A warning to consumers – a potential source for a salmonella outbreak has been discovered. According to the Associated Press, Dole Fresh Vegetables says it’s recalling some of its bagged spinach distributed in 13 states as a precaution after a random sample tested positive for salmonella. The Monterey, California-based company says in a statement Monday […]
Ideas to stem alcoholism include “Abstinence Day”
How do you curb the alcoholism crisis in Russia? Some Russian officials are daring to think the seemingly unthinkable in the land of vodka — banning the sale of alcohol once a week in the country’s two main cities. Although the initiative is only in its infancy, both the head of the national consumer protection […]
800 lbs and kicked out of hospital for eating pizza, “monster” vows to get fit
A Rhode Island man who weighs nearly 800 pounds says he’s determined to slim down and he dreams of becoming an actor one day. First, though, he has to kick his pizza habit. Steven Assanti, of Cranston, refers to himself now as a monster. He wants to eventually inspire others who struggle with their weight. […]
New type of science coming to heart health
Now you see it, now you don’t. A new type of heart stent that works like dissolving stitches, slowly going away after it has done its job, passed its first major test in a large study, doctors said Monday. Abbott Vascular’s dissolving Absorb stent performed as well as a conventional stent in the one-year study, […]
California law makes vaccines mandatory
Opponents of an effort to repeal California’s new stricter law requiring mandatory vaccines for school children failed to submit enough signatures to qualify for a ballot initiative asking voters to repeal the law, according to some reports. County election clerks reported receiving fewer than 234,000 of the 366,000 signatures needed to ask California voters to repeal […]
SCANDAL – Nurse at pharmaceutical company busted reusing dirty syringes
A New Jersey nurse administering flu shots to dozens of employees of a pharmaceutical company reused syringes, the state Department of Health said Wednesday. State and local health officials, as well as the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are recommending testing for hepatitis B and C and HIV, which can spread via blood. […]
New heart valve risks for thousands of patients revealed
Here’s something everyone should know: According to new reports, doctors have discovered a potential problem involving implanted heart valves that hundreds of thousands of people have received. They don’t always open and close properly, possibly because a blood clot has formed that could raise the risk of stroke. Although the problem appears common, experts stressed […]
Three new Nobel prizes announced. And the winners are…
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists from Ireland, Japan and China won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering drugs against malaria and other parasitic diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people every year. The Nobel judges in Stockholm awarded the prestigious prize to Irish-born William Campbell, Satoshi Omura of Japan and Tu […]
Major US city admits water supply may be toxic
Your water may have been poisoned for months. At least, that’s according to reports out of Michigan. Officials in the state declared a public health emergency Thursday over the city of Flint’s water in response to tests that showed children with elevated levels of lead. Residents had been complaining for months about their water’s smell […]
New study finds a useful tip for quitting smoking
There may be a better way to quit smoking, according to a new study. Smokers who switched to special low-nicotine cigarettes wound up smoking less and were more likely to try to quit, researchers found. The study only lasted six weeks, and researchers call the evidence preliminary. But they say it’s the first large study […]
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