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FDA: Avoid jalapenos from Mexico, not US
From the Associated PressWASHINGTON -- The government is narrowing its warning to hot pepper lovers, saying only Mexican-grown jalapenos now are linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak -- clearing the U.S. crop. Food and Drug Administration inspectors are on a large Mexican... -
Avoid Jalapenos From Mexico, Not U.S.
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Only jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico seem to be implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak, the government announced Friday in clearing the U.S. crop. The Food and Drug Administration urged consumers to avoid raw Mexican jalapenos...Tags: Healthcare Policies, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food Safety, Emergency Incidents, Food Industry
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Veterans get ALS disability
Sun reporterThe Department of Veterans Affairs plans to provide full disability payments for Lou Gehrig's disease, tacitly acknowledging for the first time a generalized link between the fatal neurological disorder and military service. Veterans and patient...Tags: Defense, National Institutes of Health, Veterans Affairs, Major League Baseball, Lou Gehrig
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Women's group visits hospital program
Regina Scott, Shearl Adkins, Sherry Vincent and Tammy Lacey from the Smithfield women's networking group, Woman's Waye, recently spent the day with "The Look Good ... Feel Better" program offered at Sentara Obici Hospital through the American Cancer...Tags: Cancer, Smithfield, Death and Dying, Diseases
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California Bans Trans Fat In Restaurant Food
California on Friday became the first state to prohibit restaurants from using artery-clogging trans fats in preparing their food.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation that will ban restaurants and other retail food establishments from using...Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Healthcare Policies, Heart Disease, Artesia, Diseases
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Painkiller fentanyl's death toll put at 1,013
ATLANTA - More than 1,000 people died over two years from an illegal version of the prescription painkiller fentanyl, the government reported yesterday in its first national tally of those deaths. The spike of overdoses seems to have ended, health...Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pharmaceuticals, Addiction, Diseases
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Lake County community notes
Sentinel Staff WriterLakeview Terrace Retirement Community, County Road 42 in Altoona, will host a meet-the-candidate session at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 2 for candidates seeking the office of sheriff, School Board member and supervisor of elections. Another session is set for 1:30 p....Tags: Radio Industry, Political Candidates, Elections, First United Corporation, Public Holidays
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It's a magnetic view, indeed: Blasts tied to aurora borealis
Scientists have exposed some of the mystery behind the northern lights. On Thursday, NASA released findings that indicate magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause the northern lights, or aurora borealis, to burst in spectacular...Tags: NASA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases, House, Space Programs
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US fentanyl deaths topped 1,000 over 2 years
AP Medical WriterMore than 1,000 people died over two years from an illegal version of the painkiller fentanyl, the government reported Thursday in its first national tally of those deaths. The spike of overdoses seems to have ended, health officials said, pointing to...Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases, Drug Trafficking, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals
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