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Several treated after ingesting snail mucus in religious ritual
Devotees in Miami, Florida, who follow the preaching of what a man claims to be an African religion, became ill enough to call paramedics after
US plans to speed personalized breast cancer drugs to market
“Currently, it takes over $1 billion, 12 to 15 years, and thousands of patient volunteers to get a single drug to market,” according to the ...
Los Angeles museum launches backyard lizard census
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is conducting a hunt for the “Lost Lizards of Los Angeles," which they describe as “an unusual ...
Customer loyalty cards proving to be a useful food safety tool
Customer loyalty cards swiped at grocery store check-out lanes helped the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) track the source of a Salmonella infection ...
US the big surprise at international drug policy meeting in Vienna
The Obama Administration’s approach to international drug and HIV/AIDS policy at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) meeting that was held March 8-12 in ...
Snow removal methods are as varied as the cities where it falls
It’s snow joke! Snow and its removal can be hazardous to your health, therefore various cities coated in the white stuff have come up with ...Journal reports teenager nearly blinded following vaccination against HPV virus
A 16-year-old girl developed near complete visual loss after being immunized against human papilloma virus (HPV), according to a case report published in the March ...
Scientists develop worldwide food alert system
Countries producing food containing harmful bacteria and toxins could be named and shamed more quickly using a worldwide alert system devised by a team of ...
Several hospitalized after ingesting pot brownies
Several people got a trip they didn’t expect after eating pot brownies purchased at a medical marijuana clinic in Huntington Beach, California. Instead they got ...
de Rothschild will sail to the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' in catamaran made of soda bottles
David de Rothschild’s his name, trash talkin’s his game. Love of planet Earth and returning its oceans to as near pristine as possible is what ...
‘Medicare Meltdown’
A 21 percent reduction in Medicare fees to physicians treating patients relying on Medicare and military personnel enrolled in the TRICARE program for their health ...
Mysterious pelican deaths and illnesses may be solved
Animal scientists and wildlife officials believe they’ve found the cause of the deaths of hundreds of pelicans and some other sea birds that have been ...
Marmorated stinkbug invading US
They’re not a health hazard, but they sure stink. Described as compact, quiet, non-biting, armored and looking quite prehistoric, Halyomorpha halys -- the brown ...
Dutch health minister calls for investigation of H1N1 response
The Dutch government’s handling of the H1N1 vaccination campaign is coming under heavy scrutiny, according to Radio Netherlands. Health Minister Ab Klink has asked an ...
Bald eagle doing well after Alaska dentist gives him a temporary crown to repair mangled beak
Damage control,” is a ploy often used by politicians and celebrities to get themselves out of trouble and restructure their image with the public, but ...
Knowing a dinosaur's true colors doesn’t take fun away for paleoartists
Until very recently, artists graced with both skills as illustrators and scientific knowledge about fossils had almost complete freedom to paint dinosaurs the way they ...
Scientists anticipate July opening of $15 million 'mouse house'
Officially called a vivarium, the $15 million stem cell research center being built on the Irvine campus of the University of California, is affectionately called ...
Countdown to extinction for polar bears?
Polar bears and their environment have been a major source of concern to nature-protection organizations and climatologists for many years, and this situation led the ...
Small town mayor issues big weight loss challenge
The mayor of the small Southern California city of Duarte, on historic Route 66, has issued a big challenge to its residents to lose big ...
French face transplant specialist awaits go-ahead to help wounded GIs
Contacted last year by American authorities for his knowledge and experience in facial transplants, professor Laurent Lantieri, MD, transmitted their appeals to French authorities. Since ...
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- US plans to speed personalized breast cancer drugs to market
- Several treated after ingesting snail mucus in religious ritual
- Anti-obesity drug market to reach $3.1 billion by 2016
- Artist takes life-affirming action after cancer
- Where do Minnesota robins go in the winter?
- Airport scammers
- California zealot seeks to ban divorce in the state with ballot proposition
- Public embraces holistic healing, conventional medicine follows
- The Great Climate Debate commits suicide
- SCOTUS ruling: Is Clean Water Act only valid for navigable waters?
- War is hell on the brain: Doctors map psychological disorders in Gaza and the West Bank
- Future aircraft ‘Black Boxes’ will stream data to earth in real time
- Monitoring, training reduce restraint use in the ICU
- Natural gas drilling: What we don’t know
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