Chronic dizziness may have several common causes, including anxiety disorders, migraine, traumatic brain injury and disorders in the part of the nervous system governing involuntary activities, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
A Johns Hopkins-led study has found evidence that a genetic tendency toward suicide has been linked to a particular area of the genome on chromosome 2 that has been implicated in two additional recent studies of attempted suicide.
Healthy women with no history of heart disease or stroke significantly increase their chances of having a stroke if they have high cholesterol, according to a study of more than 27,000 women published in the February 20, 2007, issue of Neurology?, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to use certain jars of Earth?s Best Organic 2 Apple Peach Barley Wholesome Breakfast baby food because of the risk of contamination with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause botulism, a life-threatening illness or death. Consumers are warned not to use the product even if it does not look or smell spoiled.
Dr. David Fleming, Director and Health Officer for Public Health – Seattle & King County, stated about Public Health?s recommendations about influenza, emphasizing its importance for parents of school-aged children:
Bridgepoint Health, a canadian hospital in Toronto’s east end says it will remain closed to visitors and new patients until later this week following an outbreak of the highly contagious Norwalk virus.
Infants and preschool-aged children who live in daily circumstances of potential trauma and danger can develop the resilience to cope through treatment that focuses on strengthening parent-child bonds, according to a national expert in child development.
A Salmonella outbreak has sickened nearly 300 people in 39 states, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. The source of the bacterium has been linked to Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter.
A number of lawsuits filed against ConAgra Foods Inc. of US, because of the company’s salmonella-contaminated peanut butter.
Due to risk of contamination with salmonella, PA state Health Secretary Dr. Calvin B. Johnson today advised consumers not to eat and to discard Peter Pan Peanut Butter and Great Value Peanut Butter with product codes that begin with the number ?2111.?