Archive for the ‘Health’ Category
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Results of a new study find that mosquitoes hate the smell of deet, thus making bug spray effective
It is being reported that researchers from University of California, Davis have proved that mosquitoes hate the smell of deet, the chemical in most bug sprays that make them effective at repelling the ...
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration) have approved amgen's Nplate drug for patients diagnosed with a rare blood clotting disorder
FDA officials have confirmed that they have given approval to Amgen Inc for their new drug to treat patients diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenic purpura, which is a condition characterized by ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Ontario - A second death has been reported as the result of listeria contaminated meat, which is currently the subject of a massive Maple Leaf Foods recall in Canada.
The second death has been confirmed to be from Ontario, bringing the overall total of contaminated human cases to 13.
As well as ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Washington - Officials with the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention are stating that the number of measles cases in US children is as high as it was back in 1996.
They say that in the majority of these measles cases, the parents of the effected children chose not to have ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Canada - Up to two years after two face transplant operations the recipients of those new faces are doing very well, a fact that could open the door to wider use of the procedure.
One operation was performed in China on a man mauled by a bear in 2004, and the ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Washington - Federal officials in the US have proposed new legislation that would protect doctors and nurses who are against the act of abortion due to their own religious beliefs.
Under the proposed legislation funding could be pulled from hospitals in the US who do not provide appropriate accommodations for such ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Washington - The FDA has announced that they will be launching an investigation into the possibility of a link between the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin and cancer.
Currently two studies being conducted show no link between cancer and the drug, but one previously completed study did find a link.
Vytorin is the latest ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Washington - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is preparing to release a statement to the effect that irradiating fresh vegetables such as iceberg lettuce and spinach.
This practice would remove any chance of E. coli and other dangerous germs from fresh veggies, a fact that could go a long way ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Researchers from the US are saying that skin cancer maybe able to be detected by a certain smell that it gives off.
The researchers say that skin cancer gives off chemicals that omit a certain smell, and when put to the test, a machine was able to sniff out basal cell ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Norwegian researchers have reported in a study that pregnant mothers who are diagnosed with preeclampsia during birth are at an increased risk of kidney failure years later.
Preeclampsia is a very serious medical condition and refers to a complication during pregnancy including high bloodpressure during pregnancy, protein in the mothers' urine, ...
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