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Who's minding the store - a food safety conference planned
Few subjects draw more immediate attention
or concern than the safety of the food we eat. Recent years have seen a
plethora of food warnings and recalls, raising new questions about the
quality and integrity of our existing system for assuring food safety. In
addition to explaining how our present system works, national and
international experts on food safety will discuss how changing consumer
preferences affect the development and distribution of food, examine
whether federal, state and industry oversight roles are changing, and
explore how regulatory and judicial processes can be most efficiently
balanced.
Feb 25, 2008 - 12:28:22 PM
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Valentine's Day Massacre Courtesy of Legal Gun Owner
On February 1, less than a
year after the Virginia Tech shootings, survivors and their families
converged on the Capitol in Richmond for a "die in" to urge Virginia
lawmakers to close the no background check gun show loophole.
Feb 18, 2008 - 2:56:54 PM
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This Presidents' Day, lift the veil of secrecy that covers the White House
As
we reflect on our history this Presidents' Day, it is hard to ignore
one serious problem: the Bush Administration has blocked access to the
very records needed to understand that history!
Feb 18, 2008 - 10:48:56 AM
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US plan to shoot down spy satellite concerns China
The China's Foreign Ministry
Sunday said the country is concerned by U.S. plans to shoot down an
ailing spy satellite and said it is considering taking preventative
measures, Reuters reported.
Feb 17, 2008 - 12:42:38 PM
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Second hand home sales slipped in November
Sales of second-hand homes in November was slower than early predicted, suggesting that the deterioration in the housing market has no sign to recover any time soon, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
Jan 8, 2008 - 4:21:33 PM
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McCain, Obama won two tiny towns in NH
Fox News reported this afternoon that John McCain and Barack Obama have won a tiny town and a tiny village in
New Hampshire Tuesday.
Jan 8, 2008 - 3:04:58 PM
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Ron Paul: McCain’s Reckless ‘100 years in Iraq’ Comment Endangers Americans
In response to John McCain’s comment at a recent town
hall event that he would be fine with keeping American troops in Iraq for 100 –
or even 1 million years – Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul issued the
following statement:
Jan 7, 2008 - 7:50:17 PM
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Other Candidates Parrot Dr. Paul’s Message of Liberty & Limited Government
In the run up to New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation
presidential primary, other Republican candidates have noticeably changed their
message in an apparent attempt to tap into the support that Congressman Paul has
received with his message of freedom, limited government and adherence to the
Constitution.
Jan 7, 2008 - 7:46:30 PM
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Whites receive more cancer treatments than blacks
In the
United States, blacks are more likely than whites to receive less cancer treatments, according to a new study released Monday in the journal of Cancer, published by the American Cancer Society.
Jan 7, 2008 - 11:06:36 AM
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Tens of thousands die from cardiac arrest because hospitals act too slowly
The staff in hospitals takes too long to respond to sudden cardiac arrest in nearly one third of the patients, probably leading to needless deaths of around 25,000 people a year, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Jan 3, 2008 - 12:28:41 PM
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Rhodiola extract extends lifespan of fruit flies
Taking an herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant known as Rhodiola rosea may increase one's lifespan, suggests a new study published in the online version of Rejuvenation Research.
Jan 2, 2008 - 8:23:21 PM
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Study claims MSG raises stomach cancer risk
A new study linked increased risk of stomach cancer to monosodium
glutamate or MSG, which is typically found in Chinese dishes. But
readers need to know that the study per se could not demonstrate there
is a legitimate association between consumption of MSG and stomach
cancer, a scientist with foodconsumer.org warned.
Jan 2, 2008 - 5:37:06 PM
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Huckabee Hunting Un pastor-like say critics
When hunters say it's really not about killing animals; it's about
getting out in nature with your buddies, most people won't dare to say:
then why don't you HIKE?
Jan 2, 2008 - 4:06:36 PM
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Ron Paul's opinions on various issues
Read detailed opinions of Ron Paul, a presidential candidate on a variety of issues including debt and taxes, American independence and sovereignty, war and foreign policy, liberty, the Constitution, health freedom, home schooling, taxes, racism, border security, property rights, social security, health care, education, environment and more.
Jan 1, 2008 - 10:17:34 AM
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Reduced deep sleep may raise type 2 diabetes risk
Suppression of slow-wave sleep or deep sleep decreases an individual’s ability to regulate blood sugar metabolism and increase the odds of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in the "Early Edition" of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, available online Dec. 31, 2007.
Jan 1, 2008 - 9:08:52 AM
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Extra cost for being healthy in Massachusetts
In Massachusetts, being healthy could be as expensive as being unhealthy. First, to be healthy, people need to invest time and money to take care of themselves. And secondly healthy people tend not to carry an insurance policy and under the state health insurance law, they will be penalized if they fail to buy a coverage plan.
Jan 1, 2008 - 8:19:06 AM
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Bush signs bill to extend children health program
President George W. Bush signed into law on Saturday a temporary extension of a popular health insurance program for poor children after months of battling with the Democratic-led Congress, Reuters reported today.
Dec 29, 2007 - 10:28:42 AM
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Pet birds may pose health risk to people
Washington State Department of Health issued a warning on Dec 28 that some recently sold cockatiels or other pet birds may carry a disease known as avian chlamydiosis and exposure to the infected birds may cause a human form of the disease called psittacosis or parrot fever or ornithosis.
Dec 29, 2007 - 9:48:28 AM
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Woman with drug resistant TB isolated
A 30-year-old Sunnyvale woman has been isolated since Dec 19 at Stanford Hospital for a multi-drug resistant strain of tuberculosis, media reported. Her condition is stable.
Dec 28, 2007 - 9:43:24 AM
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HIV screening test during pregnancy may not be as effective
New Jersey
State
became the nation's first to force pregnant women to receive HIV testing during
pregnancy. But a new study claimed that
the current screening protocol is not as effective as thought.
Dec 27, 2007 - 5:50:15 PM
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Brain surgery leaves16-year-old girl in vegetative state
A 16-year-old girl named Javona Peters slipped into a vegetative state after a ROUTINE brain surgery at
Montefiore
Hospital in
New York City on Oct. 17, ABC News reported Dec 27. The hospital blamed the tragedy on an unforeseeable reaction to a routine anesthesia agent.
Dec 27, 2007 - 10:03:02 AM
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Chagas disease: what you need to know
A new screening strategy could make it easier to diagnose
and treat Chagas disease caused by a single cell parasite, according to a
U.S.
study
published in the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Dec 27, 2007 - 8:26:57 AM
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New Jersey forces HIV testing in pregnant women
The state of New Jersey Senate has approved legislation to force pregnant women and their newborns to receive HIV testing, a measure that critics say would deprive women of their right to make medical decisions.
Dec 26, 2007 - 11:58:59 AM
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Genetic defects cause some autism disorders
Doctors do not know what causes autism, but researchers published a new study in this week's issue of the journal Neuron saying that about 5% of the disorder known as Fragile X syndrome may be caused by a flaw in the X chromosome.
Dec 19, 2007 - 3:53:25 PM
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FDA mandates warning of risks from N9-based spermicides
The Food and Drug Administration announced a final rule Dec. 18 that requires manufacturers of over-the-counter stand-alone vaginal contraceptive and spermicidal products containing nonoxynol 9 or N9 to put a warning in the new labeling to inform consumers that use products of this type do not prevent HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Dec 19, 2007 - 10:10:23 AM
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Colon cancer screenings may not pay off and could pose harm to some
Even though current guidelines advocate colorectal cancer screenings for those with severe illnesses, they may bring little benefit and may actually pose harm, according to a recent study by Yale School of Medicine researchers published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Dec 18, 2007 - 9:18:22 PM
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Constipation most common cause of children's abdominal pain
A new study led by a University of Iowa researcher showed that acute and chronic constipation together accounted for nearly half of all cases of acute abdominal pain in children treated at one hospital.
Dec 17, 2007 - 10:55:10 PM
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Cheaper Drugs Now Closer to Realization with New DropArray Technology
A standard laboratory tool for measuring pharmacological activity of biological substances and performing other related tests may soon be replaced by a new miniaturized bioassay that will be faster, cheaper and more efficient for scientists to use, with new technology developed by Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN).
Dec 17, 2007 - 5:36:13 PM
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Update: Ebola in Uganda - What you need to know
The World Health Organization updated on Dec 7 Ebola haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Uganda saying that the number of suspected cases of the disease in the Bundibugyo District of western Uganda has now risen to 93, including 22 fatalities.
Dec 10, 2007 - 8:56:31 AM
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China: H5N1 may spread through human contact
Spreading of the deadly H5N1
virus from person to person is rare, but a Chinese father whose son
died on Dec 2 of the virus might have also died of the disease due to
failed treatment, takungpao.com - a Hong Kong newspaper - cited
hospital officials as saying.
Dec 8, 2007 - 6:25:51 PM
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