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To Block The Carcinogens, Add A Touch Of Rosemary When Grilling Meats
Rosemary, a member of the mint family and a popular seasoning on its own, also has benefits as a cancer prevention agent. Apply it to hamburgers and it can break...
Common Foodborne Pathogen In Poultry Finds Resistance To Antibiotic Used By Humans
Recent studies have shown a connection between people who became infected with Campylobacter jejuni, a pathogen found in poultry, and their contact with certain chicken products that contained the pathogen....
Kennedy Leaves Hospital in Boston
Senator Edward M. Kennedy was greeted by well wishers upon his release after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.
Potential Remedies To Obesity And Its Health Threats
Researchers unveiled data during this week's Digestive Disease Week outlining improved bariatric surgery options and studies that offer new insight into the related toll on the body created by obesity,...
Preterm babies more likely to have defects
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., May 22 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say babies born preterm are more than twice as likely to have major birth defects.
New Blood Test Reveals Risk For Metabolic Syndrome
Researchers have discovered that people with high oxidation levels of the low-density lipoprotein particle that carries cholesterol throughout the blood are much more likely to develop metabolic syndrome -- which...
I'm sorry, Eastern Health's former top MD tells inquiry
The former top physician at Eastern Health apologized Wednesday at a St. John's inquiry, saying he lives daily with regrets over how breast cancer patients have been treated.
Iraq war service: A risk factor for bronchiolitis?
A large group of soldiers returning from Iraq have been diagnosed with bronchiolitis, a disease affecting the small airways of the lung, according to Vanderbilt University Medical Center physicians who...
Low-intensity Case Management Cuts COPD-related Hospital Visits In Half
A new study has found that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are at high risk for hospitalization or emergency room visits from exacerbations or complications benefit from simple...
Cost the 'biggest hurdle' for cervical cancer vaccine
Cost is the biggest obstacle to introducing human papillomavirus vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a study.
Report Assesses Blame in Hepatitis Cases
The Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada was found to have routinely mishandled injection equipment and medication vials, contributing to a large hepatitis outbreak.
Doctors Say ‘I’m Sorry’ Before ‘See You in Court’
Some prominent medical centers are offering apologies and compensation to try to dilute patients’ anger.
In Hospitals, Simple Reminders Reduce Deadly Infections
Timeouts, checklists and advertising campaigns have been credited with drastically reducing the number of serious infections at New York City’s public hospitals.
For an All-Organic Formula, Baby, That’s Sweet
A popular organic infant formula is sweetened with cane sugar, which babies may prefer but pediatricians do not.
Jesse Edwards, Pathologist, Dies at 96
Dr. Edwards was a leading cardiac pathologist who assembled a formidable collection of human hearts to let doctors study coronary disease, congenital defects and trauma.
Prognosis Usually Bleak for Condition, a Glioma
Gliomas, which occur more frequently with advancing age, often carry a bleak prognosis.
Researchers map iron transport protein
Montana State University scientists in the Department of Chemistry and Bio-chemistry published new research this week that could one day affect the lives of millions around the world who suffer...
Really?: The Claim: Smoking Can Cause the Loss of Hair
Will a message focused on hair instead of health convince smokers to quit?
Regimens: Aspirin More Beneficial if Taken at Night
People who take aspirin to keep their blood pressure down will get more benefit if they take it at bedtime, researchers say.
Screening for Abuse May Be Key to Ending It
Screening for domestic abuse in seemingly healthy women is nowhere near as widespread among doctors as testing for breast cancer or high cholesterol.
E. coli Also a Presence Among Swine
E. coli O157:H7 is generally associated with cattle, but Fod Safety Consortium researchers at Iowa State University have found that it can be transmitted among swine, even when there is...
Clear Racial Discrepancies Exist Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
Black patients are more likely to die in the early stages of chronic kidney disease than whites, a finding that may explain the lower mortality rates observed among blacks with...
Study: Germans suffering PTSD from WWII
LEIPZIG , Germany, May 20 (UPI) -- A study of Germans who lived through World War II has found a high instance of survivors suffering from post-traumatic stress...
Intensive care units' prevention of pneumonia in critically-ill patients generally strong
Mayo Clinic researchers found that the frequency with which critically-ill patients developed ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is approximately the same at a multidisciplinary medical center such as Mayo Clinic compared to...
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OPINION: No One Cares More About Cattle than Beef Producers
Dan Thomson, veterinarian and Jones Professor of Production Medicine and Epidemiology in the department of clinical sciences at Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine and a member of K-State's...
Sepsis guideline compliance improves, rate of death declines after educational effort
A national educational effort in Spain to promote appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock was associated with a lower rate of sepsis deaths in hospitals and improved guideline...
New pyramid puts oil, exercise, poultry in their place
The Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has relaunched its Web site, The Nutrition Source (http://www.thenutritionsource.org/).