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Schwarzenegger terminates trans fats in California (AFP)
AFP - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a new law Friday that will see artificial trans fats outlawed in restaurants across the most populous US state from 2010.Delaying motherhood linked with more c-sections (Reuters)
Reuters - The increase in the rates of cesarean sections reported by many countries appears to be associated, in part, to more and more women deciding to have children later in life, according to a report in the current issue of PLoS Medicine.Cake may be the answer to kids' egg allergy (Reuters)
Reuters - To desensitize young children to their allergy to eggs, physicians from Greece say "let them eat cake."FDA: Avoid jalapenos from Mexico, not US (AP)
AP - Only jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico are implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak, the government announced Friday in clearing the U.S. crop.Breast cancer mortality increases with body mass index (Reuters)
Reuters - A higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with lower survival rates in women with breast cancer, according to a report in the July 10th issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.Mom's abdominal fat linked with birth defect risk (Reuters)
Reuters - Women who are obese before they become pregnant may be at increased risk of having a baby with defects of the brain and spinal cord, especially if they tend to put on weight around the waist, according to new research from the March of Dimes.California bans restaurants from using trans fats (AP)
AP - California on Friday became the first state to prohibit restaurants from using artery-clogging trans fats in preparing their food.U.S. narrows salmonella warning to Mexican jalapenos (Reuters)
Reuters - Health officials urged consumers on Friday to avoid only raw jalapeno peppers from Mexico, narrowing an earlier warning against eating any fresh jalapenos amid an outbreak of salmonella illness.Amgen says osteoporosis drug trial meets goals (Reuters)
Reuters - Amgen Inc said its experimental osteoporosis drug, denosumab, significantly reduced the risk of bone fracture in post-menopausal women in a large trial, triggering a rise of nearly 15 percent in its shares.HIV Patients Living Longer (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- Since 1996, the life expectancy of HIV patients in developed countries taking antiviral therapy has increased more than 13 years, and deaths have dropped by almost 40 percent, researchers report.
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Wellness investment pays off
Lincoln Industries looks like a typical blue-collar plant -- workers cutting, bending, plating and polishing steel for products such as motorcycle tailpipes and truck exhausts amid the din of machinery. But the 565-employee Nebraska company is different. Lincoln Industries has three full-time employees devoted to "wellness," and offers on-site massages and pre-shift stretching.Salmonella warning limited to Mexican peppers
Only Mexican-grown jalapeños and serrano peppers have been linked to the salmonella outbreak, a spokesman for the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.Cancer expert warns employees on cell phones
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Read full story for latest details.Students teach kids dangers of 'gutka' in India
What are you doing on your summer vacation? If you are an innovative student from the University of Southern California, the answer might be spending going to India, providing innovative water treatment measures to mitigate the spread of waterborne diseases, or educating locals on how to prevent oral cancer.health news and articles