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Young women warned of lung cancer risks

Seventeen people are still dying from lung cancer each week in Northern Ireland despite a small improvement in survival rates for the disease. The figures are revealed by a report launched today by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry (NICR) at Queen's University Belfast. The NICR is holding...

Spears Has Been Warned Not to Drink

Pop superstar Britney Spears has been warned to stop drinking. According to dailysnack.com, Spears has already been told that she might have done irreparable damage to her kidneys, liver and other organs. Her counsellor John Sundahl had told her: "If you fall off the wagon, I don't...

Doctors Warned Against Encouraging Elective Caesareans

A study by American scientists has added a new weapon of defense against elective caesarean operations . The study lead by Dr Qiuying Yang, from the University of Ottawa and published in an international journal of obstetrics and gynecology -BJOG, has linked C-sections to a very strong risk of...

Barbeque Lovers Warned To Load On Fruits And Vegetables

Its bad news for older women who like their meat smoked or barbequed. A study by American scientists has shown that post-menopausal women who consumed the most grilled, barbecued or smoked red meat over their lifetime have a 47 percent increased risk of breast cancer. Big meat-eaters who also s...

Louisiana Residents Warned Against Brown Recluse Spiders

A poisonous brown widow spider, a cousin to the well-known black widow, is increasingly being spotted in Louisiana, experts say . It is belongs to a group that is officially known as the "recluse spiders" and are also commonly referred to as "fiddleback" spiders or "violin" spiders because of...

US Consumers Warned Against Toxic Chinese Fish

First pet food, then tooth paste and now fish. There just seems to be no end to the troubles for Chinese exporters. Only two days ago the US put on hold all imports of Chinese toothpaste till the FDA comes out with its finding on whether it contains diethylene glycol, a chemical commonly u...

Contact Lens Wearers Warned Against Using AMO Solution

Soft contact lens users beware of the AMO Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Solution. For an ongoing government investigation in the US has found that it could lead to an increased risk of Acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare yet severe eye infection. The disease can cause permanent vision l...

Barbeque Lovers Warned To Load On Fruits And Vegetables

It’s bad news for older women who like their meat smoked or barbequed. // A study by American scientists has shown that post-menopausal women who consumed the most grilled, barbecued or smoked red meat over their lifetime have a 47 percent increased risk of breast cancer. Big meat-eaters who also...

Doctors Warned Against Encouraging Elective Caesareans

A study by American scientists has added a new weapon of defense against elective caesarean operations//. The study lead by Dr Qiuying Yang, from the University of Ottawa and published in an international journal of obstetrics and gynecology -BJOG, has linked C-sections to a very strong risk of...

Women Binge- Drinkers Warned Of Possible Link To Breast Cancer

According to researchers women who drink more two bottles of wine over the weekend, more than double their risk of developing breast cancer. // The study reported in the European Journal of Public Health showed that in a group of 17,647 nurses who drank 22-27 drinks a week compared with those w...

Consumers Warned of Tainted Raw Milk Sold by Butler County Dairy

Consumers who have purchased raw milk from Fisher's Dairy, Butler County, any time after April 9, 2007, should discard it immediately due to the risk of Listeria// monocytogenes contamination, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said today. "During routine inspection, a preliminary test showed...

Doctors Warned to Keep Track of Tumorous Lymph Nodes

Scientists have come out with study results that encourage health care providers to take into account the number of lymph nodes// marked by the presence of tumor cells in colon cancer patients, taken during follow up. This, researchers opine, may be a definite clue to chances of reccurence , as ...

Patrons Of A Brisbane Restaurant Warned Of Hepatitis A

A Brisbane restaurant is reported to be in the centre of a health controversy involving hepatitis A virus. Queensland Health department had requested people //who ate at Wagamama restaurant at Chermside in the first week of March to seek the help of a doctor if they develop fever, stomach ache or l...

Youngsters Warned to Stay Out of the Sun - and Sunbeds

An international study has come out strongly against the use of sunbeds or tanning beds, especially in persons aged below// 35 years. According to the Working Group on artificial UV light and skin cancer of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), persons who use these tanning be...

Consumers Warned of Using Cat Food Due to Salmonella Contamination

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to purchase, or use, Wild Kitty Cat Food due to the presence// of Salmonella, a pathogen. During routine monitoring activities, FDA collected and analyzed a sample of frozen raw Wild Kitty Cat Food and detected Salmonella in the produc...

India warned of Impending AIDS Disaster

India is on the brink of an AIDS disaster and should get a control over the HIV epidemic by next year or risk seeing it spiral out of control //warned Ashok Alexander, the director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a senior United Nations official. According to Ashok Alexander who dir...

Pakistani health officials warned not to divulge dengue statistics

The Pakistani government has strictly warned health officials in Islamabad not to issue statements or distribute information regarding the thirty five deaths// following viral dengue fever in various parts of Pakistan.. Anonymous sources from the department of Health divulged to media that...

Smokers Warned to Give up else Face Denial of Operations

Smokers will be denied life-changing operations unless they agree to kick the habit, it was revealed today. Many cash-strapped hospitals say that they will not treat patients for hip and knee replacements// until they are going to give up on smoking. Those who do not stop the habit could also be de...

Government Warned Against Dilution of Medical Standards

The Supreme Court Wednesday told the central government that dilution of the standards in the name of streamlining of medical education would not be tolerated//. The court's observation came when Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam told a bench that the differences between the gover...

Angola Warned of Recurrent Cholera Outbreaks

Although cholera cases in Angola has started declining, aid agencies warn Angola of repeated outbreaks of cholera if water and sanitation issues are not addressed//. Karen Godley, the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)-Switzerland head of mission in Angola said, "The government needs to improve wat...

Public Warned About Fake Drugs

Trading standards officers have issued a warning to the public that they could end up buying harmful fakes if they purchased prescription drugs through the Internet//. Drugs such as Viagra, Tamiflu, Prozac and Valium, bought from foreign websites, have often turned out to be fakes or cont...

Chinese Parents Warned Of Triple Health Scare

Chinese parents have been warned to be on the lookout for 'poisonous baby bottles, toxic children's clothes and unsafe toys' by health authorities, //according to a report in the Shanghai Daily. This alert was issued after health officials were reportedly scouring supermarkets for baby bottle...

Bladder Surgery Patients Warned About Risk Of Bladder Cancer

Two patients who underwent a less commonly performed bladder surgery, called bladder augmentation have been warned about the increased risk of developing// bladder cancer. The surgery is used in the treatment of urinary incontinence, a condition in which there is involuntary leak of urine, from the...

Indian Doctor In Britain Warned For Refusing Treatment

The General Medical Council (GMC) here has warned a doctor of Indian origin who refused to treat a patient who turned up at his clinic// because he was an asylum seeker in Britain. Mahesh Chandra, the general practitioner, reportedly refused the man treatment because "he was not British and d...

Parents Warned About Contaminated Teething Rings By FDA

Following reports of bacterial contamination of fluid filled plastic teething ring, manufactured by The First Years, a unit of RC2 Corp., parents have been urged by the Food and Drug Administration to stop providing // their babies with the product. The contaminated liquid if swallowed or abs...

Kellogg Warned Against Its Marketing Strategies

Kellogg which is synonymous with children and yummy cereals is facing the wrath of a consumer group which feels that they are using unfair marketing practices aimed at kids. In fact they are contemplating suing the company and Viacom that runs Nickelodeon channel as well. //According to the group,...

Briton tourists warned of Bird flu threat in Turkey

Spread of H5N1 bird flu strain in Turkey had led to researchers warning British tourists to keep away from turkey this summer to avoid spread of bird flu virus into Britain. Despite these warnings of a possible spread of bird flu tourists are booking holidays in Turkish resorts.// The Association o...

Women warned against Caesareans

Recent research published in this week’s Australian Medical Journal (AMA) has found that first-time mothers who give birth by caesarean face a greater risk of complications if they choose to deliver naturally in subsequent pregnancies. // The study has found women who have a caesarean...

People warned against consumption of red meat due to risk of Flu epidemic

Orissa is considered as a major migratory waterfowl destination where nearly 1.5 million birds arrive every winter, according to the official reports. This has raised serious concerns regarding the spread of avian flu virus responsible for causing bird flu//. The meat of several avian species, ...

Doctors Warned by IMA Against Treating Maoist from Nepal

The Bihar unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has today warned its members// all over the state to be extremely careful while treating or dealing with patients who suffer from bullet, knife or other injuries as a result of some of the Maoist violence taking place in the neighboring country...

Athletes Warned Of Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia

Novice athletes who are training for marathon running events may be a danger from exercise-associated //hyponatremia (EAH) that can develop from low levels of sodium in the body. The risk to the condition is heightened when the athletes drink excess amounts of fluids during exercises. Awarenes...

Doctors warned of fluoride toxicity

In the recent Journal of American Dental Association (JADA), doctors are warned against possibility of fluoride toxicity while prescribing fluoride dosage //to patients with oral problems. High concentrations of fluoride dosage are often prescribed to patients to check caries, especially thos...

Sultans of Suntans Warned

Australians are leading the world in their obsession for that ‘bronzed and beautiful’ look. But unfortunately, this is not a healthy trend, opine researchers. // According to a report published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, the increases in people going in for tann...

Mothers Opting for C-Sections- Be Warned

Mother Nature may be smiling. Researchers have given their opinion- Nature’s way is far superior to pre-planned caesarian operations//, those decided solely upon by the mother, in spite of it being unnecessary. According to their results published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, t...

Support Claims With Science Not Magic, Beverage Owners Warned

A ‘merit less publicity stunt’ is how Beverages Partners Worldwide describes a lawsuit from CSPI -Center for Science in the Public Interest a non-profit consumer product// watchdog, challenging the claims of their new drink. According to the company, its product Enviga is designed to ‘ gently b...

Football Fans Warned

Health experts at BUPA issued a warning to football fans, ahead of Sunday's game, after research has shown that the risk of heart attacks increased by a quarter// during football matches. The game with Ecuador is the first knockout match and could end with penalties. Tony Urwin of BUPA said: ...

Hissey Kientz Announces the Launch of Herbal Fen Phen Lawyers Website

...ed a warning about herbal Fen Phen products that were being marketed to former patients as a “natural alternative” to Fen Phen. The agency warned that herbal Fen Phen may contain ingredients that had been linked to serious side effects , including high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes and...

Not-For-Profit Nursing Homes Fare Better in Studies

...any factors other than profit status have been connected to the quality of nursing home care. Professor Tamara Konetzka, of the University of Chicago, warned that "if differences in quality between for-profit and non-profit nursing homes stem at least in part from differences in revenues rather than mission...

100+ Nurses to Rally in SF Wed. to Demand Stronger Swine Flu Safety Protections: California Hospitals Remain Unprepared Despite First Nurse Death

...old marathon runner in excellent health, who worked in a Sacramento hospital, as well as a General Accounting Office report to Congress this week that warned the U.S. is still not adequately prepared for a worse outbreak of H1N1 this fall. "Hospitals across California--and possibly the entire country...

FDA Calls for Stricter Controls on Mercury Fillings

...d Charles Brown, the group's national counsel. "They put a warning a year ago on the web site and promised to keep those warnings on the web site that warned of neurological damage to children and unborn children. Bowing to the dental products industry, FDA has, for the first time in memory, withdrawn a war...