US swine flu vaccine runs dry!
Washington: Mothers with young children and pregnant women are being turned away from swine flu vaccination clinics in the United States, some in tears, many utterly frustrated by the shortage of vaccine. But it could have been much worse. The new strain of H1N1 flu could have been much more virulent, and it could even [...]
2 doses of H1N1 vaccine for children under 9
Washington: Younger children will need two doses of the vaccine against the new pandemic of A(H1N1) influenza, US officials said on Monday. They said tests of Sanofi -Pasteur’s A(H1N1) flu vaccine showed children respond to it just as they do to seasonal flu vaccine, with children over 10 needing only a single dose but children [...]
Revenge bad for health
Revenge may be sweet, but it could damage your health and make you unhappier than most other people, according to a study by German and Belgian researchers. The study, conducted among 20,000 people by the universities of Bonn and Maastricht, also revealed that people who like to pay back perceived injustices also have fewer friends [...]
Human sperm from stem cells?
LONDON: A team of British scientists claimed yesterday to have created human sperm using embryonic stem cells, in a medical first that they say will lead to a better understanding of fertility. Researchers led by Professor Karim Nayernia at Newcastle University and the NorthEast England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI) developed a new technique that allows [...]
Bird Flu Case in Vietnam
A melee broke out in northern Vietnam when more than 100 villagers prevented authorities from destroying chickens to stop the spread of bird flu, officials said yesterday as the country announced its second H5N1 case. About 100 villagers in Thuong Tin district just outside Hanoi overwhelmed police and health authorities on Thursdayn and stopped them [...]
Meditation Technique Helps Lower BP
Transcendental meditation in an effective alternative to blood pressure-lowering medication, according to the results of a study involving African Americans. People may choose to try to lower their blood pressure naturally, “but it matters what you do,” study author Dr Robert H. Schneider of the Maharishi University of Management in Iowa. “Not everything has the [...]
Evercise and balanced diet best precautions against stroke!
Exercise and a balanced diet are the best precautions against strokes, notes the Berlin-based German Neurological Society (DGN). Citing a recent US study that showed vitamins to be ineffective at reducing the risk of strokes or heart attacks, it advised against regularly taking vitamins C and E to help prevent vascular disease. The study was [...]
Experts draw link between tainted milk, kidney stones
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Scientists in China and Hong Kong have established for the first time in a study that consuming the plastic-making chemical melamine can cause kidney stones in people. At least six children died and 290,000 fell ill in China last year after consuming milk formula tainted with melamine, which was added to [...]
Why was melamine used in milk products?
Melamine is a chemical used to produce plastic products. However, when melamine was mixed with watered-down milk it make it appears richer in protein than it actually is.
Melamine in milk products from New Zealand
South Korean authorities have found trace amounts of melamine in milk products imported from New Zealand that were used in baby formula and banned their import, its food safety agency said on Thursday.The Korea Food and Drug Administration said in a statement that the product, lactoferrin, was produced by Tatua Cooperative Diary Company of New [...]
