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FDA issues Salmonella alert for Pet Chews - potential for cross contamination, in people, especially children

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today warned consumers not to use American Bullie A.B. Bull Pizzle Puppy Chews and Dog Chews manufactured and distributed by T.W. Enterprises, Ferndale, WA, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, which can cause serious infections in dogs and cats, and, if there is cross contamination, in people, especially children, the aged, and people with compromised immune systems.

5 Apr 2007

New therapeutic target for Alzheimer's could lead to drugs without side effects

It's been 100 years since Alzheimer's disease was first described, and yet our best treatments in development for the disease are still highly toxic drugs.

5 Apr 2007

Hepatitis C virus can block other hepatitis C variants from infecting the same cell

There's infection and then there's superinfection - when a cell already infected by a virus gets a second viral infection. But some viruses don't like to share their cells.

5 Apr 2007

UT Metroplex institutions to collaborate on biomedical research

Researchers from the three University of Texas campuses in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area are combining their expertise in biomedical science, engineering and physical sciences on projects aimed at solving real-world medical problems.

5 Apr 2007

Study looks at the prevention of adolescent substance abuse

Why do young people smoke cigarettes or use alcohol or drugs? What skills do they need to avoid starting these habits? A new study by researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College shows that competence skills can reduce adolescent substance use over the long term, even when friends smoke or use alcohol.

5 Apr 2007

Call to keep NHS in Wales public

Welsh doctors have renewed calls on all political parties to keep the NHS Wales a public service.

5 Apr 2007

Selective binding of gold nanoparticles to the ends of rod-shaped viruses

Nanotechnology appears to be an unstoppable trend and it requires defined nanoscale building blocks and patterns.

5 Apr 2007

Safeguarding patient services, maintaining cost-effectivenes

GPs struggling to balance their books in the face of rising expenses and a zero percent increase in funding will have to take tough, business-minded decisions to minimise the effect on both their practices and patient services, advises the BMA's General Practitioners Committee (GPC).

5 Apr 2007

NewYork-Presbyterian and AstraZeneca collaborate in series of cancer studies

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is one of six centers nationally to be selected for collaboration with AstraZeneca for an ongoing series of Phase II clinical trials of various novel compounds for potential treatment of a wide variety of cancers.

5 Apr 2007

CleveMed completes first virtually attended home sleep study using mobile phone broadband internet service

Cleveland Medical Devices Inc. (CleveMed) announced that it recently conducted the first virtually attended sleep study using mobile phone broadband internet service from a subject's home.

5 Apr 2007

Handheld instrument assesses dental disease in minutes

Who would have guessed that when the Star Trek medical diagnostic tool known as the tricorder makes its appearance in real life, the first user might be . . . your dentist.

5 Apr 2007

Bayh calls for tripling of breast cancer research funds

U.S. Senator Evan Bayh called for a dramatic increase in breast cancer research funding at a reception for recipients of the Marvella Bayh Memorial Scholarship at Indiana University's Cancer Research Institute on IUPUI's campus today.

5 Apr 2007

Type 2 diabetes is preventable, call for governments to act

The diabetes pandemic is threatening to overwhelm global healthcare services.

4 Apr 2007

White matter tracts in brain play a significant role in the rapid control of behavior

As wise as the counsel to "finish what you've started" may be, it is also sometimes critically important to do just the opposite -- stop.

4 Apr 2007

Reauthorization of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program gives women access to life-saving early detection

For the past four years, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists have tirelessly advocated for reauthorization of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP).

4 Apr 2007

Study: Gendered constructions of power during discourse about sexual harassment

In the hands of the wrong person, power can be dangerous. That's especially the case in the workplace, where the abuse of power can lead to sexual harassment.

4 Apr 2007

Stroke damage in a brain region known as the putamen is strongly linked to motor neglect

Scientists have untangled two similar disabilities that often afflict stroke patients, in the process revealing that one may be treatable with drugs for Parkinson's disease.

4 Apr 2007

No apparent increase in coronary heart disease for women who initiate hormone therapy

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth ( NYSE:WYE ) , provides comment on a re- analysis of pooled data from both hormone therapy arms of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

4 Apr 2007

New understanding of the motivations that underlie acts of altruism

Beyond the lineage of primates, according to scientific gospel, social behavior is dictated primarily by competition for resources such as food, territory and reproduction.

4 Apr 2007

Clinical study of Ablatherm-HIFU to resume

The global leader in High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) treatment of prostate cancer and the international leader in the development, production, and distribution of a wide portfolio of minimally invasive medical devices primarily for the treatment of urological diseases, announced the transfer of US clinical study responsibilities and conclusion of its management succession plan announced December 2006.

4 Apr 2007

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FDA issues Salmonella alert for Pet Chews - potential for cross contamination, in people, especially children

New therapeutic target for Alzheimer's could lead to drugs without side effects

Hepatitis C virus can block other hepatitis C variants from infecting the same cell

UT Metroplex institutions to collaborate on biomedical research

Study looks at the prevention of adolescent substance abuse

Call to keep NHS in Wales public

Selective binding of gold nanoparticles to the ends of rod-shaped viruses

Safeguarding patient services, maintaining cost-effectivenes

NewYork-Presbyterian and AstraZeneca collaborate in series of cancer studies

CleveMed completes first virtually attended home sleep study using mobile phone broadband internet service

Handheld instrument assesses dental disease in minutes

Bayh calls for tripling of breast cancer research funds

Type 2 diabetes is preventable, call for governments to act

White matter tracts in brain play a significant role in the rapid control of behavior

Reauthorization of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program gives women access to life-saving early detection

Study: Gendered constructions of power during discourse about sexual harassment

Stroke damage in a brain region known as the putamen is strongly linked to motor neglect

No apparent increase in coronary heart disease for women who initiate hormone therapy

New understanding of the motivations that underlie acts of altruism

Clinical study of Ablatherm-HIFU to resume

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