WSJ UPDATE: Mad-Cow Diagnosis Confirmed In Alabama
A beef cow in Alabama was officially diagnosed with mad-cow disease, becoming the third U.S. case in 27 months and igniting a difficult search for companions that might also have been exposed to the fatal brain-wasting disease.
John Clifford, chief veterinarian of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, disclosed few [...]
March 7, 2006 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States …. [Taashi Rowe/ANN]
Recent news reports from the Food and Drug Administration in the United States indicate that meat companies sometimes use carbon monoxide to keep beef looking red and more attractive to consumers. While many doctors agreed that carbon monoxide used in small amounts is [...]
The percentage of children who are overweight will increase in most countries of the world, and not just the modern industrialized states! So says a new study in the International Journal of Pediatric Obesity.
Check out the full story here (I don’t think I can reprint any of it here, so I’ll give you a link [...]
Glendale Adventist Medical Center First in California to Use New FDA Approved Brain Stent Specifically Designed to Reduce the Threat of Stroke
GLENDALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 20, 2006–On Friday, Jan 20, Dr. George Rappard, medical director of Glendale Adventist Medical Center’s Neuroscience program, performed the first case using the new Wingspan(TM) Stent System with Gateway(TM) PTA [...]
