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...o over one thousand samples of unpasteurised milk, bought in 242 retail outlets in England and Wales. The authors found that 41 samples from 26 separate retail outlets, contained potentially harmful bacteria, including campylobacter (19 samples), salmonella (five samples) and E coli 0157 (three samples). ...Increased Public Access To Defibrillation Could Prove Potentially Cost-Effective And Life-Saving
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...ies and research institutes with gene patents have bought exclusive rights to diagnostic tests for neurological disorders and are asking other labs to stop offering these tests. In September's Leading Edge editorial The Lancet Neurology asks whether private diagnostic testing without physician support shoul...Students eat excessive amounts of fat at school
...chool's population. In wealthier schools, students bought more a la carte items than in poorer schools. Poorer schools, however, tended to stock more high-fat items than wealthy schools. Future studies should focus on individual daily fat consumption, say Sallis and colleagues, noting that students may hav...Cedars-Sinai Medical tipsheet for July 2003
... BIRTHDAY In March, Vincent Rankin, then age 37, bought his casket and began planning his funeral. He had virtually given up on receiving a heart transplant. Because a transplanted heart ideally comes from a donor of relatively similar size and compatible blood type, Rankin knew that at 6-feet, 6 inches t...Researchers develop new training aid for nation's soccer stars
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...nts skipped breakfast so they could sleep later or bought sodas and chips on the way to school and skipped lunch. "We encouraged them to at least drink low-fat milk and have a granola bar for breakfast." Researchers also encouraged students to ask parents for a favorite fruit or vegetable at the store inst...Almost half of rural North Carolina Adults report using 'home remedies'
...als, food, over-the-counter products, and products bought from health-food stores. From the surveys, researchers estimated that 45.7 percent of the rural adult population use home remedies. They also found significant differences in use by age, gender and education: Adults aged 30 to 44 are most likely to...LSUHSC neurosurgical team discovers novel therapy for intractable hiccups
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