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Stay Away from Chicken Trucks! They May Spread Poultry Pathogens
A surprising finding by a team of researchers at The John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of...
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FDA Panel Says Wrinkle Fillers Should Carry Stronger Warnings
Labels of popular cosmetic wrinkle fillers should carry
stronger warnings about potential side...
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Beauty Has Its Price: Wrinkle Fillers Tied to Serious Side Effects
It appears that beauty has its price if considering the
latest news for the Food and Drug...
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Diarrhea Bacteria Spreads In Hospitals From U.S.
Researchers reported on Tuesday that a common form of diarrhea is most spread in the U.S. hospitals...
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Clostridium Difficile Takes Over Hospitals
Despite being anti-septic, hospitals are still filled with the largest number of diseases,...
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Severe Diarrhea Bacteria More Common in Hospital than Thought
A bacterium known as Clostridium Difficile or C. Diff, which
causes a drug-resistant virulent...
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Survey Shows More Hospital Patients Get Sick with Intestinal Infections
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and
Epidemiology reports that more hospital...
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Drug Prescriptions For US Children Rising At Alarming Rates
More and more children in the United States are prescribed
medication for chronic diseases,...
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Sacramento Man Arrested on Suspicion of Sending Anthrax Packages
The FBI on Wednesday arrested Marc M.
Keyser, 66, on suspicion of mailing 120 hoax anthrax letters...
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MRSA Epidemic
The Staphylococcus bacterium can build up strength if given
the appropriate conditions. A warm,...
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Staph Infections May Cause Serious Illnesses
Doctors announced on Monday that the staph bacteria found in common places is believed to have...
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Drug-resistant Staph Bacteria Harder to Treat
A new study has found that germs causing
outbreaks in ordinary community settings are becoming...
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Wyeth: New Version of Prevnar Has Positive Results in Study
A news study presented Monday at the joint annual meeting of
the Interscience Conference on...
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Placebos Are Regularly Prescribed by Doctors without Patients’ Knowledge
About half of the American doctors responding to a nationwide survey say they regularly prescribe...
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Is The Patient’s Peace of Mind The Most Efficient Healing Strategy?
According to a new study published in the BMJ – formerly the British Medical Journal, U.S. doctors...
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Placebos, Regularly Prescribed By Doctors
A survey recently showed that the use of placebos may be more widespread than thought, as many...
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Placebos Administered By Half Of The U.S. Doctors
A U.S. nationwide service, conducted on a representative lot of doctors , specifically 679...
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50% of Doctors Prescribe Placebo Treatment Regularly
A nationwide survey carried out among doctors showed that approximately 50% of them prescribe...
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Prescribing Placebos - A Common Practice Among US Doctors
More than half of American doctors prescribe placebos to make their patients feel better, according...
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New TB vaccine offers hope for AIDS patients, German researchers say
Hamburg - An early tuberculosis vaccine dating back to the 1920s has been vastly improved thanks to...
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Mail Carriers Will Bring Antibiotics to Protect People in case of Anthrax Attacks
If you ever receive a letter with anthrax
spores, the letter carriers may be there for you with a...
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FDA Bans Importation of 28 Drugs from Indian Drugmaker
The Food
and Drug Administration has banned the importation of 28 drugs made by giant
Indian...
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Legionnaire’s Disease Kills Second Patient at St. Peter’s Hospital
Two people have died after contracting Legionnaire’s
disease, a different but severe form of...
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FDA Issues an Import Alert for 30 Generic Drugs Made by Ranbaxy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration barred Ranbaxy from importing more than 30 medicines made in...
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Number of E. coli Cases in Oklahoma Approaches 300
The number of people ill in connection with an E. coli
outbreak associated with a Locust Grove...
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Oklahoma E. coli Outbreak Toll Reaches 231, Lawsuits Expected
The Oklahoma State Department of Health announced on
Wednesday that the number of people ill in...
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How To Avoid MRSA
MRSA is a microbe that causes nasty skin infections and it is resistant to some antibiotics as...
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Canadian Listeriosis Outbreak Triggers Lawsuits Against Maple Leaf
After more than a dozen people died from infections with Listeria, and dozens of others suffered...
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Food Bacteria Strikes Again: E. Coli Hits Oklahoma, 1 Dead
It seems that either food-related infections have gone up or they are reported more often than in...
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Toronto Plant Targeted in Probe of Deadly Listeriosis
There has been much hype around Salmonella and E. coli food borne infections, but, in fact, they...
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