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This is not the first recall from the Whole Foods Market. eMaxHealth had reported that Whole Foods Market last year had recalled Tahini, now it is the fresh ground beef recall. Perhaps the food processing companies do food recalls do occasionally, but there is always a high chance that not ensuring food safety on time can have serious public health implications.read more

Transcript New research finds breast cancer trigger The World Today - Friday, 8 August , 2008 12:31:00 Reporter: Brendan Trembath ELEANOR HALL: One of Australia's largest medical research institutions says it ...

The number of people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is 40 percent higher than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been reporting each year, according to new figures recently ...

Although a recent UNAIDS report shows 'encouraging progress in preventing HIV in a number of the most vulnerable countries,' one 'of the biggest hurdles for our global response to AIDS' is 'the stigma factor,' ...

A man from Port Stephens, north of Newcastle, says a Navy report shows while there are procedures for medical evacuations, human error may have exacerbated problems experienced by his son.

Smoking ban in public areas are seen to expand further to include more areas such as parks and beaches, Gulf News has reported. The ban will form the next phase of the municipality's smoking regulatio...

UroToday.com - While erectile dysfunction has been described since ancient times, adequate treatment has only been available for the last three decades. Modern penile prosthetic devices were first developed in the early 1970s when Small et al. along with Scott et al. reported the implantation of penile prosthetic devices into the corpora cavernosa to fill the corpora cavernosa and provide a physiologically functional erection with good cosmetic results.

Sad news comes today about Bernie Mac as the comedian dies at age 50 from pneumonia. He had been recently hospitalized, and as recently as two days ago, it was reported he was stable and responding well to treatment. What happened?There is very little medical information to go on. It was known that he had sarcoidosis, a multi-system immune disorder that primarily affects the lungs. The overall death rate from this disease is less than 5 percent, and generally caused by the consequences of progressive disease, rather than an acute event.read more

If you are a reader of this blog, you will know that I am no fan of Vytorin. Despite their massive marketing campaign, Merk-Schering has failed to prove why treating the 'two sources of cholesterol' has any benefit to just treating patients with a statin. Both the ENHANCE study and SEAS studies (the only outcomes studies thusfar) failed to show any benefit of Vytorin , and thus there is really no need to use it.However, the Vytorin saga seems to have struck and chord with the public, and so folks are piling on.read more