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NSP recalls E. coli contaminated beef steaks in six states

On Christmas eve the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a notice that National Steak and Poultry (NSP) was recalling 248,000 pounds of beef steaks contaminated with the highly virulent pathogen E. coli O157:H7. The steaks were mechanically tenderized “non-intact steaks”, and were shipped to restaurants nationwide.

29 Dec 2009

Poland Spring Water supports Kingfield helipad construction

Poland Spring Water Company joined first responders and firefighters from Franklin County yesterday for the inaugural emergency training and helicopter landing at the recently constructed Kingfield helipad. Poland Spring donated $6,500 to the Fireman's Association of Franklin County and helped secure Tax Increment Financing (TIF) money to build and pave the helipad, now located behind the Kingfield Fire Station.

29 Dec 2009

CyberAlert offers free media monitoring service for not-for-profit organizations

Free media monitoring is available to not-for-profit organizations under a PR grants program established by CyberAlert, Inc., the media monitoring service.

29 Dec 2009

Nutrient-rich foods for weight loss

For the majority of Americans who are unhappy with their weight at any given moment, the New Year brings mixed emotions: the renewed resolution to shed pounds and the challenge of learning how to eat right to reach those goals.

29 Dec 2009

Sport&Health Clubs offers easy-to-follow tips for achieving fitness goals

Studies show that only 12 percent of those who set a New Year’s resolution will actually achieve it. For those who include fitness as part of the 2010 Resolution, Mitch Batkin, senior vice president of fitness at Sport&Health Clubs, offers five easy-to-follow tips to success in setting and achieving fitness goals.

28 Dec 2009

Interesting aspects of bacterial sensing and signaling

Over the last fifteen years it has become increasingly obvious that bacteria are not as simple and solitary as once believed. Rather, an accumulating body of work shows that bacteria are highly complicated and social organisms, constantly sensing their surroundings and altering both their environments and behaviors to ensure survival. Direct communication between bacteria turns out to be quite common, as are coordinated intra- and interspecies responses that include the formation of highly sophisticated microbial communities.

28 Dec 2009

Canadian Red Cross provides an update of its Asian tsunami relief efforts

As the world prepares to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the tsunami that devastated the Indian Ocean coastline on December 26, 2004, the Canadian Red Cross is providing an update on its relief efforts in the region. To date, Red Cross efforts have helped 5 million survivors rebuild their lives.

28 Dec 2009

Children receiving dialysis treatments at Loma Linda University Medical Center receive gift cards

Children receiving dialysis treatments at Loma Linda University Medical Center are having happier Christmases, thanks to the generosity of the National Electrical Contractors Association and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

28 Dec 2009

Second part of the 2009 Food Safety Naughty and Nice list released

Food Safety News, the web-based newspaper that covers all things food safety, today released the second part of its 2009 Food Safety Naughty and Nice list. The web-based newspaper’s “Naughty” list was published yesterday and included food safety missteps, missed opportunities, and downright dirty deeds.

28 Dec 2009

Metabolic Research's Stemulite Fitness Formula in top twenty products on GNC shelves for 2009

Metabolic Research, Inc. has been informed that its Stemulite™ Fitness Formula was in the top twenty products in revenue on General Nutrition Center (GNC) shelves for 2009.

28 Dec 2009

UNICEF chief to step down after term ends in 2010

UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman will not seek a second term as head of the agency after her term expires in a few months, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced "with great regret" on Wednesday, Xinhua reports. In a statement, Ban said that Veneman "fulfilled her mandate with immense dedication, and I have been impressed by her extraordinary energy and determination to improve children's health, education and well-being around the world" (12/23).

27 Dec 2009

Highlights from Mayo Clinic's Discovery's Edge research magazine

Here are highlights from the winter issue of Discovery's Edge, Mayo Clinic's research magazine.

24 Dec 2009

Widespread support for electronic cigarettes

Thousands and thousands have left tobacco for an alternative called an electronic cigarette, that is making waves in the news, government and the general population. The support is widespread and diverse, from prominent doctors and harm reduction specialists to the users and family members of the ones who are hoping against hope that this will be the product that can reduce the risk of traditional tobacco cigarettes.

24 Dec 2009

RP International benefit "The Eyes of Christmas" to be telecast to 160 million homes

The 15th annual "Eyes of Christmas" presentation is being telecast over multiple broadcasts, cable and satellite networks, as well as the Internet, to 160 million homes this year. Participating stars and other notables include Celine Dion, Garth Brooks, Reba McIntyre, Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks, Nicole Kidman, Bob Costas, and Natalie Cole.

24 Dec 2009

Development of eye banking

Corneal transplantation has been performed with increasing success for more than 100 years. In the last 20 years, standards, outcomes and developments in the field of corneal transplantation and eye banking have been discussed at the annual meetings of the European Eye Bank Association (EEBA) to share and promote good practice and guarantee a high level of safety for the recipients.

24 Dec 2009

New book on caries management

The International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) offers clinical criteria and codes, together with a framework to support and enable personalized comprehensive caries management for improved long-term health outcome. Based on the ICDAS, this publication provides an up-to-date synthesis of the fields of detection, assessment, diagnosis and monitoring of caries.

24 Dec 2009

Peritoneal dialysis updates

The importance of peritoneal dialysis (PD) in the therapy of chronic kidney disease has been steadily increasing. The simultaneous advancement in clinical practice and basic research has increased overall knowledge and led to significant progress in the safe and adequate application of PD. Moreover, integration with other techniques in the therapy of uremia represents an important step in the optimization of the whole program of renal replacement therapy.

24 Dec 2009

Ontario Court grants recognition order for TLC Vision

TLC Vision Corporation, North America's premier eye care services company, today announced that further to its press release issued on December 21, 2009, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted a recognition order relating to a variety of orders received by the Company from the United Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in its "First Day Motions" filed in conjunction with the Company's voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

24 Dec 2009

Teamsters reaches bargaining agreement with American Red Cross

Members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local #929 will return to work today after voting to ratify a new 3-year collective bargaining agreement with the American Red Cross Penn-Jersey Blood Region.

24 Dec 2009

Double-lung transplant donation saves life

Kurt Penner, who in 2002, was days away from dying of emphysema received a life-saving double-lung transplant through the Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN). On December 27, he'll be carrying the 2010 Olympic torch for 300 metres through the streets of Woodstock, Ontario, thanks to that donation.

24 Dec 2009