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FDA Nanotechnology Task Force takes positive step forward

...ackle the new scientific and regulatory challenges posed by nanotechnology. The Task Force is clear and candid in acknowledging the pervasive potential of nanotechnology to affect virtually every product category FDA regulates—from pharmaceuticals and devices to cosmetics and food supplements— and in cal...

US Baby Dies of Salmonella from Pet Turtle

...timeters (four inches) long. "Small turtles have posed a particular danger to young children because these turtles might not be perceived as health hazards and can be handled like toys," the CDC said. "Salmonella infections in children can be severe and can result in hospitalization and occasionally in...

Top China Official Pessimistic on Fixing Food Safety Woes

...al and livestock industries and that such problems posed a major threat to China's exports. 'Food safety problems have suffocated agricultural and food exports and harmed the reputation of our exports and our national image,' he said. Reports of dangerous or deadly Chinese-made food products being sold...

Smoking Speeds Up Muscle Loss

.... This finding adds to a series of other dangers posed by smoking such as cancer, heart attacks and strokes. Though earlier research had established that smokers tend to have a lower muscle mass than non-smokers, for the first time Michael Rennie, a Professor of Clinical Physiology, and Dr Philip Ather...

Sienna Sizzles in Wet T-shirt to Spread Global Warming Awareness

...rough her global warning campaign, for the actress posed in a wet T-shirt to do her bit in spreading environmental awareness. The 25-year-old, who flew to India recently for a week-long promotional visit as part of her ambassador duties, gave the eye-catching shot for Global Cool, a climate change aware...

Purdue Pharma Agrees to Pay $600 Million Fine for Misbranding Oxycontin

...xyContin, because of its time-release formulation, posed a lower threat of abuse and addiction to patients than traditional, faster-acting painkillers like Percocet or Vicodin. That claim became the linchpin of an aggressive marketing campaign that helped the company sell over $1 billion worth of OxyCon...

EU Move Against Mercury Should Be Adopted in India: NGO

...spital indoor air, revealing the serious threat it posed to staff and patients. Earlier, a detailed national study, 'Mercury: Poison in Neighbourhood', had shown that a cross section of the society, ranging from students to waste pickers, come in contact with the metal in some way or the other. Mercury...

Kenya Says HIV/AIDS Rate Drops to 5.9 Percent

...ons had dropped 5.9 percent, but the disease still posed a a major challenge in the country. The state-run National Aids Control Council (NACC) said the rate fell from 6.1 percent in 2004 to the current 5.9 percent of the country's nearly 35 million people. "Of notable significance is the decline in ...

Repeated Brain Stimulation in Old Age can Keep Alzheimer's at Bay

...es of old age. The enormous public health problems posed by the disease are expected to increase during the coming decades as the proportion of old people in the United States increases. This underscores the urgent need for strategies to prevent the disease or delay its onset," said study author Robert S. ...

Pregnant Myleene Klass Does a Demi Moore

...only her engagement ring and a butterfly necklace, posed naked for Glamour magazine's British edition. "You don't think, 'Does my belly or my bum look big'. You just think, 'Wow, I'm making a baby'" The Sun quoted Klass, as saying. "And the shoot was great fun. They had my fan on me and my chips by the...

DelSite Working Toward Solving Delivery of Influenza Vaccine in Pandemic Situations

...nd distribution of vaccines to meet the challenges posed by a pandemic outbreak of an influenza virus, such as the bird flu (H5N1), were highlighted in a series of presentations at the conference. The Conference was supported by the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the International Society for In...

Research Demonstrates Link Between Domestic Violence and Asthma

..., Human Development and Health at HSPH. "The risk posed by domestic violence - and perhaps other psychosocial factors - could be as high as some well known environmental risk factors such as smoking." The authors performed their research using a large nationally representative database of 92,000 househo...

Massive Wildfire Forces Evacuation of Hundreds of Home in Florida

...stent drought this spring. To mitigate the risks posed by wildfires, residents should clear property of brush, dead trees, and especially unkempt foliage growing close to their homes, says Jim Harrell, spokesman for the Florida Division of Forestry. "Conditions and the wildfires are much more dangerou...

Study Finds That Fruit Flies also Have Free Wills

... of whether or not we have free will appears to be posed the wrong way. Instead, if we ask 'how close to free will are we"' one finds that this is precisely where humans and animals differ," Brembs added. "I would have never guessed that simple flies who otherwise keep bouncing off the same window have t...

Avandia Could Increase Risk of Heart Attack, New Study

...already been alerted to the potential health risks posed by Avandia. Earlier this month, they and several other House members asked the FDA to inform them of the agencys plan to protect the public from the drugs potential harm. The FDA has issued a safety alert for Avandia, but for the moment it is not a...

Inactivity in Kids may Lead to Chronic Health Problems in Future

...and the Government needed to wake up to the threat posed by obesity, such as diabetes and heart disease. "This study shows that overall the physical activity levels in inner city school children are very low," the Daily Mail quoted Professor Khunti, as saying. "Parents, schools and community health pro...

Gay Gang in Netherlands Lures, Rapes and Infects Fellow Homosexuals With HIV/AIDS

...th some suggesting that frequent homosexual orgies posed a public health risk. "That homos organise orgie...sy lay", "gay home boy" and "liquid ecstasy" also posed a danger in heterosexual circles. Henk Krol, the editor of the homosexual magazine Gaykrant, said: "...

The Dreaded Disease Tuberculosis Raises Its Ugly Head

...contended he had been warned not to fly because he posed an infection risk to others. The disease in Speaker came to fore when he went for a check up for a rib injury. His X-ray picked up shadow in his right lung and TB was suspected. Only after intense test it was realized that the TB was drug resistanc...

Chronically Ill Prisoners Face Great Healthcare Problems

...n staff excluded any prisoners whose participation posed a risk to the physical or mental health of the prisoner or the research team and the researchers – Louise Condon and Francesca Harris - then chose ten prisoners at random from each prison’s list. The study, which was funded by the Department of He...

Elderly Population on Rise in India, China

... and poor countries to grapple with the challenges posed by this long-term demographic change. They are shifting - albeit later than in developed states - from a comparatively young population where infectious diseases are prevalent to an older population where chronic diseases, such as heart disease, ar...

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