Archive: 13/01/2014

Preservative in baby wipes linked to rashes in some children

(HealthDay)—Researchers say they have pinpointed a preservative found in many popular wet wipes and baby wipes as the cause of allergic skin reactions in some children.

Jan 13, 2014

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NHS cancer risk threshold 'too high' for patients, research indicates

Patients have expressed an appetite for potential cancer symptoms to be checked out much sooner than current NHS thresholds guidelines suggest, new research has revealed.

Jan 13, 2014

Fresh contamination scare for New Zealand dairy giant

New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra faced a new contamination scare Tuesday with the forced recall of nearly 9,000 bottles of cream which had been tainted with E.coli bacteria.

Jan 13, 2014

Assaults at schools send 90,000 kids to ER each year, study finds

(HealthDay)—Children and teenagers who are assaulted at school account for nearly 90,000 emergency-room visits in the United States each year, new research finds.

Jan 13, 2014

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US state judge: Doctors can aid in dying (Update)

Competent, terminally ill patients have a fundamental right under the New Mexico Constitution to seek a physician's help in getting prescription medications if they want to end their lives on their own terms, a state district ...

Jan 13, 2014

Patterns of shoulder injuries vary in high school sports

(HealthDay)—Rates and patterns of shoulder injuries vary by sport and gender in high school athletes, according to research published online Jan. 13 in Pediatrics.

Jan 13, 2014

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Team finds factors that trigger ALT-ernative cancer cell growth

Highly diverse cancers share one trait: the capacity for endless cell division. Unregulated growth is due in large part to the fact that tumor cells can rebuild protective ends of their chromosomes, which are made of repeated ...

Jan 13, 2014