Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Peanut menace?



Peanut menace? Allergy bullies use food to torment
msnbc.com
By JoNel Aleccia Health writer When a Wenatchee, Wash., high school student smeared peanut butter on the forehead of a fellow student with a serious peanut allergy two years ago, it was so unusual that the offender faced an assault charge and four days ...
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Surgery For Aggressive Prostate Cancer Gives 92% 10-year Survival Rate
Medical News Today
Patients with the most aggressive form of prostate cancer who have surgery - radical prostatectomy - were found to have a 10-year cancer-specific survival rate of 92%, which is high, and a 77% overall survival rate, according to researchers from the ...
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Some US executions held up by shortage of drug
The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Some executions in the US have been put on hold because of a shortage of one of the drugs used in lethal injections from coast to coast. Several of the 35 states that rely on lethal injection are either scrambling to find sodium ...
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Study: Celiac Disease Cases Increasing, Especially Among Seniors
OzarksFirst.com
Newly released information shows the number of cases of celiac disease is on the rise, especially among senior citizens. The study, published in the "Annuals of Medicine", showed the number of patients diagnosed with celiac disease has doubled every 15 ...
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