National Steak and Poultry recalls nearly 2M pounds of chicken
After initially recalling 17,349 pounds of chicken, Oklahoma-based National Steak and Poultry has expanded its announcement to include an additional 1,976,089 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken that may be undercooked. More on this... The possible undercooking may lead to survival of bacterial pathogens in the products, according to Dec. 1 announcement by the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The recall includes a variety of ready-to-eat chicken products tha..>> view originalPfizer blood cancer drug tops standard therapy for untreated patients
Pfizer Inc said on Monday its cancer drug, Bosulif, was found superior to Novartis AG's Gleevec in a late-stage study on untreated patients with a form of blood and bone marrow cancer characterized by abnormal white blood cells production.Most people with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) have a genetic mutation, called the Philadelphia chromosome, which causes the bone marrow to make an enzyme that triggers the development of abnormal and unhealthy white blood cells.Gleevec is considered a stand..>> view original87 Escape Kenya Psych Hospital as Medics Strike Nationwide
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan officials say at least 87 patients with mental illnesses have escaped from the country's only psychiatric hospital after they were left unattended when medical workers at public hospitals went on strike nationwide.Police fired tear gas Monday in the capital, Nairobi, to disperse dozens of doctors protesting that they have not received salary increases promised three years ago.The medical workers are demanding better pay and working conditions.Ouma Olunga, secretary-ge..>> view originalTamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha suffers cardiac arrest
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa is still alive, Apollo Hospitals said on Monday, after a TV report about her death sparked scuffles and mass frenzy outside the hospital.The Apollo hospital hurriedly denied the Sun TV report which claimed the AIADMK leader had passed away. “A large number of doctors from Apollo and AIIMS continue to provide all life saving measures,” said a tweet from Sangita Reddy, Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals.Minister Venkaiah Naidu at Apollo Hospita..>> view originalMichael Bloomberg may be Big Tobacco's biggest enemy
Billionaire and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has taken on causes such as obesity, gun control, smoking and clean energy. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Despite decades of scientific confirmation and reconfirmation that smoking is a menace to your health, the decline of the myth of the Marlboro man, and a World Health Organization treaty on tobacco control signed by 180 countries, we still have a long way to go in the war against tobacco. While the prevalence of smokers has fallen d..>> view originalNovo Nordisk seeks EU and US approval for new diabetes treatment
OSLO Danish Novo Nordisk said on Monday it has filed for the European Union and the U.S. approval of semaglutide to treat adults with type 2 diabetes.The company said the results of the clinical trial, which included more than 8,000 adults with type 2 diabetes, demonstrated statistically significant and sustained blood glucose control, and a statistically significant reduction of cardiovascular risk compared to placebo. (Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis)>> view originalAustralian H.S. students 'show up' Martin Shkreli, re-create price-hiked pill for $2
Last fall, the biotech executive Martin Shkreli became widely reviled for hiking the price of a lifesaving drug by more than 4,000 percent overnight, to $750 per pill.Public outrage at Shkreli has apparently reverberated all the way to a high school science lab in Australia, where a group of 11th-grade students claim to have proven a point: the drug can be made for much, much cheaper. The group of 11 high school students, ages 16 and 17, successfully re-created the drug, Daraprim, for a mere $..>> view originalMichigan doctor accused of inappropriately touching, kissing 18-year-old patient
A Detroit doctor has been charged with assault and battery after an 18-year-old patient claimed he touched her inappropriately and attempted to kiss her while alone in the exam room. The alleged assault between Dr. Eliezer Monge and the unidentified patient occurred in July, The Detroit Free Press reported. “The actions of [Monge] in this case are reprehensible,” Frank Demers, Farmington Public Safety director, told the newspaper. “The victim came to him for help, and sadly he took advantage of..>> view original
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