008 die-off of howler monkeys in northeastern Argentina, a finding that underscores the importance of paying attention to the health of wildlife and how the health of people and wild nature are so closely linked.
EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:30:55 GMT
Hopkins doctor/disaster expert says resource problems in Haiti required ethical decision-making
(Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) In an essay published in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a Johns Hopkins emergency physician outlines how he and other physicians who worked in Haiti after the earthquake had to make emotionally difficult ethical decisions daily in the face of a crushing wave of patients and inadequate medical resources.
EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:30:55 GMT
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