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AP - The number of children in China sickened by dairy products tainted with the banned industrial chemical melamine has jumped to nearly 53,000, the government said Sunday as it vowed to crack down on those responsible for one of China’s worst food safety scandals in years.

AP - China said Sunday the number of children sickened by baby formula tainted with the banned industrial chemical melamine has doubled to nearly 12,900 as the government confronts a scandal over widespread contamination of the milk supply.

AP - China’s Health Ministry says the number of children sickened by tainted milk products has doubled, with nearly 12,900 in hospital and 104 of them seriously ill.

Periodontal, or gum disease, effects many more people than you might expect.  Early stages of periodontal disease occur in more than half of the people over age 18.  After age 35, seventy five percent of people are affected by periodontal disease to some degree.
Periodontal disease destroys the gums that surround your teeth and also can […]

Reuters - A new rapid test for the human
papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer, has
proven to be 90 percent accurate in a trial involving women in
rural villages in eastern China.

AFP - A simple test for cervical cancer, designed to be used in developing countries, could strike a massive blow against the disease notorious as a “silent killer” of women, doctors said on Sunday.

AP - Women are going for breast cancer gene testing in record numbers, forcing more parents to face a tough question: Should we test the kids?

AFP - China said nearly 13,000 children were in hospital Sunday after drinking toxic milk powder in a dramatic escalation of Beijing’s latest safety scandal.

HealthDay - SUNDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) — Women who had a lumpectomy
and radiation to combat breast cancer have an overall quality of life
several years after treatment that’s on par with most adult American
women, a new report says.

HealthDay - SUNDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) — Children who have continuing
recurrence of croup could be suffering from stomach acid reflux problems,
University of Utah researchers report.

AP - A Hong Kong toddler has developed a kidney stone after drinking Chinese milk — the first reported victim outside the mainland affected by a widening scandal over a toxic chemical found in baby formula and other Chinese dairy products.

AP - The Hong Kong government says its tests have found melamine in Chinese-made Nestle brand milk.

AP - Charles Todd Lee spent a lifetime going backstage at concerts, following politicians on the campaign trail and capturing iconic shots of everyone from Martin Luther King Jr. to Mick Jagger to Mickey Mantle. Today, he enjoys such freedom only in his dreams.

AP - Charles Todd Lee spent a lifetime going backstage at concerts, following politicians on the campaign trail and capturing iconic shots of everyone from Martin Luther King Jr. to Mick Jagger to Mickey Mantle. Today, he enjoys such freedom only in his dreams.

Sept. 17 — Premixed insulin, which combines short- and long-acting versions of the hormone, results in better blood-sugar control as compared with long-acting insulin alone or oral medications, a new study finds.
But it’s not clear that this tighter glycemic control translates into fewer complications and a lower mortality rate among people suffering from type […]