Medical News Today: Health News for Saturday 22 March 2008

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Saturday 22 March 2008

Cantaloupes From Agropecuaria Montelibano May Have Salmonella, FDA Warns

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The FDA (Food and Drug Administration, USA) is warning that cantaloupes from Agropecuaria Montelibano, Honduras, is linked to a salmonella Litchfield outbreak in the USA and Canada - the agency has issued an import alert...
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New Book: Fighting Terror Online
Inspired by recent threats of terrorism, Professor Martin Golumbic, Director of the Caesarea Rothschild Institute for Interdisciplinary Applications of Computer Science at the University of Haifa wrote this new book...
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Sloan Research Fellowship Awarded To Rensselaer Professor Fengyan Li
Fengyan Li, assistant professor of mathematical sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named a 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. Li is among a group of 118 fellows from 64 colleges and universities in the...
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Other Medical and Health News for 22 March*

Color Vision System Found To Be Independent Of Motion Detection

How Eating Habits Vary Between Men And Women

Winners Don't Punish

Caregivers Suffering Depression More Likely To Be Hostile To Children

Rutgers Presents The Only Publicly-Accessible Summary Of US Food Import System

Spotting The Next GM-Like Controversy Before It Happens

Travel Fellowships To Experimental Biology 2008 Received By 52 Minority Scientists

Grant Supplies Queensland Researchers With The Latest Tools To Fight Cancer

IEEE International Homeland Security Conference To Be Addressed By President's Science Adviser

Firearms Industry Should Bear Financial Liability For Homicides Involving Handguns

Canadian Study Finds Sexual Orientation Affects Healthcare Use

Pay Figures Overtaken By Two-year Freeze Says GP Leader, UK

Cook Medical Announces First Enrolment In European Arm Of Global Trial Of Unique Device To Treat Aortic Dissection

Latest NHS Information Centre Figures Highlight The Changes In Family Doctors' Pay, UK

Great Strides 2008 - Taking Steps To Cure Cystic Fibrosis, UK

Challenging The Norm May Lead To New Therapy For Type 2 Diabetes

Baxter Announces FDA Approval Of ARTISS Slow Setting Fibrin Sealant In Treatment Of Burn Patients

Vermillion Announces Positive Results From Clinical Trial Of Ovarian Tumor Triage Test; Study Meets Primary Endpoints

PLC Systems Receives FDA Approval To Commence Pivotal Study Of RenalGuard(TM) In The U.S.

IDM Pharma Announces Availability Of Mifamurtide (L-MTP-PE) Through Compassionate Access Study

Nereus Pharmaceuticals Initiates Clinical Trial Of NPI-2358 In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Following Encouraging Phase 1 Data

VIA Pharmaceuticals Completes Enrollment In Phase 2 Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) Trial

New Survey Suggests Cultural Ambivalence To Allergies Leaves Many Suffering Needlessly

Alexion Completes Enrollment In AEGIS Registration Study Of Soliris(R) (eculizumab) In Patients With PNH In Japan

Study Finds Single Dose Of Iomai Patch With Pandemic Flu Vaccine Achieves Protective Levels

Hepatitis B Foundation Testifies Before Congressional Appropriation Committee And Urges More Federal Funding For Hepatitis B

APIC Launches First National C. Difficile Prevalence Study

Hands On Disaster Response Extends Cyclone Relief Project

Methamphetamine Use Associated With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension In Patients With Previously Unknown Risk Factors

Treating Wife's Stress May Be Indirect Care For Men With Prostate Cancer

Preventing Suicide Among College Students

Adolescents With Chronic Insomnia Lose More Than Sleep

Cedars-Sinai Seeks Participants With Type 2 Diabetes For Study Of Implantable Devices

Citizens' Council On Health Care Objects To CDC Giving $38.1 Million To Build "intrusive" Patient Monitoring System

American Pharmacists Association Members Receive Guidance From President On Achieving Success In Practice

Stopping A Deadly Killer: Pitt Receives $11.4 Million Gates Foundation Grant For Tuberculosis Research

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