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Morphine may excite cancerous tumors

According to a new study, morphine may be combined with tumor growth in mice. At present there is no scientific data that indicates morphine or similar pain medications will lead to increased cancer growth in humans.// However, researchers say their findings warrant further studies for managing cancer pain. Researchers from the University of Minnesota Cancer Center found doses of morp...

Disney in Trouble? Negative Excitement in Disneyland, Paris

None would deny the adrenaline rush at Disneyland Paris, though now, it appears to be caught unawares in the eye of the bird-flu storm//. Ruffled up, Disney land Paris is shrugging away the allegation of tucking away a dead swan. This is especially unwelcome news, as panic over bird flu is all over Europe. The scare permeated in Disneyland after two unions, the French Democratic Worke...

From Excitement To Health - Coke To Serve All

Aiming to increase its presence in the Indian market and gain wider acceptability, soft drink giant Coca Cola has decided to add a punch of health// to its India portfolio, possibly by early next year. ‘We are looking at offering total beverage solutions in the non-alcohol segment. This would include not only carbonated drinks but also juices and health-based products,’ Coca Cola Indi...

Cancer Risk Cited From Radiation In New Procedures

A new Health Canada document available with CanWest News Service suggests that reducing the dose of radiation for patients //could "translate in the saving of 125 lives per year." It is estimated that cancers caused by X-rays kill 780 to 2,500 Canadians a year. Health Canada also said that many new devices that use X-rays to push thin tubes into arteries and blood vessels have not bee...

Ministry Cites Negligence as Cause of Kazakh baby HIV cases

The Health Ministry alleges that negligence in a blood transfusion centre led to the death of four babies in Kazakhstan as well as the infection// of at least 55 children and one adult with the HIV virus. In a hospital in the south of the Central Asian state the children, and a mother, have been infected in the past few months. Officials are searching for over a dozen donors suspected of...

FDA Cites Challenges of Generic Biotech

A top drug regulator told lawmakers Monday it could be a decade or more before science is available to safely approve generic versions of biotech drugs // in the way the agency approves knockoffs of traditional drugs. Food and Drug Administration deputy commissioner Janet Woodcock's testimony could benefit companies such as Amgen Inc. and Genentech Inc, which have never faced generic co...

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

The fate of one of France's best-loved cheeses is in question after the two biggest manufacturers of "real Camembert" -- the traditional variety made with untreated "raw" milk -- stopped production, citing health risks for the consumer. To the fury of purists, Lactalis and the Isigny Cooperative -- who together supplied 90 percent of "lait cru" (raw milk) Camembert made in the northwe...

Organ Donors Solicited During UKs National Transplant Week

National Transplant Week this year, in UK, is being taken very seriously. The campaign, which was kicked off recently aims to make aware the desperate need of organs , required to save thousands of lives across the UK. The campaign has been launched to raise organ donors too, not just for the 7,500 people currently on the transplant list, but also for the hundreds more who add their n...