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First Trachea Transplant in a Woman; Free of Drugs

An international research team announced on Wednesday that a woman from Colombia has just received the first trachea transplant which was grown by seeding a donor organ with her stem cells as to prevent her body from rejecting it. The surgery was a total success and it was made back in June.

The doctors used tissue from the woman’s...

Settlement Will Reduce Cancer-Causing Chemical In Potato Chips

Attorney General Jerry Brown filed lawsuits in 2005 against H.J. Heinz, Frito-Lay, Lance Inc and Kettle Foods, together with Procter & Gamble PG.N and four fast-food chains: McDonald's, KFC, Burger King and Wendy's for selling food containing high levels of acrylamide, a chemical compound that is produced when foods, particularly...

New South Wales bans cigarette displays

Shops in Australia's biggest state will have to keep cigarettes out of sight of their customers under new anti- smoking regulations, New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma said Wednesday. 'Smoking is a one-way ticket to misery,' Iemma said. 'There's only one reason why the tobacco companies do this sort of glossy advertising in...

LA Council Bans New Fast-Food Eateries From Poor Areas

The Los Angeles City Council voted on Tuesday to ban for at least one year new fast-food restaurants in one of the town's poorest areas, this way taking measures against increasing obesity rates.If approved by Mayor Antonia Villaraigosa, the ordinance would put a one-year moratorium on construction of new fast-food eateries in a...

Fourteen workers die in Indonesia after drinking alcohol

At least 14 workers, most of them Thai citizens, died of suspected alcohol poisoning after having mixed drinks during a party in Indonesia's eastern province of Papua, a police spokesman said Tuesday. National police spokesman Sulistyo Ishak said the incident took place Sunday night in the Merauke district of Papua. The alcohol...

Diet Rich In Fish Reduces Heart Risk

According to a new report, middle-aged men living in Japan were found to have twice the levels of Omega-3 fatty acids in their organism than men living in America. The findings of the study, published in the August 5, 2008, edition of Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), show that the acids protect the men against...

Exercise 55 Minutes A Day To Lose Body Weight!

According to the findings of a study published on Monday, women who are obese or overweight should reduce the number of calories by exercising an average of 55 minutes a day, five days a week. The team of researchers who worked at the study followed 201 overweight and obese women from 1999 to 2003. The women had to eat 1,200 to 1,500...

Cell Phones Warnings Released by World Health Organization

An increased risk of cancer seems to be caused by cell phones usage. 3,000 employees were warned through a memo to limit their children’s cell phone usage. Studies about the relation between cell phones and brain cancer will be released by the World Health Organization in two years. More detailed data will be put in an official...

Hong Kong baby given 10 times normal level of morphine survives

A probe has been launched in Hong Kong after a baby boy was given 10 times the required amount of morphine, hospital officials said Monday. The two-week-old boy was given 2.5 milligrams of morphine after being admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the Kowloon district of the territory on July 18 with jaundice. Hospital...

Healthier and More Expensive Food; Ban on Trans Fats Food

What happens with this Trans Fat? They are made by pumping hydrogen into liquid oil at high temperature. Trans Fat is what fast-food restaurants do to make food crisp and add the flavor. Where can Trans Fats be found? The Food and Drug administration released a list of the Trans Fat providers.Major products that are made by using the...

In Vitro Fertilization Increases; More and More Women Apply for It

Since the first test tube baby, more and more women desire to have children by IVF. In 1987 the science evolved so much that it could help in the birth of Louise Joy Brown. Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe from Cambridge University helped in delivering baby Louise, who is now 30, on July 25, 1987, by Caesarean. The event served as hope...

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Parents can ease their children's anxiety about visits to a doctor by using play to prepare them, the German association of paediatricians says. "Pretend...

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The bodies of six people - 4 adults and 2 children - were found by police in a small brick house in Memphis, Tennessee. Inside the small building were found three other...