German E. coli outbreak is deadly on: authorities

An e. coli outbreak in Germany , that ends health authorities, more than 50 people killed this year said on Tuesday.The Robert Koch Institute, Germany 's national disease control centre, said that the last new case enterohämorrhagischen E. Coli (EHEC) began three weeks ago the disease incubation periodcovers. ""Since the RKI holds no new infections associated with this outbreak, which had reported since then, the RKI outbreak over," he said in a statement.It said monitoring for the tribe would continue highly virulent bacteria, which claimed the lives of 52 people, all but two in Germany, and more than 4,000 people ill.Outbreak reached end of May.The European food safety authority slapped a temporary ban on all seeds and beans from Egypt this...

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Govt proposes clearer labelling of meat additives

want to know the Agriculture Department consumer when there are less chicken in their chicken.A proposed rule target, would require food companies to appropriately labelled other raw meat and poultry when they are plumped by additional solutions such as chicken broth, teriyaki sauce, salt and water. The practice of these ingredients add is common, but many consumers do not know how it goes.According to USDA, about a third of poultry, 15 percent of beef and 90 percent of the pork can have added ingredients - about 40 percent of all raw, whole pieces of meat. The rule does not apply to minced meat, which may have other added of substances."Consumers should be able, an informed choice of memory, to make, must we clear, informative labels provide...

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Eye anatomy in the camp? Kids get taste of the med-careers

WARREN sound, VA., United States (AP) - again and again 12-year-old Brianna Bowens is the human eyeball carefully. On purpose.The donated eye is harder than you'd think. It will take to pierce the white part - of sclera a few slices with a sharp scalpel, she learns - and ultimately remove the cornea before.Sezieren a human eye is not the normal fare of summer camp. It is a part of an unusual program in a small Northern Virginia Hospital, the children already in the middle school on the possibilities of a medical career hook.It is not for the squeamish. But no one has ever fainted in the eye."I have a strong stomach," says Brianna Stafford, VA., Pediatric surgeon would be "or maybe a nurse."She reveals their excitement when she did, the branch-like...

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30 Days of hell for U.S. victims of German E. coli

E54J476D8W83 in ATLANTA (AP) - beginning may John Meyer stayed in one at the Lake Hotel in Hamburg, Germany. He attended a business conference. He went sailing. And U.S. was one of the few victims in one of the worst food poisoning -Ausbrüche in the recent history of the world. Meyer went to the hospital a week later with the, what turned out to be a rare and deadly strain of E. coli bacteria , caused thousands of diseases, especially in Germany. He would work the next month in a Massachusetts hospital, most of the time a delirium, you spend while doctors around the clock to save his life. Meyer is one of the six U.S. cases in connection with the German outbreak and he is the first to talk about his terrible experience, talk talk, the associated...

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Measles kill more than 1,000 DRC children since January: UN

A measles epidemic has the UN humanitarian killed since January, 1.145 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo Affairs mission in Kinshasa said Monday.The epidemic "already affected 115,600 children and killed 1,145" between January and June, the UN Office for the coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement.This prompted included vaccination of 3.1 million children in five provinces.The campaign swung into action in may after NGO Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) "the lack of reactivity" by organizations such as the World Health Organisation it regrets referred to as an "uncontrollable" epidemic.The DRC is also fight against the cholera and polio epidemi...

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Tomorrow, Kemkes Announce Tainted Milk

Shutter Stock Illustration: Ministry of health and the food and drug Supervisory Agency will announce the results of his research to the public about right there whether formulas in ground water contaminated by bacteria Enterobacteri sakazaki and other microbes, Friday (8/7/2011).The announcement of the results of research related to contaminated infant formula will be attended by the Minister of health, the head of The GAS, and Rector of the Bogor Institute of Agriculture. This research has been eagerly awaited announcement of many parties, especially the wider community, following the research of IPB.However, as Health Minister expressed Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih in Jakarta, last Tuesday, the result of research that was announced is not...

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Dairy Researcher Boasts Berbakteri

Shutter Stock Illustration: previously, the results of agricultural research Institur Bogor (IPB) found many children infant formula and baby food containing the bacteria Enterobacter Sakazakii.JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — member of IX DPR Riski Sadiq said, the figure of the researcher of the Faculty of veterinary medicine Dr. drh Sri Estuningsih needs to be appreciated for his related. The research title is "the potential Occurrence of neonatal Bacterial Meningitis due to Infection in neonatal EEG Enterobacter sakazakii isolated from baby food and infant Formula".Even though it raises the chaotic never stop beginning in 2008, said Sadiq, plus side must also be understood in the community. "There is the positive side of his research, which is a standard...

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The Diagnosis Of Hepatitis Must Immediately

Hepatitis C is an infectious disease of the liver caused by hepatitis C virus If not immediately treated. will develop into liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. The Diagnosis of hepatitis C should be immediately done especially for those who belong to a group of high risk or had been exposed to blood of alleged contamination of hepatitis C (HCV)."Examination of the initial blood screening with anti-HCV and HCV screening follow-up when anti HCV RNA positive with quantitative and genotyping HCV," says Dr. SpPD-Superior Budihusodo, KGEH, Chairman of the Association of Indonesia, Heart Researcher Friday, (24/6/2011).According to the superior, the diagnostic criteria for HVC infections there were two, namely in acute hepatitis C and hepatitis C chronic....

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Hepatitis A Forerunner Of Cancer!

every kind of illness should never be considered trivial. Such as hepatitis, when indicating a condition of the heart that is experiencing inflammation. Most societies are still lacking care and disease with Justin on this one, because it considers the impact brought about indirectly and it took quite a long time."This must be notified that the hepatitis was the forerunner for becoming a cancer may be afraid of a little person," said Prof. Dr. h. Ali Sulaiman, PhD, SpPD-KGEH, the Division of Hepatology, Department of internal medicine, Faculty of medicine University of Indonesia, Thursday (24/6/2011).According to Ali, according to the Study of chronic hepatitis C prevalence in health care professionals in 2008, approximately 3.4 million population...

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The POM, Rajinlah Announce Food Quality

end the polemics demands Announces brand milk and baby food contaminated Enterobacter sakazakii must be followed by the Supervisory Board of discipline of the drug and food (The POM) in announcing the quality of food, beverages, and medications every year."The POM should announce the condition of food each year to the community," said Commissioner of Consumer Protection Agency's National Scenic Sukmaningsih in Cikini, Leaves Saturday (7/2/2011).According to the beautiful, The POM is rarely openly memublikasikan the quality of food, beverages, and medications that are ditelitinya to the community. In fact, it takes the community as a shopping guide and safe consumption.In addition, in order to not appear excessive concern in the community, The...

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Low 'Health literacy' health

FRIDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- If you have low "health literacy," defined as having difficulty understanding medical information, your health may be at risk.In a review of 96 published studies, researchers concluded that low health literacy is linked with many types of poorer health outcomes and poorer use of health services."There are no real surprises here," said study author Nancy Berkman, senior health policy research analyst at RTI International, a North Carolina-based organization that conducts health research.The report is published July 19 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, and was funded by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.About 80 million Americans have limited health literacy, the researchers report, and that puts their health at risk."If you don't understand...

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Health highlights: 21 July 2011

Here some of the latest health and medical news are compiled by the editors of HealthDay developments:Fewer Americans see smoking as risky: surveyFewer Americans perceived a serious risk from smoking a pack of cigarettes per day in 2008-2009 than in 2007-2008, one nation-wide survey of the US substance abuse and mental health services administration found on Thursday.The percentage of people who fell from 73.7% to 72.3% among all respondents perceived a serious smoking risk. Teens an even greater drop showed risk 2008-2009 in perceived smoking during the span from 69.3% in 2007-2008 to 67.7%, the survey showed. No State, written in an increase in that said perceived risk of smoking, an agency press release.The national survey on drug use and...

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Teens face their own battles, if parent is war

Take the quiz: puberty in girls10 Principles of good educationParenting and healthy eating slideshow imagesHealthy Kids newsTeens face their own battles, if parent is warChildren rate OK if MOM works, study findsBed with a small child parts will not damageOverweight teens often miss obesity screeningHealth Tip: Keep cool kids lunchDo you want more news? Sign up for MedicineNet newsletter!Friday, July 22 HealthDay News) - teenagers who have a parent in the military are binge more likely as the civilian population of children - drink, drugs and perform poorly in school, suggests a new study.If a parent to war may be more at risk as a girl, reported researchers at the University of Washington School of public health goes, young people most threatened...

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Epidemic of obesity in US kids began in late 90s

THURSDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) -- The epidemic of excess weight gain and obesity among young Americans began about 15 years ago, a new study finds."Our research documents the emergence of the obesity epidemic among adolescents in the later half of the 1990s, and among young adults in 2000," said Hedwig Lee, who led the study while at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is now an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Washington in Seattle."The jury is still out about all the possible causes for the increasing weight gain among adolescents . . . as well as for the entire population," said Lee.However, she cited a number of possible factors, including a rise in time spent in front of computer or TV screens and longer time spent in post-secondary education,...

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Vital signs: hazards: tobacco smoke can affect hearing

The long list of the harmful effects of tobacco smoke to add yet another element: a title="In-depth reference and news articles about Hearing loss. " href="">hearing loss in teens.Researchers, writing in the July issue of the archives of Otolaryngology - Head and neck surgery, an indicator of exposure to tobacco smoke and cotinine more than 2,000 young people tested. After the removal of smokers from the trial, they remained the cotinine levels 799 non smoking exposure to tobacco smoke, with 754 display that were exposed to not smoke.Of control many variables they, found that the higher the cotinine level in the blood of the person the greater the likelihood that it was some type of hearing loss. More than 17% in the, highest quartile for cotinine...

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Vital signs: exercise: frontiers in the heart of screenings for young people

Screening young athletes with Electrocardiograms for the prevention of sudden cardiac death ineffective, may be a new study has found. It turns out, also Pediatric cardiologists often not the tests correctly interpret.Researchers at Stanford University selected underlying 18 ECG, 8 anomalies of patients with normal heart and 10 patients with one of the six different, the often sudden cardiac death. The scientists showed the ECG to 53 experienced paediatric cardiologists, whether she could make the right diagnosis properly restrict or allow sports activity and order appropriate follow-up audits. The correct diagnosis and recommendations based on the report by two Electrophysiologists, cardiologists specialized in the interpretation of the ECG.Properly,...

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For research on human proposed rule changes

The Government proposes changes in the rules for research involving human sweeping, officials say an effort that would strengthen protective measures, and at the same time may interfere with the bureaucracy, the studies.Officials said that the changes are necessary, deal with a heavily modified research climate, its new features include genomics studies with patients DNA samples, the use of the Internet and a growing dependence on studies that take place in many locations at once."Which are the first significant changes that have been taken to the rules on human subjects in decades, so this is really quite a historic moment," said Kathy Hudson, Deputy Director of national institutes of health in a press conference on Friday.Rules that issues...

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Marijuana can be examined for battle error

DENVER - for years some veterans groups and a title="More articles about marijuana. " href="">marijuana have argued supporters that the therapeutic benefits of the drug can help to calm the psychological wounds of the battle. But with only individual reports for support, their demands have still widespread acceptance in medical circles.Now, however, researchers to the Federal Republic are approval for what that probably, first study will look at the effects of marijuana on veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder.The proposal that multidisciplinary Association for psychedelic studies in Santa Cruz, California, and researchers to which would University of Arizona College of medicine, by examining the potential benefits of cannabis...

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Scientific advances in contraceptive for men

Steve Owens getting birth control had left to his wife, who took the pill. After all, male vasectomy, which he did not, and methods condoms, were the it as: "Well, condoms are condoms."Then Mr Owens said voluntary to test for potential methods, which reduced his sperm count so much, that "I not degree of interoperability in the ability to produce a child", he. His count recovered weeks after the end of each method, and he had a daughter between research studies."I would do male a type of long-term contraceptives, in any case", said Mr Owens, 39-year-old school social worker from Seattle.Male contraceptives are growing interest pulls from scientists, who believe, that they hold promise as a safe, effective and, as important, reversible."We...

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MCLA Science Center is a go

Friday, Oct 09NORTH ADAMS--Centre for science and innovation is always a Realität-after three years of persistent lobbying of State legislators and other key government officials, the MCLA-the $50 million building is located in the governor's capital five-year plan, released late Wednesday afternoon.In addition to the plan are included, the College receives $500,000 of earmarked funds for a design and engineering study in the next few months."It is good news for us, when you consider that Governor Deval Patrick removed $1.1 billion in projects from the original invoice,", said State Republic Daniel E. Bosley, D - North Adams, on Thursday. "State Senator Benjamin Downing and I worked very hard, to ensure that the building was included." For...

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Poor turned away from cancer screenings

Sunday, Dec. 13ALBANY, New York (AP) - as the economy in the device and more people go without health insurance, women in at least 20 States are Lowincome is turned away or put on long waiting lists for free cancer screenings, according to the American Cancer Society cancer action network.The organisation, that State budget strains force to reject some programs people, which otherwise free mammography might be considered and Pap smears found in the unofficial overview of programs for July 2008 to April 2009. Turned away just as many are not known; in some cases, women are screened by other programs or in accordance with various providers."Called I am and I panicked," said Erin LaBarge, 47. This would have been their third time a free mammogram...

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Restaurants, to make healthier children's meals

Monday 18 July 2011Parents who start healthier restaurant meals for their children on chicken nuggets and Macaroni and cheese to look.Said at least 19 restaurant chains - including Burger King, Chili's, IHOP and friendly's - last week, that they will contain healthier options menus on their children. At least 15,000 restaurant locations is focused to increase servings of fruits and vegetables, lean proteins, grains, and low-fat milk. The elements have less fat, sugar and sodium.Less healthy foods such as burgers and French fries are the restaurants say continue to but in the menu, that she will do more promotion of healthier options.Chili, will highlight their children on the menu, for example, a chicken sandwich with a side of pineapple or...

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Home births on rise

Monday 11 July 2011NEW YORKA mother chose home birth, because it is cheaper than go was in a hospital. Another gave birth at home, because she has multiple sclerosis and dreaded medical intervention. And you choose some home births after the Caesarean sections with their first baby.What whatever their motivation, all belong to a distinctive trend: home births increased 20 percent from 2004 to 2008, accounting for 28,357 by 4.2 million U.S. births, according to a study by the Centers for disease control and prevention published in May.The drive with 1 in 98 with babies at home led white women in 2008, compared to 1 in 357 black women and 1 in 500 Hispanics.Sherry Hopkins, midwife, Las Vegas said the women, whose home births they attended, is...

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Invisibility Cloak one step closer to reality

Friday March 19, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) - from Grimm's fairy tales, Harry Potter, who played an important role in fiction cloak of invisibility. Scientists now took a small but important new step in the direction of this reality.Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of technology report Germany, they were able, a little bump in a layer of gold, mask prevent detection at almost visible infrared frequencies.Their cloaking device also worked in three dimensions, while previously developed cloaks in two dimensions worked, said lead researcher Tolga Ergin.The mantle is a structure of crystals with air spaces in between, art as a woodpile, which hide the bump in the gold later reported turn among researchers in the online issue of the journal Science...

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