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Egg Recall: Should People be Scared to Eat Eggs?

Egg Recall: Should People be Scared to Eat Eggs?

Health And Wellness

31 Aug 2010
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors have found that two Iowa egg farms, owned by billionaire Austin “Jack” DeCoster, are in violation of a ...

Two Johnson and Johnson’s Hip Implants Recalled

Two Johnson and Johnson’s Hip Implants Recalled

Health And Wellness

31 Aug 2010
Two hip replacement products are part of a recall by Johnson and Johnson’s orthopedic division The products being recalled are the ASR Hip Resurfacing System, which ...

Study Shows MS More Active in the Spring and Summer Months

Study Shows MS More Active in the Spring and Summer Months

Disease And Conditons

31 Aug 2010
New research shows that multiple sclerosis (MS) may be more active in the spring and summer months. A team of researchers from Brigham and Women’s ...

 
Genetic Link Discovered for Migraines

Genetic Link Discovered for Migraines

Health And Wellness

31 Aug 2010
A new study may have found a common reason why many people get migraines, a mutation in a gene that results in the accumulation of ...

UPDATE: Lessons Learned From Egg Recall

UPDATE: Lessons Learned From Egg Recall

Health And Wellness

30 Aug 2010
The recent egg recall has sickened as many as 1,470 people in the United States. Wright, based in Galt, Iowa, has recalled 380 million eggs ...

Marijuana Can Reduce Nerve Pain

Marijuana Can Reduce Nerve Pain

Health And Wellness

30 Aug 2010
New research shows that smoking marijuana can reduce pain in patients with nerve pain stemming from injuries or surgical complications. The study was led by Dr. ...

 
Lessons Learned from the Massive Egg Recall

Lessons Learned from the Massive Egg Recall

Health And Wellness

30 Aug 2010
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, report there have been more than half a billion eggs recalled over fears that they are contaminated with ...

UPDATE: Johnson & Johnson Recall Two Hip Replacement Product Systems

UPDATE: Johnson & Johnson Recall Two Hip Replacement Product Systems

Health And Wellness

29 Aug 2010
Two hip replacement products are the subject of an international voluntary recall by Johnson and Johnson’s orthopedic division, DePuy Orthopedics, Inc. The company is concerned that ...

UPDATE: Illness Caused by E. Coli Leads to Recall of Ground Beef

UPDATE: Illness Caused by E. Coli Leads to Recall of Ground Beef

Health And Wellness

29 Aug 2010
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. issued a recall of approximately 8,500 pounds of ground beef that could be contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. Department of ...

 
Illness Caused by E. Coli Leads to Recall of Ground Beef

Illness Caused by E. Coli Leads to Recall of Ground Beef

Health And Wellness

29 Aug 2010
Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation has recalled ground beef contaminated with E, coli bacteria. The recall was the result after three people became ill in Maine ...

Margarines With Omega-3 Provide No Heart Benefit

Margarines With Omega-3 Provide No Heart Benefit

Health And Wellness

29 Aug 2010
Patients with a history of heart troubles did not benefit from omega-3 margarine and standard medicine in a Dutch study. Wageningen University's Daan Kromhout led the ...

Johnson & Johnson Recall Two Hip Replacement Product Systems

Johnson & Johnson Recall Two Hip Replacement Product Systems

Health And Wellness

28 Aug 2010
Two hip replacement products are the subject of an international voluntary recall by Johnson and Johnson’s orthopedic division, DePuy Orthopedics, Inc. The potential problem is ...

 
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