Health And Fitness Business

Washington Post

Mexico criticizes US salmonella findingsThe Associated Press -5 hours agoMEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexican agriculture officials said Thursday that US colleagues hunting for the source of a salmonella outbreak are rushing to a conclusion about finding the strain at a Mexican pepper farm.Restaurants take salmonella precautionsMilford Daily NewsCommissioner condemns FDA’s handling of salmonella outbreakBizjournals.comVictoria Advocate - [...]

Scientists are moving closer to developing an “exercise pill” which will help you to get fit, even if you don’t move a muscle
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Eradicating a common bug in people with stomach cancer can prevent the disease from recurring, research suggests.
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The number of killings by people with mental health problems in England and Wales is at an historic low, a study finds.
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New York Daily News

West Nile Virus found in RaynhamTaunton Daily Gazette -1 hour agoBy Tim Faulker, Staff Writer A mosquito carrying the West Nile Virus was discovered in Raynham Wednesday, town Health Agent Alan Perry reported.Bird in Sudbury tests positive for West Nile VirusMetroWest Daily NewsFirst West Nile Patient Now Out Of The HospitalNews [...]

Wall Street Journal

Two Pills Do the Work of ExerciseWall Street Journal -57 minutes agoBy MARK SCHOOFS and RON WINSLOW That's how researchers are describing two drugs that apparently mimic the effects of physical exercise on the body, raising prospects of new treatments against diseases, new ways to cheat at sports, …Pill Could Boost Sports PerformanceBusinessWeekDrugs let [...]

Health service union Unison is to try to renegotiate a pay deal for more than a million workers due to rising living costs.
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ABC News

Scientists Turn Skin Cells Into Motor Neurons in ALS PatientsU.S. News & World Report -10 hours agoBy Amanda Gardner THURSDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have turned skin cells from patients with Lou Gehrig's disease into motor neurons that are genetically identical to the patients' own neurons.Nerve cells grown from new-style stem cellsReutersPersonalized Stem [...]

dBTechno

Amgen anemia drug label change has little impactForbes -14 hours agoAP 07.31.08, 10:44 AM ET Wall Street brushed off concerns over new labeling for Amgen's troubled anemia drugs Thursday, with many analysts saying the changes were expected and will likely have no impact on the biotechnology company's stock.Health Highlights: July 31, 2008U.S. News & World [...]

ChattahBox

House Vote Revises FDA’s Control of TobaccoNew York Times -12 hours agoBy STEPHANIE SAUL Decades after the surgeon general first warned that cigarettes were a health hazard, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Wednesday that would for the first time give the Food and Drug Administration the …House Votes to Let FDA Regulate Tobacco [...]