Medical News Today: Health News for Sunday 4 November 2007

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Sunday 4 November 2007

1,084,384 Pounds Of Ground Beef Recalled By Cargill Meat Solutions, Possible E. Coli Contamination

Written by Christian Nordqvist

Cargill Meat Solutions is recalling about 1,084,384 pounds of ground beef after it was revealed that it could be tainted with E. coli O157:H7. The beef had been produced at the company's Wyalusing plant on October 8th, 9th...
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Lilly's Anti-clotting Drug Excess Bleeding Detected, But More Effective In Preventing Heart Attacks Than Plavix

Written by Christian Nordqvist

Eli Lilly and Daiichi Sankyo Co's investigational anti-clotting drug, Prasugrel, was found to be more effective at preventing heart attacks than Plavix, but also caused excessive bleeding among patients in a clinical trial, according to a new report...
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Mexican Foreign Secretariat Opens Bank Accounts In USA To Help Victims In Tabasco

Written by Christian Nordqvist

The Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores (Mexican State Department, Mexican Foreign Office) says it has received numerous offers of help for the victims of the current floods in Tabasco from Mexicans and Americans living in the USA...
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Other Medical and Health News for 4 November*

For Work In Creating Program To Raise Stroke Awareness Among AA, Florida Neurologist Honored

Medicare Bidding For Durable Medical Equipment Will Harm Small Businesses And Seniors' Access To Care, American Association For Homecare Testifies

Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism After Major Orthopedic Surgery: Bayer HealthCare Submits Rivaroxaban For European Approval

GPC Biotech And Pharmion Announce Results Of Overall Survival Analysis From The Satraplatin Pivotal Phase 3 Trial

Praxis' Campaign Saves 12 Weeks Off Enrollment Goal For Women's Health Vaccine Study

AICR Survey Uncovers Distorted Perceptions About What Causes Cancer

Report Reveals Convincing Links Between Growth Pattern, Cancer

Vital HIV/AIDS Research Center Receives Double The Support From The NIH

Multidisciplinary Team Researching Advanced Light Microscopy At UCLA To Be Funded By $1.1 Million NSF Grant

Diabetes Research At UMass Medical School Funded By $300,000 From JDRF And Iacocca Foundation

Study Into Preventing Morphine 'Tolerance' Could Lead To Better Pain Relief With Fewer Side Effects

The Effectiveness Of Orally Taken Drugs Predicted Using Mouse Model

Diabetes Increasing Along U.S.-Mexico Border

An Elevated Glucose Level Is A Strong Risk Factor For Colorectal Cancer

Health Protection Agency And Office For National Statistics Publish Study Of Deaths Following MRSA Infection, UK

Ensign, Becerra Call For Repeal Of Arbitrary Cap On Patient Care

Rakes And Pains - Leave Raking Injuries Behind With These Safety Tips

Fall Back Into Team Sports - A Few Strategies Can Keep Young Athletes Injury-Free This Fall

Token Resuscitation Attempts On Hopelessly Ill Patients Prolongs Suffering

New NIST Mini-Sensor May Have Biomedical And Security Applications

The Importance Of Language Services On Disparities, Quality Of Care

International Survey Finds US Adults The Most Dissatisfied With Health Care

20 NSF Nominees Receive The Government's Highest Honor For Scientists And Engineers Beginning Their Independent Careers

Excellent Results Received From GeoVax's Full-Dose HIV/AIDS Vaccine Trial

IDM Pharma Announces IDM-2101 Updated Phase 2 Results Show Treatment Well Tolerated With Positive Survival Trend In Lung Cancer Patients

IDM Pharma Announces Updated Phase 2 UVIDEM(R) Results Showing Durable Disease Control And Tolerability In Advanced Melanoma Patients

Progen To Present Additional Analysis Of Data From PI-88 Phase 2 Liver Cancer Study At American Association For The Study Of Liver Diseases

Immtech Completes Malaria Prevention Trial

Progen Update On Phase 3 Clinical Program For PI-88 In Liver Cancer

Treatment With PEGASYS(R)/COPEGUS(TM) Provides Hope For Hepatitis C Patients Whose Infection Did Not Initially Respond To Peg-Intron(R)/Ribavirin

Memory Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Phase 2a Results For MEM 3454 In Alzheimer's Disease

Common Medications Provide Equal Blood Pressure Control

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