http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—A Haitian newspaper reported Saturday that a government official acknowledged authorities erred when they said the neighboring Dominican Republic had an outbreak of avian flu. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-haiti-paper-authorities-human-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:35:33 EST news290586928 It is entirely possible to reduce the salt content in a range of foods by up to 30% without reducing the taste. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-salt-food.html Health Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:10:01 EST news289464218 The illegal use of clenbuterol in livestock farming may affect the results of doping controls in sport. This is the conclusion of a study by the Institute of Food Safety, RIKILT Wageningen UR, Netherlands, in partnership with fellow institutes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-clenbuterol-livestock-farming-affect-results.html Health Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:00:07 EST news285492613 (Medical Xpress)—Banning the use of trans fats in the preparation of foodstuffs is one of the most effective ways to prevent some of the world's biggest killer diseases, but many governments are not taking such action because they do not think these bans work, according to a University of Sydney study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-evidence-piles-trans-fats.html Health Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:32:56 EST news284279569 Traces of pork have been found in a sample of halal chicken sausages served to pupils in central London schools and nurseries, the local council revealed on Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-pork-halal-sausages-london-pupils.html Health Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:09:17 EST news282499752 Burgers and meatballs sold in Portugal by French retailer Auchan have been found to contain horsemeat with small traces of an animal painkiller that is potentially harmful to humans, Portugal's consumer watchdog said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-portugal-horse-painkiller-drug-burgers.html Health Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:10:01 EST news281897572 A Cypriot supermarket chain has destroyed more than 16 tonnes of beef burgers over fears they were contaminated with horsemeat, the authorities said on Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cyprus-burgers-horsemeat.html Health Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:49:47 EST news280064972 (AP)—Six horse carcasses that tested positive for an equine painkiller may have entered the human food chain in France, Britain's food regulator announced Thursday—and the agency's chief said horsemeat tainted with the medicine may have been sold to consumers "for some time." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-uk-horse-drug-human-food.html Health Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:44:23 EST news280064637 (AP)—Britain's police and food safety regulator on Tuesday raided a slaughterhouse and a meat processing firm suspected of selling horsemeat labeled as beef for kebabs and burgers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-uk-food-agency-raids-abattoir.html Health Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:24:37 EST news279905062 Sweden on Friday became the newest European country to be hit by a widening meat products scandal, as frozen-food company Findus said it was recalling beef lasagna meals there after tests confirmed the products contained horsemeat. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-horsemeat-lasagna-recalled-sweden.html Health Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:51:10 EST news279550262 Ireland's surprise discovery this month of horsemeat traces in factory-produced burgers is boosting business for one trade: Forensics labs that use DNA fingerprinting to tell you what's on your plate. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-suppliers-grocers-dna-meat.html Health Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:20:01 EST news278762804 Retail pork products in the U.S. have a higher prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (MRSA) than previously identified, according to new research by the University of Iowa College of Public Health and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-high-mrsa-bacteria-retail-meat.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:54:39 EST news246304441