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FDA says SW Ind. cantaloupes shouldn't be consumed
OWENSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Health officials say at least some of the salmonella-contaminated cantaloupe that has sickened nearly 200 in 21 states came from a southwestern Indiana farm, but they warned Thursday that until they've ruled out any other...
Tags: Farms, Listeria Outbreak (2011), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Salmonella Infection
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'A Promise to Amanda' marks anniversary of Granger teen's death
WSBT TV ReporterTwo years ago Monday, Amanda Abbiehl’s parents tucked the 18-year-old into her hospital bed and kissed her goodbye as she insisted she was feeling better. Doctors were treating her for dehydration and severe pain in her mouth and throat caused by a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Parenting, Memorial Day
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FDA: BPA no longer allowed in baby bottles
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government says baby bottles and sippy cups can no longer contain the controversial chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA. The U.S. chemical industry's chief association, the American Chemistry Council, had asked the Food and...
Tags: Washington, DC, Chemical Industry, BPA Contamination and Investigations
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Docs at odds over kids' cholesterol test guidance
CHICAGO (AP) — Should all U.S. children get tested for high cholesterol? Doctors are still debating that question months after a government-appointed panel recommended widespread screening that would lead to prescribing medicine for some kids....Tags: Heart Disease, Merck & Company Incorporated, Overweight, Drugs and Medicines, Heart Problems
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FDA approves first new weight loss pill in decade
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved Arena Pharmaceutical's anti-obesity pill Belviq, the first new prescription drug for long-term weight loss to enter the U.S. market in over a decade. The agency cleared the pill for...Tags: Washington, DC, Overweight, Weight, Drugs and Medicines, Diabetes
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FDA denies expanded approval of J&J blood thinner
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators have denied Johnson & Johnson's request to expand approval of its blood thinner Xarelto (ZAR-el-toh) for a new use to prevent life-threatening blood clots in high-risk patients. J&J said Thursday the Food and...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Washington, DC, Companies and Corporations, Xarelto (drug), Drugs and Medicines
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Salmonella in dog food sickens 14 people in US
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Fourteen people in at least nine states have been sickened by salmonella after handling tainted dog food from a South Carolina plant that a few years ago produced food contaminated by toxic mold that killed dozens of dogs,...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Pets, Disease Prevention, Companies and Corporations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Senate bill aims to increase drug import safety
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators would inspect more drug manufacturing facilities in China, India and other foreign countries as part of legislation approved Thursday that aims to step up oversight of the nation's imported pharmaceutical supply....Tags: John McCain, Prisons, Chemical Industry, Washington, DC, Bevacizumab (drug)
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FDA: New suppliers to ease 2 cancer drug shortages
AP Business WriterTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Federal regulators said Tuesday that they've approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs, easing critical shortages — at least for the time being — that have left patients and parents frightened about missing...Tags: Chemical Industry, Methotrexate (drug), Pharmaceuticals, Chemotherapy, Science and Technology
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2 years later, fish sick near BP oil spill site
BARATARIA BAY, La. (AP) — Open sores. Parasitic infections. Chewed-up-looking fins. Gashes. Mysterious black streaks. Two years after the drilling-rig explosion that touched off the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, scientists are...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Symptoms, Lifestyle and Leisure, Conservation, Science and Technology
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Indiana, Michigan included in 34-state egg recall
MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota company is recalling cooked eggs distributed in 34 states because of possible listeria contamination.
Michael Foods, of Minnetonka, is recalling eggs in brine sold in 10- and 25-pound pails for institutional use...Tags: Glenview, Farms, Economy, Business and Finance, Wakefield (Sussex, Virginia), Companies and Corporations
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CDC launching graphic anti-smoking ad campaign
ATLANTA (AP) — In a graphic new ad campaign announced Thursday, the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with the sometimes-gruesome stories of people damaged by tobacco products.
The new effort confronts a hard truth: Despite...Tags: Heart Surgery, Throat Cancer, Altria Group, Inc., Politics, Companies and Corporations
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