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Hong Kong finds melamine in Cadbury candies (AP)

A baby drinks coconut milk mixed with water in Shanghai. China is continuing to struggle to contain the fall-out from the tainted milk scandal, announcing a new survey of dairy products that found no melamine and promising to subsidise farmers hit by the scare.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AP - Hong Kong authorities says tests have showed the amount of melamine in Britain's Cadbury chocolate and cookies exceed a safe level for human consumption.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Oct 2008 | 11:53 am

Electrifying Possibilities For Medical Implants Following Study Of Eel Cells

Engineers long have known that great ideas can be lifted from Mother Nature, but a new paper* by researchers at Yale University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) takes it to a cellular level.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Oct 2008 | 10:00 am

Study Suggests Inter-Species Collaboration May Be Common In Many Ecosystems, Potential Agricultural, Medicinal Uses

Humans living in communities often rely on friends to help get what they need and, according to researchers in the lab of Cameron Currie at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, many microbes, plants and animals benefit from 'friendly' associations too. The Currie team's study, which was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and published in the Oct.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Oct 2008 | 9:00 am

Australia may push for more 'real' models in fashion: minister

The Australian government may ask the fashion industry to use more normal-sized models as it battles to encourage a healthy body image among young people, a federal minister said Sunday.
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NIH Funding For New Epigenomics Initiative

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces funding for the new NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Program. Epigenetic processes control normal growth and development, and epigenomics is a study of epigenetic processes at a genome-wide scale. The NIH will invest more than $190 million over the next five years to accelerate this emerging field of biomedical research.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Oct 2008 | 8:00 am

Australians saying goodbye to 'g'day mate': report

Australians who sound like Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin could soon be a relic of the past, a report said Sunday. Research shows the nasal Australian twang -- exemplified by...
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Cambodia's higher education dreams confront reality

She has two years to go until graduation, but already Cambodian student Chhum Savorn is filled with a sense of dread. The 21-year-old decided to major in finance, hoping she...
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MPS Urges Doctors To Remain Vigilant For Signs Of Elder Abuse

With the elderly community set to be celebrated on International Day of Older Persons (1 October), a leading professional indemnity provider is urging its members to remain alert to potential indicators that senior citizens have been abused.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Oct 2008 | 7:00 am

NMC Responds To House Of Lords Inquiry Into New Draft EU Directive On Patients' Rights

NMC responds to House of Lords inquiry into new draft EU Directive on Patients' Rights The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the regulator for all nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom, has responded to a House of Lords Committee inquiry into the proposed EU Directive on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Oct 2008 | 7:00 am

In October, ACOG Co-Sponsors National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) will again serve as a national co-sponsor for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM). ACOG is proud to work with NBCAM and other organizations at the forefront of women's health and breast cancer research to offer educational resources and services to help women prevent, detect, manage, and treat the disease.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Oct 2008 | 7:00 am

Survey Finds Concerns About Economy May Increase Incidence Of Home Fires

The American Red Cross and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) today released results of a survey showing the majority (79%) of Americans are concerned about the rising cost of heating their homes, and many will use an alternative heating source to reduce their bills this winter.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Oct 2008 | 7:00 am

HSE Issues Safety Alert On Gas Appliance Flues In Ceiling Voids, UK

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety alert aimed at builders and developers, managing agents, landlords and occupiers of residential properties with gas central heating boilers sited on internal walls. The purpose of the alert is to raise awareness of a potential poisoning risk. The risk arises from a particular arrangement of flues for gas boilers.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Oct 2008 | 7:00 am

Medicare Publishes Billing Edits To Reduce Payment Errors

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that, it will publish most of the edits utilized in its Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE) program to improve the accuracy of claims payments. "It is always our aim to ensure that CMS pays for appropriate services, at the same time protecting the Medicare Trust funds and the American taxpayer," said CMS Acting Administrator Kerry Weems.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Oct 2008 | 7:00 am

MSF Still Blocked In Maradi Despite A New Memorandum Of Understanding

Ten weeks after Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) authorization to treat malnutrition in the Maradi region was suspended, the French section of MSF is no longer providing any medical-nutritional treatment on site there. A new memorandum of understanding was drafted between the Ministry of Public Health and MSF, but the authorities of Niger have yet to sign it.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 5 Oct 2008 | 7:00 am

Racism: the elephant in the US polling booth

Voters may not say it out loud but pollsters back it up: racism is a lingering, significant factor in the 2008 presidential race that could elect the first black American to the White...
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Street violence on the rise in Paris 'Bronx'

A shabby northeastern district that is home to the French capital's biggest Jewish community has seen a surge in street violence that led one newspaper to ask was it now "the Bronx of...
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Can Reading Help Kids Lose Weight? (Time.com)

Time.com - Reading a book may not burn many calories, but the right material may help kids shed pounds
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Kirin milk tea withdrawn in Australia on melamine worry

SYDNEY/TOKYO (Reuters) - Australian importers have begun withdrawing Kirin Milk Tea made in China after Australian test results showed levels of melamine in the product available in...
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Meet Noah, one of Lebanon's drug barons

With his pony tail, long sideburns, tight jeans and cowboy boots, Noah Zaayter cuts an odd figure as he struts through this tiny Lebanese village trailed by his own militiamen.
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China says new milk tests come up clean

BEIJING (Reuters) - China, mired in a health scandal over contaminated dairy products at home and abroad, said new tests had revealed no melamine in liquid milk on the home market.
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Obama's Healthcare Plan Insures More People Than McCain's, Study Says

Twice as many uninsured people in the United States will have health insurance in 10 years under Sen. Barack Obama's healthcare plan than under Sen. John McCain's plan, according to a report by the Commonwealth Fund, but a critic challenges the group's projections.
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Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 5 Oct 2008 | 4:32 am

Salmonella sickens people in 12 states (AP)

AP - The government is urging consumers to thoroughly cook frozen chicken dinners after 32 people in 12 states were sickened with salmonella poisoning.
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World's heaviest man helps another obese man diet (AP)

Manuel Uribe, 43, speaks on the phone with Jose Luis Garza as he lies in bed in his home in Monterrey, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. Uribe, who has been fighting to lose his title as the world's heaviest man, is giving dieting advice to bed-ridden Garza. (AP Photo/Monica Rueda)AP - When critically obese, bedridden Jose Luis Garza pleaded for help in shedding a few hundred pounds, he landed the world's biggest weight watcher.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 5 Oct 2008 | 3:46 am

Goa targets drink, drugs as new tourist season starts

The Indian resort state of Goa is getting tough on drink, drugs and loud music as the new tourist season starts, to restore its tarnished reputation after the shock murder of a British...
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Elderly turtle pair fails to produce offspring (AP)

In this photo released by Wildlife Conservation Society, a female soft-shell turtle rests near a pool inside a zoo in Suzhou, China, May 9, 2008. Breathless scientists watched as they successfully mated. But the attempt to breed an endangered turtle's last known female with China's last known male has failed because the eggs didn't hatch, disappointed conservationists say. (AP Photo/Wildlife Conservation Society, Gerald Kuchling)AP - She's around 80 years old. He's 100. Breathless scientists watched as the world's most endangered turtles successfully mated.



Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 4 Oct 2008 | 7:12 pm