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6 cups a day? Coffee lovers less likely to die, study finds
Wed May 16, 2012 5:00 PM EDT
Coffee drinkers who worry about the jolt of java it takes to get them going in the morning might just as well relax and pour another cup. That’s according to the largest-ever analysis of the link between coffee consumption and mortality, which suggests that latte love …
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Bottles, binkies and sippy cups can hurt kids, study finds
Mon May 14, 2012 7:15 AM EDT
Of all the things Jackie Sherrill had to worry about while juggling school, work and two kids, someone breaking a tooth on a baby bottle was least among them. But that’s exactly what happened earlier this year, when Sherrill’s 20-month-old daughter, Morgan, took a no …
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16 now sick from salmonella in dry dog food; recall expands
Fri May 11, 2012 6:10 PM EDT
Two more people have become ill after being exposed to salmonella-tainted dry dog food, bringing the total to 16, federal health officials reported Friday That includes one more case in the United States, where people in nine states have been sickened. Another case was detected i …
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Two children die in hot cars as risky season begins
Fri May 11, 2012 8:08 AM EDT
It’s a tragic sign of spring: Two young children have died this month in Texas and Missouri after their parents accidentally left them all day in hot vehicles. Although such deaths occur in nearly every month of the year, records show that warmer weather typically heralds …
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Reusable grocery bag carried nasty norovirus, scientists say
Wed May 9, 2012 6:59 AM EDT
Oregon public health officials have traced a nasty outbreak of norovirus infections in a group of soccer players to an unlikely source: a reusable grocery bag contaminated with what some experts are calling “the perfect pathogens.” The incident is raising questions, …
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'Stronger': Patient turns cancer fight into viral video
Tue May 8, 2012 12:50 PM EDT
A 22-year-old leukemia patient with a talent for video has turned the fight against cancer into an online anthem celebrating strength -- and recovery. Chris Rumble of Kent, Wash., spent Saturday filming fellow patients, doctors and nurses on the hematology/oncology unit at …
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Recalled dog food tied to salmonella outbreak
Fri May 4, 2012 4:54 PM EDT
At least 14 people in nine states have been sickened by a rare strain of salmonella linked to contaminated dry dog food, government health officials reported. Some of the human salmonella Infantis infections appeared to be tied to at least three recalled brands of dry dog food p …
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Decay dilemma: Do kids need dental sealants?
Fri May 4, 2012 9:12 AM EDT
No question, 8-year-old Blin Rollins has a sweet tooth. He’d rather drink juice than water and he doesn’t turn down candy, admits his mother, Amy Rollins, 36, of Augusta, Maine. “He is a big chocolate fan, of course,” said Rollins. “And the gummy st …
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Heavy metal singer slammed by salmonella sushi
Fri May 4, 2012 8:37 AM EDT
When heavy metal singer Chris Fronzak dubbed his latest gig “The Sick Tour,” he didn’t mean it literally. But by the time the 22-year-old frontman for the band Attila was done with his multi-state concert series, he knew only too well what it meant to be strick …
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Calif. lab worker who died from meningitis identified
Wed May 2, 2012 4:27 PM EDT
Updated May 3, 5:35 ET: Officials have released the name of the California lab researcher who died after handling a rare strain of bacteria, the Associated Press reports. The coroner identified the man Thursday as 25-year-old Richard Din of San Francisco. Original st …
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Cord blood donation surges as hospitals launch public collection programs
Wed May 2, 2012 8:17 AM EDT
When Amalia Kessler was pregnant with her first child, Stella, in 2008, she knew she didn’t want to waste the baby’s valuable umbilical cord blood, which can be a life-saving source of stem cells used to treat cancer and other diseases. Private donation was out, desp …
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Tainted tempeh linked to salmonella outbreak
Tue May 1, 2012 3:42 PM EDT
North Carolina health officials have confirmed that tempeh contaminated with a rare strain of salmonella is responsible for an outbreak of food poisoning that has sickened at least 46 people. The Buncombe County Department of Health announced that the outbreak strain of Par …
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New beef brouhaha: Should you be grossed out by 'meat glue?'
Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:34 PM EDT
Still reeling from the specter of "pink slime," beef industry officials on Friday fought off another culinary creep-out: “meat glue.” News reports across the country claimed that some restaurants have been using a bonding agent to stick together pieces of scrap meat …
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258 now sick in salmonella sushi outbreak
Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:00 PM EDT
At least 258 people in 24 states and Washington, D.C., now have been sickened by raw scraped tuna contaminated with not one but two rare strains of salmonella, government health officials reported Thursday. Tainted tuna scraped from the backbone of the fish has been linked …
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Hand-me-down kidney transplanted twice in two weeks
Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:00 PM EDT
A single kidney that was transplanted twice in two weeks is working fine after what appears to be the first-ever case of doctors salvaging a hand-me-down organ after it started to fail. Erwin Gomez, a 67-year-old Chicago-area surgeon and father of five, is the third and, ho …
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Parents of dead toddler settle tainted wipes lawsuit
Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:02 PM EDT
The parents of a toddler who died after contracting a rare bacterial infection blamed on contaminated medical wipes have settled their lawsuit against the Wisconsin firms that made them. Sandra Kothari, 38, of Houston, declined to release details of the financial arrangement rea …
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Kids who play 'choking game' may take other risks, too
Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:05 AM EDT
My Health News Daily staffKids who play the so-called "choking game" are more likely to engage in other risky behaviors, including sex, substance use and gambling, a new study of middle schoolers finds. The results suggest doctors should consider asking children who exhibit risky …
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Opinion: Youth hockey injuries border on child abuse
Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:40 PM EDT
The NHL hockey playoffs are under way. The contact is fierce and the fans love it. I do, too. But there is big trouble brewing for the future of hockey, football and other contact sports -- concussions. If hockey does not change, it has a dim future. Not because o …
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Label tenderized beef? Recall renews worries
Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:39 AM EDT
On the eve of summer grilling season, the recall of more than a ton of beef potentially contaminated with dangerous E. coli bacteria -- including mechanically tenderized sirloin steaks -- is renewing calls for better labeling. Connecticut Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro said that …
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More older moms don't stop with one baby, new study finds
Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:01 AM EDT
Cynthia Wilson James was always sure about two things: She wanted a husband who shared her spiritual beliefs, and she wanted to have more than one child with him. And just because she didn’t reach that first goal until she was 40 didn’t mean the second one was out of …
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Mystery sapovirus strikes nursing homes, new tests reveal
Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:17 PM EDT
For sheer misery, few germs can cause the chaos of norovirus in a nursing home. The gut bug can spread rapidly through food, on surfaces or person-to-person, afflicting victims with violent diarrhea, vomiting and stomach pain. About 20 million people suffer …
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100 may now be sick from salmonella in sushi
Fri Apr 6, 2012 2:03 PM EDT
At least 100 people have now been sickened by an outbreak of salmonella possibly linked to sushi, government health officials said Friday. Nearly a quarter of them are from New York, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ten people have been hospitalized i …
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Dirty dentures? Dangerous MRSA may be lurking, dentists say
Thu Apr 5, 2012 8:26 AM EDT
Here’s some bad news for the estimated 20 million people in the U.S. who wear full or partial dentures: There’s a good chance your choppers are covered with thin layers of icky, sticky bacteria known as biofilms. Worse, some of the biofilm germs may be bad bugs …
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FDA inspectors probe pet jerky treats in China
Wed Apr 4, 2012 5:48 PM EDT
Federal health officials have sent inspectors into Chinese plants that make chicken jerky pet treats to investigate potential links to illnesses and deaths in hundreds of dogs in the United States, two lawmakers say. Staffers for Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Rep. Dennis Kucini …
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'Pink slime' in your meat? Labels to tell you, USDA says
Wed Apr 4, 2012 8:21 AM EDT
As consumers clamor for more transparency about the beef product dubbed “pink slime,” federal agriculture officials have agreed to allow several meat producers to list the stuff on package labels. That means grocery shoppers soon could know whether some pac …
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JoNel Aleccia, health writer, msnbc.com are you promoting death?Propaganda. Are you ignorant?Complicit? An accounting and time will tell...you will be held responsible for this malfeasance and avarice.Sooner than you think. Retract this article.
In the article on Jacqueline Civitano, were the symptomatic children given an antiviral? Were the non-symptomatic children given an antiviral to prevent transmission? Did all of these children fight off the virus naturally? I would really appreciate knowing if the doctors are giving the antivirals and if they are prescribing them for the patients &/or family members. Thank you.
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news comment this am take peanut product and throw them away- wrong - wrong - wrong. drive a message home by returning products to the store and get your money back. why should people be allowed to profit by selling an unsafe product. it becomes news - it becomes a scare - it becomes trash in the landfill - and then what? who is marketing who?
JoNel,
A recent article on msn about "super lice" describes only the removal of shampoos or combs, but fails to address an equally important measure of sanitizing your entire house. For example, washing all bedding, sealing pillows in garbage bags, etc. Without these measures a child's scalp could be treated and then go to sleep with a pillow that contains eggs, or adult lice. One must assume everything to be contaminated.
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