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The FDA reported on Thursday, July 17th that it was once again safe to eat fresh tomatoes. The recent salmonella outbreak reached 1,220 confirmed cases, with at least 242 people hospitalized. While the FDA says it is safe to eat tomatoes, eating peppers is another story. The warning against jalapeno and serrano peppers remains in…
The American Geriatric Society (AGS) states that falling is a leading cause of serious injury and death among the elderly. The AGS reports that most of these falls are occuring in the homes of these elderly people. “There are many steps people can take to make their home safer for those who are aging. Something…
A new research study found that women giving themselves monthly self breast exams doesn’t make much of a difference at all when it comes to reducing breast cancer deaths. The review was done by the Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates medical research. Even more shocking is that the study found that doing self…
I was reading an article this morning about whether or not people want to know how many calories are actually in the foods they order in restaurant. How about you? Do you think that knowing how fattening the foods are you typically choose when you eat out would make you change your routine? Or would…
Over the past several years, there has continued to be more and more controversy over whether or not aspartame has serious health risks. There is a website, Sweet Poison, where a doctor says that aspartame poisoning almost killed her. Dr. Janet Hull also wrote a book warning people of the dangers of drinking and consuming…
A report in the Archives of Ophthalmology reports that while vision loss and vision impairment alone does not increase the risk of suicide, there is a risk increase found when vision loss is associated with already poor health. The findings suggest that better treatments for the underlying conditions that cause visual impairment, along with factors…
The FDA has found issues with a cervical cancer shot, Gardasil, for women ages 27 – 45. So Merck Co. cannot yet have the drug approved for women in this age group. Right now it is not known whether the drug will eventually be approved for older women. Merck also said that they did not…
Dutch researchers have recently reported that women eating too many nuts or peanut butter daily during pregnancy can increase their child’s risk of developing asthma by 50%. The study revealed, however, that moderate amounts of nuts or peanut butter did not seem to have any effect. So basically what researchers are saying is that it…
A CDC lab building that houses the bird flu virus had a power outage that lasted for more than an hour. The backup generator system failed to work and a total of four buildings were left without power. It was reported that the outage affected air flow systems in labs that contain germs and viruses,…
As I was watching the health portion of the local news recently, I heard about how there is a big increase in children who have low vitamin D levels. What is the main reason children aren’t getting enough vitamin D? Because children are not spending as much time outside as they once did. We need…
