Archive for March, 2010
FDA says Basic Food Flavors knew plant was contaminated with salmonella – washingtonpost.com
March 12th, 2010 | 
Author: HVP, or hydrolyzed vegetable protein is a flavor enhancer found in many processed foods. It gives food a meaty or savory flavor. It’s found in potato chips, salad dressings and many other foods we consume on a daily basis.
The company where the majority of HVP is made (it makes 20 million pounds of this food additive annually) knew its products contained salmonella yet continued to ship it out for over five months.
For more information on the outbreak, along with a link you can go to see what items have been recalled, click on the link below.
The company at the heart of a growing recall of processed foods knew that its plant was contaminated with salmonella but continued to make a flavoring and sell it to foodmakers around the country, according to inspectors at the Food and Drug Administration.
FDA says Basic Food Flavors knew plant was contaminated with salmonella – washingtonpost.com
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Live kidney donors do not die sooner: study | Reuters
A new study done at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore concludes that live kidney donors do not die sooner than they would have had they not donated the kidney. The study followed over 80,000 live kidney donors for the last 16 years and compared them with 9,000 non donors. “Surgical mortality did not change during the 15 year period (between 1994 and 2009), despite differences in surgical practice and donor selection, “ Dr. Dorry Segev states.
Click on the link below to read the whole article.
Healthy Americans who donated a kidney were not at higher risk of dying afterward, which may reassure potential donors and help shorten the long waiting list for an organ, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening – Yahoo! News
Pregnancy related deaths have increased over the last decade. The state with the highest number of childbirth deaths is California. Out of 100,000 women, there were 16.9 maternal deaths. The national average is 13.4 maternal deaths. That number is nearly double what it was 10 years ago.
The two most common reasons for the deaths were blot clots and hemorrhaging. For more information click on the link below.
Eleven days after her son Benjamin’s birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.
Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening – Yahoo! News
Over-the-Counter Pain Relievers Linked to Hearing Loss – AOL Health
Many wives blame their husbands poor hearing on selective hearing (only hearing what they choose to hear) but a new study has shown that poor hearing maybe the cause of common over the counter medication. Pain relievers like acetaminophen or ibuprofen taken just twice a week is enough to increase your risk of hearing loss. Click on the link below for the full article.
Plenty of women suspect their husbands of selective hearing loss, but it could be your spouse’s failure to respond to your overtures to help with the dishes might be more legitimate than it appears.
Over-the-Counter Pain Relievers Linked to Hearing Loss – AOL Health
Women Who Drink Moderately Less Likely to Gain Weight – AOL Health
Even though red wine has been associated with a lowered risk of heart disease and diabetes, diet book authors ban the drink because of a belief that it can stop your body from burning fat. A new study is aiming to change their thinking. A study that was published on March 8th shows that women wine drinkers who were at a healthy weight to begin with, gained less than non drinking women over time. For more information on this study click on the link below.
Women Who Drink Moderately Less Likely to Gain Weight – AOL Health