Archive: 08/10/2014
Taiwan probes fresh tainted oil claim
Taiwan on Wednesday pulled several products from shelves over fresh allegations that they were contaminated with oil intended for animal feeds, in another food safety scare after a damaging "gutter oil" scandal.
Oct 8, 2014
Drug regimen enough to control immune disease after some bone marrow transplants
Johns Hopkins and other cancer researchers report that a very short course of a chemotherapy drug, called cyclophosphamide, not only can prevent a life-threatening immune response in some bone marrow transplant recipients, ...
Oct 8, 2014
Dietary fat under fire
Researchers at the Institute of nutrition and functional foods (INAF) of Université Laval are calling for a review of dietary recommendations on saturated fat (SFA) in relation to cardiovascular disease (CVD). The association ...
Oct 8, 2014
Don't shake hands, Uganda president urges amid Ebola-like Marburg threat
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday called on people to stop shaking hands as the country works to contain the Ebola-like Marburg virus, which has killed one person.
Oct 8, 2014
Ebola 'unavoidable' in Europe, but spread risk low: WHO
Cases of Ebola in Europe are unavoidable, but the risk of the disease spreading is extremely low, a top UN health official said Wednesday, amid growing fears over infections in Spain.
Oct 8, 2014