http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—A subsidiary of a Brazilian-based company is taking over management of XL Foods, the Alberta plant at the heart of one of the largest beef recalls in Canada's history. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-canadian-beef-recall.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 18 Oct 2012 04:31:13 EST news269753460 (AP)—The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday that it has temporarily shut a meatpacking plant linked to contaminated beef products that have been distributed across Canada and the United States. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-linked-tainted-beef.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:27:32 EST news268057646 (AP)—Alberstons is recalling a number of ground beef products sold at stores in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, due to risk of E. coli contamination. No illnesses have been reported. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-albertsons-recalls-ground-beef-states.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:10:02 EST news267720820 Canadian scientists are joining with international colleagues to lead new insights into the health implications of different types of trans fat. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-global-team-yields-health-insights.html Medical research Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:30:48 EST news257797837 A study presented by Mayo Clinic researchers during Digestive Disease Week 2012 provides clear evidence that the number of people contracting the hard-to-control and treat bacterial infection Clostridium difficile (C. difficile or C. diff) is increasing, and that the infection is commonly contracted outside of the hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-incidence-clostridium-difficile-infection.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 21 May 2012 13:15:04 EST news256824832 Is it really more expensive to eat healthy? An Agriculture Department study released Wednesday found that most fruits, vegetables and other healthy foods cost less than foods high in fat, sugar and salt. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-healthy.html Health Wed, 16 May 2012 15:00:13 EST news256399206 Taiwan plans to step up checks of US plants that process beef exported to the island, the government said Sunday, following the discovery of a new mad cow disease case in the United States. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-taiwan-beef-mad-cow-case.html Other Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:40:01 EST news254923651 (AP) -- The announcement that mad cow disease was spotted in a California cow drew a rapid response this week from the beleaguered American beef industry, which has been enduring one crisis after another for more than a year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-quick-response-averts-mad-cow.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:50:49 EST news254634205 The United States scrambled on Wednesday to contain the fallout from the discovery of mad cow disease in California as the top beef exporter insisted the outbreak posed no threat to consumers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-mad-cow-fallout.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:15:21 EST news254560513 Whether you call it "pink slime" or lean, finely textured beef, you can call it a much-maligned product at the heart of an emotional controversy fueled by misinformation, according to a meat expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-expert-pink-slime-unappetizing-safe.html Health Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:22:00 EST news251450501 (AP) -- The lunch lady won't be serving up "pink slime" anymore at several school districts around the country. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-schools-pink-slime-meat.html Health Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:21:55 EST news251094109 (AP) -- "Pink slime" just went from a simmer to a boil. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-schools-choice-beef-pink-slime.html Health Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:07:42 EST news251006850 Major beef exporter Paraguay confirmed a new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease Tuesday in the north of the country, four days after lifting a state of emergency imposed in the region in September. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-paraguay-foot-and-mouth-outbreak.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:49:09 EST news244820939 The investigation of a 2009 multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), an important cause of bacterial gastrointestinal illness, led to a new culprit: ready-to-bake commercial prepackaged cookie dough. Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online, a new report describing the outbreak offers recommendations for prevention, including a stronger message for consumers: Don't eat prepackaged cookie dough before it's baked. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-ready-to-bake-cookie-dough-ready-to-eat-coli.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:49:31 EST news242621221 Increased consumption of ground beef or processed meat is positively associated with aggressive prostate cancer, according to a study published Nov. 23 in the online journal PLoS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-incidences-severity-prostate-cancer-meat.html Cancer Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:00:01 EST news241289204 Agriculture ministers from six South American countries agreed at a meeting Wednesday to make the eradication of foot-and-mouth disease a regional priority. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-samerica-aim-foot-and-mouth-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:38:12 EST news241274274 The US government said Tuesday it will begin testing next year for six more kinds of E.coli bacteria in raw ground beef and tenderized steaks in order to boost protection of US consumers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-beef-kinds-ecoli-bacteria.html Health Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:16:00 EST news235152949 Not all trans fats are created equal and it's time for a change in nutrition labels in North America to reflect this, particularly when it comes to dairy and beef products. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-reboot-trans-fats-ndash-natural.html Health Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:33:10 EST news234613978 (AP) -- The Agriculture Department wants consumers to know when there's less chicken in their chicken. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-govt-clearer-meat-additives.html Health Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:40:45 EST news230485233