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VA Faces Questions Over Tainted Colonoscopies

Former patients could have been infected with HIV, hepatitis via non-sterile equipment TUESDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- The scandal over potentially tainted colonoscopy and endoscopy equipment used at three Veterans' Affairs hospitals made its way to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, with U...

Fish in U.S. Rivers Tainted With Common Medications

Study is part of government strategy to tackle issue THURSDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- Fish from five U.S. rivers were found to be tainted with traces of medications and common chemicals, according to a new study from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Baylor University...

U.S. District Court Finds the FDA's Actions on Plan B(R) Tainted by Politics

WASHINGTON, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Today a U.S. District Court ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed politics to taint their decision to make Plan B(R) available over-the-counter (OTC) for individuals age 18 and older. The judge recognized that the FDA gave into political pre...

Consumer Advisory: Agriculture Department Warns of Tainted Raw Milk Sold By Dauphin County Dairy

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers who purchased raw milk from the Swiss Villa Dairy Farm in Lykens, Dauphin County, at any time after Feb. 9 are advised to discard it immediately due to the risk of Listeria monocytogenes contamination, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff...

FDA: Company Knowingly Shipped Tainted Peanut Products

Agency now reports that Peanut Corp. of America sent out supplies it knew contained salmonella FRIDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- The peanut company at the center of the nationwide salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds knowingly shipped tainted product, the U.S. Food and Drug ...

LegalView Updates Peanut Butter Recall Information Portal with Info on Salmonella Contaminations Among Several Tainted Food Products

LegalView recently reported on the outbreak of salmonella poisoning among Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) brands of peanut butter across the country. Five consumers have died linked to the rash of tainted peanut butter, which is expected to affect more Americans. De...

Minn. Confirms Tainted Peanut Butter Link to Salmonella Outbreak

Health officials report genetic match; Ohio distributor recalls two King Nut brands; almost 400 in 42 states sickened MONDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Lab tests on a tainted tub of peanut butter produced a genetic match to the strain of salmonella that has sickened almost 400 peopl...

Dubious Drugs, Tainted Foods Top 2008's Health Stories

But deaths from heart disease, cancer show encouraging drop WEDNESDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Doubts over the safety of diabetes and heart treatments, disappointing results for vitamins as cancer fighters, and the withdrawal of over-the-counter cold medicines for kids were some of...

FDA Narrowing Tainted Tomato Probe to One Cluster

Won't identify where, but calls it 'most fruitful' lead in ongoing investigation into salmonella outbreak MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- Although a U.S. government investigation into salmonella-tainted tomatoes has not yet identified a specific source for the contamination, healt...

Researchers Identify Contaminant in Tainted Heparin

More testing needed to prove that oversulfated chondroitin sulphate caused deaths, reactions WEDNESDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers say they've confirmed that lots of the blood thinner heparin pulled from the market are contaminated with a man-made chemical called ove...

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Agriculture Department Warns Consumers of Tainted Raw Milk Sold by Lebanon County Dairy

HARRISBURG, Pa., April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers who purchased raw milk from Beulah Land Jerseys in Jonestown, Lebanon County, anytime after March 18 should discard it immediately due to the risk of Listeria Monocytogenes contamination, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said tod...

Agriculture Department Warns Consumers of Tainted Raw Milk Sold by Chester County Dairy

HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers who have purchased raw milk from the Conebella dairy farm in Elverson, Chester County, any time after Oct. 23, should discard it immediately due to the risk of Salmonellosis contamination, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said tod...

CEL-SCI Corporation Releases Letter to Shareholders

...py approach to treating cancer should be successful where other immunotherapy approaches have failed, the whole cancer immunotherapy space has been so tainted that it was almost impossible to be heard. The successful outcome of the Dendreon study gives the cancer immunotherapy field the needed validation to...

American Dairy Provides Business Update

...cts." The Company was also recently invited by the Chinese government to attend a meeting to discuss the fate of the company at the center of the tainted milk scandal. While the Company has no plans to acquire that company, American Dairy was honored to be one of the five nationally recognized dairy co...

New Conflict of Interest Violations Revealed at California Stem Cell Institute

... tainted Research Grant Applications Must Be Rejected, Cons...s and get the basics down." FTCR said that the tainted applications must be thrown out. To do otherwise w... lobbying to overturn a decision. Throwing out the tainted applications should be an adequate punishment." ...

Senate Passes Drug-Safety Reforms to Prevent Future Vioxx-type Disasters; House Urged to Act on Strong Drug Safety Bill

...rong laws to ensure their food is as safe as possible." Consumers Union supports legislation that would give the FDA mandatory recall authority over tainted food -- currently food recalls are voluntary -- and the creation of a single food agency to coordinate oversight of safety functions, which currently ...

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Study on toxin that tainted spinach reveals treatment possibility

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A discovery by University at Buffalo biologists that may explain the evolution of a lethal toxin is providing new information that could lead to more effective treatments for humans who fall victim to it. The toxin, known as Shiga toxin, is the same one found last year in bagged ...

Recovery efforts not enough for critically endangered Asian vulture

... but is toxic to vultures. Vultures that feed on carcasses of animals treated with the drug die of kidney failure within a day or two after eating the tainted meat. And although India, Nepal and Pakistan outlawed its manufacture in 2006, diclofenac is still available, and birds are still dying. ...

Montana State University research reaches Supreme Court of India

...rohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria. The bacteria known as 0157:H7 bacteria. It was first detected in the United States in 1982 after someone ate a tainted hamburger. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 0157:H7 now infects more than 73,000 people and kills about 60 people a year ...

Researchers develop new ultrasensitive assay to detect most poisonous substance known

...ulinum. When ingested, the toxin disables nerve function and can result in paralysis and even death. Botulism normally results when a person eats food tainted with C. botulinum bacteria or if a wound is infected by the bacterium. Infants, whose digestive systems are not yet fully developed, also are suscepti...

MIT-led teams unravel heparin death mystery

...February after dozens of deaths were reported, dating back to November. The tainted heparin has been blamed for 81 U.S. deaths so far, and earlier this week, t...re than 100 patients have experienced adverse reactions after receiving the tainted heparin. Symptoms include extremely low blood pressure, swelling of the ski...

Underwater microscope helps prevent shellfish poisoning along Gulf Coast of Texas

..., researchers and coastal managers were recently able to detect a bloom of harmful marine algae in the Gulf of Mexico and prevent human consumption of tainted shellfish. Shellfish beds in parts of Texas have been closed for a month, though they are expected to re-open in the next few days. Working with Ro...

Fighting pollution the poplar way: Trees to clean up Indiana site

...hloride. Meilan said he believes the transgenic poplars will be able to remove the TCE from the site, named Peter's Pond, which was contaminated by tainted oil stored there in the 1960s. The chemical, used as an industrial solvent and degreaser, lies within 10 feet of the surface, making it accessible to ...

Study shows immigrant children are at increased risk of lead poisoning

...ork City," said Jessica Leighton, Deputy Commissioner of Environmental Health and co-author of the study. "And some immigrant families may be bringing tainted products with them to New York City. We encourage all parents, especially parents who are recent immigrants, to be sure their children are tested for ...

Waterborne carbon increases threat of environmental mercury

...uding lakes, wetlands and oceans. It accumulates in fish living in mercury-contaminated waters, posing a health risk to animals and humans who eat the tainted fish. The greatest threat comes from a form called methylmercury, which is more easily taken up by living tissues. The methylation process, theref...

Queen bee promiscuity boosts hive health

...rones. Seeley then sprayed the brood colonies of the resulting 49 colonies (24 from "multiple-mate" queens and 25 from singly mated queens) with water tainted with spores of the highly virulent bacterium that infects bee larvae and causes the disease American Foulbrood. Sure enough, the more genetically ...

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Neogen Named to Fortune's List of Fastest Growing Companies

...en (number 21 on the list), a firm that specializes in products designed to enhance food safety. Food crises, involving everything from bum lettuce to tainted peanut butter, have occurred with alarming frequency of late. Based in Lansing, Mich., Neogen supplies large foodmakers with detection kits that allow...

Anti-Stem-Cell-Research Ad Ignores Facts

...se of stem cells will transform the lives of patients and offer new treatments for diseases that are currently incurable. Opponents of Proposal 2 have tainted that vision with claims that lead people to incorrectly conclude that such research is unregulated. This is simply not correct. "It is preposterous ...

CFO of China Yingxia Emphasizes Growth in Organic and Health Food Segment in Interview by The Wall Street Transcript

...Mr. Hu considered it to be an opportunity for China Yingxia, since the Company's products are soybean based milk and yogurt, while the majority of the tainted products were derived from cow's milk. The Company's integrated business model and rigid quality control procedures also prevent harmful substances fr...

E. coli Outbreak in New Jersey?

... head start in recognizing and managing disease spread and epidemic outbreaks, as well as possible bioterrorism, a surge in criminal assaults and even tainted street drugs. In the North Bergen emergency preparedness exercise, EpiCenter's built-in statistical tools were able to detect an unusual pattern of ...

Global Blood Resources' On-Line Calculator Reveals Wasted Blood Costs by Blood Salvage Machines During Heart Surgery to be in the Billions

...tage can cost billions of dollars each year, money that could be saved by using Global Blood Resources' salvage device, the Hemobag(R). Although the tainted blood scandals of the 1980s and 1990s are largely over thanks to improved blood donor screening tests for diseases such as AIDS and hepatitis C, disco...

Executives hear about promise, limits of RFID and nanotech

... to authenticate its products. Grocery stores could use RFID to create "smart shelves" and faster checkouts, the food industry would be able to recall tainted food a lot faster, and automakers like Ford and Volkswagen already are using it to track vehicles in the pre-delivery stage. Delta Airlines might use ...