http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—Some milk in the Balkans has been contaminated by a naturally occurring cancer-causing toxin and consumers are accusing officials of hiding the real truth of how serious the problem is. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-toxic-trigger-balkans.html Health Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:00:05 EST news280497557 The increasing production and use of antibiotics, about half of which is used in animal production, is mirrored by the growing number of antibiotic resistance genes, or ARGs, effectively reducing antibiotics' ability to fend off diseases – in animals and humans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-unchecked-antibiotic-animals-affect-global.html Medical research Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:00:14 EST news279804999 (AP)—Calories. Nutrients. Serving size. How about "produced with genetic engineering?" California voters will soon decide whether to require certain raw and processed foods to carry such a label. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-appetite-gmo-food.html Health Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:44:28 EST news268760658 US food safety authorities on Thursday called a new case of mad cow disease in California "atypical" and said they were confident in measures to prevent the disease from spreading via animal feed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-animal-beef-safe-mad-cow.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:05:48 EST news254653537 China said Friday it had busted a gang that produced and sold fake medicine -- some made of animal feed -- arresting 114 suspects and seizing more than 65 million counterfeit tablets. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-china-fake-medicine-racket.html Medications Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:00:01 EST news239623581