No need to panic over horsemeat scandal: EU official
The EU's top health official on Friday said there was no need to panic over a Europe-wide horsemeat scandal, saying it was a labelling rather than a health issue.
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Feb 15, 2013 |
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Experts tell flatulent flyers: let rip
A group of medical specialists has provided an answer to a dilemma that has faced flyers since the Wright brothers took to the air in 1903—is it okay to fart mid-flight?
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Feb 15, 2013 |
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Report: J&J recalls thousands of hip implants
(AP)—A German newspaper reports that Johnson & Johnson is recalling thousands of hip implants 2 1/2 years after a similar recall.
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Feb 14, 2013 |
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US official: Cuts put key medical research at risk (Update)
(AP)—Better cancer drugs that zero in on a tumor with fewer side effects. A universal flu vaccine that could fight every strain of influenza without needing a yearly shot.
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Feb 14, 2013 |
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French medical body for euthanasia in 'exceptional' cases
France's medical ethics council said Thursday that assisted suicide should be allowed in exceptional cases when suffering patients make "persistent and lucid requests" in a step forward to legalising euthanasia.
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Feb 14, 2013 |
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Facts on 'bute', pain drug found in horsemeat
Phenylbutazone, a painkiller for horses, can cause blood disorders in humans but at doses much higher than any one person is likely to ingest from eating horsemeat.
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Feb 14, 2013 |
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Outdated 'paper chart' model of computerized provider documentation seen as problematic
As healthcare practitioners and institutions increase their adoption and use of electronic health records, the transition from paper-based to computerized provider documentation (CPD) is having dramatic effects on a range ...
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Feb 14, 2013 |
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Researchers determine optimum cooking times for shrimp and salmon
Popular consumer cookbooks generally define the "doneness" of shrimp by the surface color change (from white to pink) and for salmon by the flakiness of the center. However, these indicators make the products appear to be ...
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Feb 14, 2013 |
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Young Mexican mother was 12 or 13: authorities
Mexican authorities said Wednesday that a young girl who gave birth last month was 12 or 13 and not nine as originally reported, and that her stepfather is the father of the newborn.
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Feb 14, 2013 |
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Study supports regulation of hospitals
Hospital beds tend to get used simply because they're available – not necessarily because they're needed, according to a first-of-its-kind study that supports continued regulation of new hospitals.
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Feb 13, 2013 |
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Kinect teleport for remote medicine
The Microsoft Kinect game controller could cut the US healthcare bill by up to $30 billion by allowing physicians and other medics to interact with patients remotely so reducing the number of hospital visits ...
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Feb 13, 2013 |
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EU says too early to impose meat labelling
The European Commission said Tuesday it is too early to require labelling on meat used in processed foods despite growing uproar over horse meat being passed off as beef in frozen hamburgers and lasagne.
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Feb 12, 2013 |
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Nigeria journalists get bail in polio attacks case (Update)
Two Nigerian journalists and a cleric were granted bail on Thursday after being charged over a controversial radio programme on polio vaccines days before deadly attacks on polio clinics.
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Feb 12, 2013 |
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Novo Nordisk US shares skid on drug review setback (Update)
Shares of Novo Nordisk tumbled Monday after the Danish drugmaker said U.S. regulators need a new study before they can finish their review of two diabetes treatments, a development that could delay approval for several years.
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Feb 11, 2013 |
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Mexican 'nine-year-old mother' vanishes, may be older
A Mexican girl said to have given birth last month at the age of nine has disappeared with her baby, and authorities now suspect she may be older, a top prosecutor said Thursday. ...
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Feb 08, 2013 |
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