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AP - A provincial health official says that an unusually high number of people have fallen ill with salmonella food poisoning across Quebec.

Reuters - Women who stay active after
being diagnosed with breast cancer — and even those who take
up exercise for the first time after diagnosis — have a better
chance of surviving the disease, a new study shows.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) — Some Japanese survivors of
the World War II atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki experienced
key genetic changes that may have sparked the onset of a form of thyroid
cancer, new research indicates.

AP - The Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from testing their animals for mad cow disease, a federal appeals court said Friday.

Reuters - ImClone Systems Inc said on Friday that
a trial of its cancer drug Erbitux did not significantly
improve overall survival in a trial of patients with the most
common form of lung cancer.

AFP - In a ground-breaking advance, French neurosurgeons on Friday said they had successfully treated brain tumours through ultra-keyhole surgery, using a tiny fibre-optic laser to destroy cancerous cells.

Reuters - While influenza vaccination
does provide protection against catching the flu, it does not
have a major impact on death in the elderly, contrary to what
some studies have suggested, a new study suggests.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) — Canadian researchers are
challenging the widely held belief that flu shots help protect older
people from potentially deadly diseases such as pneumonia.

Reuters - The blood pressure drug
valsartan (sold as Diovan) safely and effectively lowers blood
pressure in youngsters aged 1 to 5 years who have high blood
pressure (also called hypertension), a study shows.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) — Babies born prematurely to
women who smoked during their pregnancy may be at higher risk of sudden
infant death syndrome (SIDS) than premature infants born to nonsmoking
moms, new research suggests.

(NaturalNews) Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, have published a study in the journal Arthritis Research and Therapy showing that eating a vegan, gluten-free diet may reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes in rheumatoid arthritis patients, as well as reducing the severity of the disease.
Rheumatoid arthritis is considered a […]

(NaturalNews) Maca is a cruciferous vegetable that has been used in Peru for thousands of years as a food as well as for its libido boosting, health enhancing properties and high nutritional content. Maca can actually be traced back to the Incan empire, where warriors used it before entering into battle. However, after battle, they […]

(NaturalNews) Three prominent neurosurgeons recently said on the CNN interview show Larry King Live that they refuse to place cellular phones directly against their heads, for fear of brain tumors.
CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta and Los Angeles brain surgeon Keith Black both stated that they use earpieces instead of holding the handset up against […]

AP - Drunken-driving deaths fell in 32 states in 2007, the government reported Thursday, but alcohol-related fatalities increased among motorcycle riders in half the states.