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Grape-flavored Infants’ Tylenol recalled
WASHINGTON, February 17, 2012 (AFP) – Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary McNeil issued a recall Friday of 574,000 bottles of an infants version of its popular Tylenol pain and fever relief drug over problems with the dosing system. The recall applies …
Antibiotics don’t help sinusitis: US researchers
WASHINGTON, February 14, 2012 (AFP) - Antibiotics provide little help to people with sinus infections, according to a study released Tuesday which suggested doctors are prescribing the drugs
US boosts funding for Alzheimer’s research
WASHINGTON, February 7, 2012 (AFP) - The administration of US President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday it will boost funding for research into Alzheimer's disease by $130 million,
Lifestyle changes can help prevent 30% of cancers: WHO
GENEVA, February 3, 2012 (AFP) - More than 30 percent of cancers can be prevented by lifestyle changes, the World Health Organization said Friday, on the eve of
US recommends routine HPV vaccination for boys
WASHINGTON, February 3, 2012 (AFP) - US health authorities on Friday urged all boys age 11-12 to get a routine vaccination against the most common sexually transmitted disease,
Doctors should check blood pressure on both arms: study
PARIS, January 30, 2012 (AFP) - Measuring blood pressure on both arms rather than only one can reveal an elevated risk of heart disease or even death, according
Healthy eating may help ADHD kids
WASHINGTON, January 9, 2012 (AFP) - Simply eating healthier may improve the behavior of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder if therapy and medication fail, said a study
US restricts some antibiotics in livestock
WASHINGTON, January 4, 2012 (AFP) - US health officials said Wednesday they will begin restricting the use of some antibiotics in cows, pigs and poultry due to concerns
Hong Kong probes deadly bug at government offices
HONG KONG, January 4, 2012 (AFP) - Hong Kong officials said Wednesday the discovery of a bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease at the new government complex was "under
Latest China food safety scandal widens to oil
SHANGHAI, December 29, 2011 (AFP) - Chinese authorities have recalled cooking oil products made by three companies after finding they contained the same type of cancer-causing toxin recently
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