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However strange this might sound, the tobacco plant, normally
associated with causing cancer rather than curing it, could actually aid
patients with follicular B-cell lymphoma, US researchers found.
Follicular B-cell Lymphoma is a type of non-Hodgkin’s
lymphoma that attacks the immune system. A B-cell is type of lymphocyte or
white blood cell, which is responsible for defending the body against bacteria
and other types of pathogens that cause illness.
For the study, researchers at the Stanford University School
of Medicine and Large Scale Biology Corp. infected tobacco...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday, July 17, that it has determined that fresh tomatoes now available in the domestic market are not associated with the current outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul. The statement also removes the crippling June 7 warning against eating certain types of red raw tomatoes, which nearly brought to its knees the tomato industry. The FDA statement still warns that elderly persons, infants and people with impaired immune systems, should avoid eating raw jalapeño and raw serrano peppers. Now, Jalapeño pepper importers have seen their trade being...
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A study published on the July 22 issue of the Journal of the
American Medical Association called for more aggressive action against
tuberculosis, after it had discovered an increase in the number of foreigners
in the US
infected with TB.
Although TB cases in the US dropped 45 percent between 1996
and 2006 (from more than 25,000 to less than 14,000), according to the US
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s statistics, there was a five
percent increase in TB cases among immigrant populations living in the US
during the same period, Dr. Kevin P. Cain head of the CDC’s...
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As calories count the most in the struggle against obesity, a new rule demanding
New York chain restaurants to put calorie
information right on their menus took effect on Friday, thus marking a first for a U.S.
city.
As part of a campaign against obesity, the regulation requires restaurants
that have 15 or more outlets across the country to put calorie counts next to
their prices and it concerns more than 2,000 restaurants or 10 percent of the
total in the city. Among them are such restaurants as McDonald's, Burger King,
Applebee's — operated by DineEquity Inc — Dunkin Donuts,...
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Michael Alan Weiner, aka Michael Savage, stands by his insensitive and false remarks about autistic children. The conservative political commentator, 66, said on his Savage Nation talk show last week that nearly every child with autism as “a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out.” Both in a statement on the WOR710.com Web site and in an interview with The New York Times, he stood by his remarks and said he has no intention of apologizing. However, Michael Savage acknowledged that he exaggerated in claiming that 99 out every 100 cases of autism were misdiagnosed. WOR Radio immediately...
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For many years, physicians believed that the immune system
was effective only in combating...
The Food and Drug Administration is far from finding the
source of tomatoes-borne salmonella...
The state of California has sent cease and desist letters to 13 companies that are selling general...
A FDA panel recommended that the psoriasis drug Enbrel should
be approved for the treatment of the...
The reports about the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche AG
planning to invest in the development of...
According to the latest study in the field, stem cells can rebuild damaged bone tissue which means...
If you think about skipping breakfast just for the sake of
losing some pounds then you could be...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cautioning
consumers not to purchase fraudulent products...
Beauty appears to have become an issue for men as well not
only for women if considering the...
The relationship between diabetes and depression appears to
be a bit like a two-way highway,...
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