http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—Texas Gov. Rick Perry has asked the embattled Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to stop giving grants until concerns about the beleaguered agency are resolved. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-texas-governor-cancer-agency-halt.html Cancer Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:56:25 EST news275162179 (AP) -- Polish health authorities have ordered the withdrawal from the market of more than 230,000 kilograms (500,000 pounds) of pickles, bread and other food suspected of containing industrial salt, the latest development in a scandal raising fears about food safety. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-poland-food-road-salt.html Health Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:35:33 EST news250504510 The US Food and Drug Administration warned a French maker of breast implants now feared to be at risk of rupture of "serious" quality control violations involving saline implants back in 2000. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-french-implant-maker.html Other Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:53:46 EST news244255976 Finnish authorities will review the credentials of up to 750 doctors trained outside the EU after a recent scandal over bogus medics, the health watchdog said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-finland-doctors-bogus-scandal.html Other Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:50:01 EST news240658850