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.
Medically performed circumcision significantly reduces a man?s risk of acquiring HIV?the virus that causes AIDS?through heterosexual intercourse, according to 2 studies.
Chocolate, cocoa flavanols may enhance brain blood flow and improve your cognitive health, revealed by researchers in the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS).
C-Reactive Protein, widely regarded as a risk factor for hypertension and other forms of cardiovascular disease, plays a direct role in the onset of hypertension, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
Stanford history Professor Robert Proctor will speak about the tobacco industry February 18 during a symposium — ”The Sociopolitical Manufacturing of Scientific Ignorance” — at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco.
A 46-year-old former fitness instructor, suffering from biventricular end-stage heart failure and in irreversible cardiogenic shock, has become the first to receive a new temporary Total Artificial Heart in the Northeast U.S. by cardiac surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Health Canada, the Canadian government regulatory agency, has approved wide-ranging new health claims for COLD-fX, the most popular cold/flu remedy in Canada.
At a state Senate hearing today addressing Governor Schwarzenegger’s plan to require all Californians to buy health insurance, administration representatives refused to give a dollar amount for how much health policies would cost under the proposal and rebuffed questions about the need for regulation of insurance premiums to make them affordable for people who would be required to buy coverage.
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:
A seven year old Bellevue child who had experienced flu-like symptoms died this morning from a bacterial infection affecting the lining of the heart.