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Fate of France's Cheeses in Doubt as Producers Cite Health Risks

...t made in the northwest region of Normandy -- have switched to using treated milk for their top brands on the grounds that it is safer. In so doing they have had to surrender the coveted "Appellation d'Origine Controlee" status, which is normally seen both as a certificate of authenticity and a vital boost ...

Masimo SET Pulse Oximetry Technology Significantly Reduce the Risk of ROP

...ctice changes, while after these changes Center #1 switched to Masimo SET pulse oximetry and Center #2 kept th..."significantly more favorable" for the center that switched to Masimo technology. "In a large group of examined inborn infants Joe E. Kiani, Chairman and CE...

Even at Four Months, Babies can Tell When Speakers Switch Languages

...wl, but they can certainly tell when a speaker has switched to a different language with only visual cues. ...ted sentences first in English or French, and then switched to the other language. Their findings suggest that visual information alone will prompt the babies...

Campaign Against Trans Fat Gaining Fruit in US

...ils. Yum Brands' chains KFC and Taco Bell recently switched to a trans-fat free oil. Burger King Corp. is testing cooking oils without trans fat, with plans to roll out a new oil by late next year. McDonald's Corp. and Wendy's International Inc. also have been testing and developing new trans fat-free oils. ...

Suicide Gene Therapy Kills Bowel Cancer Cells

...gene only if it reaches a tumour. When the gene is switched on, the virus produces a protein that activates an otherwise harmless prodrug, given separately. Because this drug is only activated in tumours, it selectively kills only cancer cells. In normal tissue, the drug remains inactive, so healthy cells a...

Teens Need to Eat More Fruits, Veggies to Prevent Obesity

...rink three or more servings of sweetened beverages switched to water, the lifelong impact could be huge, Foltz said. Clinicians and community leaders need to focus on these four, simple goals to get the message across to adolescents and families that small changes can reap lifelong benefits, Foltz said. Doc...

Gel-based Handrub Improves Hospital Hygiene

...n access to a liquid-based handrub, which was then switched a few months later to a gel-based formulation of the same product. An independent observer recorded opportunities for hand hygiene and actual hand cleansing. Overall compliance was low, with nurses most likely to follow hand hygiene recommendations...

Major Mental Disorders Cut Life Span by Ten to Fifteen Years

... deaths from cardiovascular disease. Many could be switched to safer medicines. Mentally ill adults also are more likely than others to have alcohol and drug-abuse problems. Andrew Leuchter of the School of Medicine.in the University of California, points to the problems in public health systems. Getting a...

New York Bans Trans Fats in Restaurants

...the customers," Rotter said. Popular Katz's Deli switched over to soybean oil about a year and a half ago without any problem, said general manager Rob Albinder. "It's healthier, and so we figured we'd try it with a healthier type of oil," Albinder said. "It's a good quality product and customers seem to ...

Computerized Doctors Order Reduce Prescription Errors

...r. Electronics to the rescue: U.S. hospitals that switched to computerized physician order entry systems saw ... There are two reasons why more hospitals have not switched to electronic prescription systems, says Arthur Levin, director of the Center for Medical Consumers ...

Eating Fish Oil can Save Eyesight: Study

... The increased oxygen supply to the retinal tissue switched off the "alarm" signal that lead to pathological growth of vessels, he said. To be sure that the improvement was not due to other factors, the researchers duplicated the results in mice whose omega-3 fatty acid levels were increased through genetic...

LifeCycle Pharma to Initiate Phase II Clinical Trial of LCP-Tacro for Organ Transplantation

... kidney transplant recipients, with patients being switched to LCP-Tacro once-a-day from Prograf(R) twice-a-day. Up to 60 patients will be investigated at 10-12 sites in the U.S. and Canada, and the initial clinical trial results are expected by year end 2007, or early 2008. This study is considered to form t...

Recall of the AIDS Drug Causes Panic in Zambia

...ld be checked by healthcare providers before being switched to other drugs. "Patients should not unilaterally decide to change drugs on their own, as the effects may be fatal," he cautioned. There are fears that some patients will stop taking Viracept before health workers determine the best replacement dru...

Wine Packaging: Bag-in-box, Plastic Bottles, Cork Comeback?

...y ignored until recently when sales grew as buyers switched from older non-airtight "cubies", which once opened had to be transferred to bottles at home or drunk as soon as possible. New-age BIBs, plastic air-tight containers with a self-sealing tap, allow wine-lovers to drink by the glass without spoiling th...

New Device Developed to Eliminate Superbugs Within Minutes

...ed within as little as an hour of the device being switched on. "In earlier experiments, in which we flooded the rooms with more than a billion bacteria, levels were effectively down to zero within an hour," said Macdonald. According to New Scientist, the device is now on sale in the UK and is being tried...

Converting Left-hander to Right-hander also Changes the Brain

...f converted left-handers, natural lefties who have switched over to right hand use, has shown that such a shif...o act like those of left-handers in people who had switched to right-handedness. These regions were also more active in converts than in those who stuck with le...

Penguins Altered Diet When Humans Began Hunting Whales and Seals

Adlie penguins living in Antarctica switched from eating fish to krill (shrimp-like marine invertebrate animals) around the time that humans began hunting seals and whales, ancient eggshell fragments reveal. According to Steven Emslie of the University of North Carolina in Wilmington, and W...

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