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Reuters - Nearly 10 percent of milk samples from
three top Chinese dairy companies was tainted with melamine,
the government quality watchdog found after testing for the
banned chemical that has killed four children.

Once you reach a certain age, I believe it is fifty, many times it is recommended that you begin to get regular (once a year) colonoscopies.  I know, it really sounds like the least appealing thing to do with your precious time off, but it could mean the difference between finding something early and making […]

AFP - A chronic runny nose, taking paracetamol in infancy, and wheezing as a child are all conditions linked to the onset of adulthood asthma, a trio of studies reported Friday.

Reuters - Hong Kong has ordered the recall of a
Chinese company’s products after milk, ice cream and yogurt
were found to be contaminated with melamine, the compound
responsible for killing four children in a China health
scandal.

AP - Hundreds of Chinese parents, some cradling infants, converged on the company at the heart of the tainted baby formula scandal Thursday, demanding refunds and asking what they can safely feed their children.

Reuters - Covidien Ltd has warned doctors its
injectable drug, Phosphocol P 32, may increase the risk for
leukemia when used to treat conditions not approved by U.S.
regulators, the Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.

Reuters - Trans fatty acids, the much
maligned ’solid’ fats implicated as artery-clogging
contributors to cardiovascular disease, may also increase the
risk of fetal death during pregnancy, study findings suggest.

AP - A new coalition of 22 major medical groups says public confidence in vaccine safety needs to be restored to avoid risks for deadly disease outbreaks.

AP - The Federal Trade Commission charged five companies with making false and misleading claims for cancer cures and said Thursday that it has reached settlements with six others. “As long as products have been sold there has been somebody out there selling snake oil to consumers,” said Lydia Parnes, director of the FTC’s bureau […]

AP - The World Health Organization halved its estimate of the number of people who get malaria each year, saying Thursday that better measurement techniques had cut the number from 500 million people to 247 million.

Reuters - Among children who have a
parent with allergies or asthma, delivery cesarean section
appears to increase the odds that they will develop allergic
rhinitis and atopy — but not asthma — US researchers report.

Reuters - U.S. presidential candidates Barack
Obama and John McCain are reviewing their support for allowing
individuals to import cheaper prescription drugs in light of
tainted medicines and other goods made in other countries,
their advisers said on Thursday.

AP - Super Chicken strutted a step closer to the dinner table Thursday.

AFP - The European Commission unveiled Thursday a new action plan for tackling drug abuse, with cocaine consumption in Europe on the rise.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) — The anti-cancer drug
trabectedin shows promise in treating women with recurrent ovarian cancer,
according to a study led by researchers at the University of California,
Irvine.