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Salmonella Cases Prompt Alfalfa Sprout Recall
in Northwest

On the heels of the huge nationwide salmonella outbreak that caused
more than 1,400 illnesses from Mexican peppers, a regional Oregon alfalfa
sprout distributor has recalled its product in Oregon and Washington state
after the sprouts [...]

- SUNDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) — With Tropical Storm Hanna
having bruised much of the U.S. East Coast, and the far more dangerous
Hurricane Ike hot on her heels, federal officials are offering checklists
of advice for people living in the paths of violent Atlantic storms.

Before-the-storm tips, courtesy of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, [...]

- SUNDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) — A new once-a-week formulation
of the injectable diabetes drug Byetta controls blood sugar even better
than the older twice-a-day formulation, researchers report.

“Besides obvious improved ease of use, [the new formulation] provided
the remarkable advantage of both improved efficacy on glucose control and
good gastrointestinal tolerability,” said Dr. Andre Scheen of the
University [...]

A cholera-stricken patient receives treatment at an African hospital in 2007. A cholera epidemic which has claimed 90 lives to-date in Guinea Bissau, with more than 3,900 people suffering from the disease, is spreading but no new cases have been reported from neighbouring Guinea, the WHO said Sunday.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)

DAKAR (AFP) -
A cholera epidemic which has [...]

A doctor holds blood samples. The high number of injuries from car accidents on Bulgarian roads this summer has drained the blood banks, boosting an already existing illegal blood trade, according to doctors.(AFP/File/Simon Maina)

SOFIA (AFP) -
The high number of injuries from car accidents on Bulgarian roads this summer has drained the blood banks, boosting an [...]

Irving Shaffino, 15, poses with his mother Guadalupe Shaffino in Shallowater, Texas, July 16, 2008. Irving developed liver disease and had a liver transplant in July of 2007. (AP Photo/Zach Long)

TRENTON, N.J. - In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too [...]

Eine schwedisch/englische Studie legt nahe, dass die bei übergewichtigen Menschen bekannte schlechtere motorische Koordination schon ansatzweise in der Kindheit vorliegt. Möglicherweise kann die Ungeschicklichkeit bei manchen Kindern ein Hinweis für ein erhöhtes Risiko für Übergewicht und kognitive Probleme in der Zukunft sein. Bisher ging man davon aus, dass Übergewicht das Risiko für geistige Probleme im [...]

Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari is seen here during WHO's annual assembly, in May 2007, in Geneva. With nearly half the world's human bird flu deaths, concern is building over Indonesia's refusal to share virus samples and its health minister's increasingly strident denunciations of global “conspiracies”.(AFP/HO/File/Peter Williams)

JAKARTA (AFP) -
With nearly half the world's human [...]