Meat Processor Takes Blame For Canadian Food Poisoning Outbreak (Toronto) -- Saying "the buck stops here," a Canadian meat processor is taking full blame for a deadly food poisoning outbreak. The chief executive of Maple Leaf Foods told a news conference the company's best efforts failed ...Read More
Researchers Say Brain Chemical Could Offer Obesity Hope (Washington, DC) -- Researchers say a brain chemical could offer new hope for obese people. They were studying people with a rare genetic disorder when they discovered the chemical, known as BDNF, might play a role in appetite and obesity ...Read More
ABC And "People" Teaming On New Weight Loss Special (New York, NY) -- ABC television and "People" magazine are teaming up on a new special. "Variety" reports that the network will air a one-hour program inspired by the magazine's annual "Half Their Size" issue ...Read More
New York HIV Contraction Higher Than U.S. Average (New York, NY) -- New Yorkers are contracting HIV at a rate three times the U.S. average. About 100-thousand people in New York are believed to be infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The New York City Health Department tested samples of HIV-positive blood and used a formula developed by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention to pinpoint when each person contracted HIV ...Read More
Researchers Develop Scale To Determine Death Risk From Angioplasty (Chicago, IL) -- Researchers have developed a seven-point scale to determine the potential risks of undergoing a common procedure to open blocked heart arteries. A Mayo Clinic team says the scale uses information such as age, gender and incidence of cardiac shock to score the risk of dying from angioplasty ...Read More
Research Analyzes Possibility Of Restoring Hearing Loss (Washington, DC) -- New research suggests it may be possible to restore hearing loss. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University say they've regrown crucial hairs in the inner ears of mice through gene therapy ...Read More
