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2 hrs ago | Themonitor.com

Should you toss food in powerless fridge?

Food and water safety could quickly become a problem across the Rio Grande Valley as thousands of residents continue to cope with power outages and many others deal with standing water in their homes.

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7 hrs ago | Women's eNews

Intimate Violence Remains a Big Killer of Women

With groceries in her car, Jennifer Lessard apparently planned to make several quick stops after work before picking up her two school-age sons one afternoon in May.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

hosted 16 hrs ago | Reuters | Reuters

Salmonella found in fresh jalapeno, FDA says

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has found a jalapeno pepper contaminated with a strain of salmonella that has sickened more than 1,200 people, officials said on Monday.

The pepper, which showed up at a south Texas distribution facility, originated in Mexico but could have been contaminated in a variety of places, the FDA said.

"FDA has found a genetically matched Salmonella saintpaul isolate from a distribution center called Agricola Zaragosa in McAllen, Texas," Dr. David Acheson, associate commissioner for foods at the FDA, told reporters in a telephone briefing.

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Related Topix: McAllen, TX, McAllen Metro, Food and Drug Administration, Agriculture, Science

Fri Jul 25, 2008

GroundReport.com

HIV/AIDS Rate Increasing in U.S. Latino Population

The "face" of the AIDS epidemic in the United States has changed, according to Marilyn Swyers, manager of AIDS Outreach for the East Alabama Medical Center.

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Immigration Reform, HIV/AIDS, Health

Physics Org

Researchers disprove long-standing belief about HIV treatment

Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have disproved a long-standing clinical belief that the hepatitis C virus slows or stunts the immune system's ability to restore itself after HIV ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Hepatitis, Health, HIV/AIDS

The Topeka Capital-Journal

2 confirmed E. coli cases in Neb. city

Two cases of E. coli infection have been confirmed in southeast Nebraska, and there have been reports of more people with similar symptoms, health officials said.

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Related Topix: Nebraska Government, Nebraska, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Medical News Today

Diabetes Experts Recommend One-Two Punch For Treating Patients With Pre-Diabetes

Main Category: Diabetes Also Included In: Endocrinology Article Date: 24 Jul 2008 - 2:00 PDT For the first time, a consensus of diabetes and metabolic disorder experts have recommended a comprehensive treatment ...

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Related Topix: Fasting, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Baylor College of Medicine, Endocrinology, Medicine

UPI

Out of patience with hospital infections

Grieving families across the United States will hold candlelight vigils Friday in memory of those who died of hospital infections, a patient advocate said.

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Thu Jul 24, 2008

NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

Our view: Don't let fun in the sun turn dangerous

This is indeed New England's most glorious season. For a few months we get to play outdoors just like those in more temperate climes.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Skin Cancer, Health, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Opinion

hosted Reuters | Reuters

CDC unveils new September 11 site health effort

By Will Dunham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials unveiled plans on Thursday to help people who lived or worked near New York's World Trade Center who may have been harmed by exposure to dust and debris from the collapse in the 2001 attacks.

Nearly seven years after the September 11 attacks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it will award up to $30 million in grants over three years to provide health screening, diagnostic services and treatment for residents near Ground Zero, as well as students, office workers and others who were not emergency responders.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Hillary Clinton, US News, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Jerrold Nadler

NBC Channel 7/39

Fake Painkillers Blamed For 1,000 Deaths

More than 1,000 people died over two years from an illegal version of the painkiller fentanyl, the government reported Thursday in its first national tally of those deaths.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Duragesic, Fentanyl (generic), Medication

The Washington Post

A Shameful Ban

The United States should end a prohibition against HIV-positive visitors and immigrants.

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Related Topix: US News, Immigration Reform, HIV/AIDS, Opinion

TechCrunch

MedPedia Is Wikifying the Medical Search Space

The medical industry is one that thrives on innovation and evolution. New procedures, medicines, diseases, and theories are released practically every day.

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Related Topix: University of California System, UC Berkeley

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Health.com

Twofold Action Urged for Pre-Diabetes

Lifestyle changes, coupled with a reduction in heart disease risks, will go a long way toward preventing pre-diabetes from progressing to the full-blown disease, experts from the American Association of ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, New York Health Care, Endocrinology

Saint Augustine Record

ADHD increasingly common in older kids, CDC says

More older children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder while the rate is holding steady for children under 12, according to a government report released Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Duke University, Medicine, Family, Kids, ADHD, Health, Marketing

Statesman Journal

Dog bites risk higher in summer

Summer is a time for backyard barbecues, scenic drives, and heat-relieving dips in the pool.

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The Spokesman-Review

AIDS on the increase among U.S. Latinos

AIDS rates in the nation's Latino community are increasing and, with little notice, have reached what experts are calling a simmering public health crisis.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Reuters UK

Parasitic worms may help fuel AIDS epidemic: study

People infected with parasitic worms may be much more susceptible to the AIDS virus, according to a study published on Tuesday that may help explain why HIV has hit sub-Saharan Africa particularly hard.

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, HIV/AIDS, Health

Tue Jul 22, 2008

AlertNet

Us government to release revised Us HIV estimates

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday it will soon release long-awaited revised estimates of how many Americans become infected with the AIDS virus every year.

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WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

U.S. Immigrants Bearing More of the TB Burden

In 2006, 57 percent of all tuberculosis cases in the United State were among foreign-born individuals and, as time passes, that population is under increased threat from the disease, a new study warns.

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Related Topix: Health, Tuberculosis, Biotech, Healthcare Industry

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