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Kidney patients more at risk of sudden cardiac death?

Published December 2, 2008, 6:47 am, Asbury Park Press

Sudden cardiac death is the leading cause of death among kidney failure patients, and inflammation and malnutrition are major risk factors for fatal heart attacks in these people, Johns Hopkins researchers report.

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Candles burn brightly for local HIV/AIDS victims, survivors

Published December 2, 2008, 6:44 am, Sampson Independent

Since the early 1980s, approximately 21.5 million people have lost their lives by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus; however, several Sampson County residents are following the campaign slogan of the president-elect and implanting change.

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Leptospirosis on the rise

Published December 2, 2008, 6:27 am, Sun Star

HEALTH officials are alarmed by the increasing number of leptospirosis cases in Zamboanga City. City Health Officer Dr. Rodel Agbulos said there are already 35 cases of leptospirosis with seven deaths registered in his office since January this year.

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China steps up melamine containment efforts

Published December 2, 2008, 5:19 am, Food Production Daily

The US-based mass spectrometry systems firm said that the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) and two dairy manufacturers, Shanxi Gucheng and Yashili Dairy Company, recently deployed five of its API 3200 mass spectrometry systems for the scanning, identification and measurement of the quantity of various food contaminants.

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My Pharmiweb.com

Published December 2, 2008, 5:16 am, PharmiWeb

Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research have made significant progress in pinpointing two new risk factors associated with the most common childhood kidney cancer, known as Wilms tumour.

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Applied Biosystems – Part of Life Technologies – Helps China Respond to Melamine Contamination in Dairy Products

Published December 2, 2008, 4:31 am, Centre Daily Times

Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), a provider of innovative life science research and discovery solutions, today announced that the Chinese government and two leading food manufacturers are implementing its mass spectrometry-based technologies for food analysis as part of efforts to identify and contain the spread of melamine in the food supply.

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Study Demonstrates The Benefit Of Using Chemoradiotherapy In Elderly Patients With Locally Advanced Oesophageal Cancer

Published December 2, 2008, 4:12 am, Medical News Today

Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) can be considered an "effective" treatment for elderly patients with locally advanced oesophageal cancer, reports the British Journal of Cancer.

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Applied Biosystems Part of Life Technologies Helps China Respond to Melamine Contamination in Dairy Products

Published December 2, 2008, 4:00 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

SHANGHAI, China & CARLSBAD, Calif.----Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation , a provider of innovative life science research and discovery solutions, today announced that the Chinese government and two leading food manufacturers are implementing its mass spectrometry-based technologies for food analysis as part of efforts to identify and contain the spread of melamine in the ...

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Nigeria: My Pikin - a Fatal Attraction

Published December 2, 2008, 3:21 am, AllAfrica.com

The feeling one gets as one holds a bottle of My Pikin Baby Teething Mixture does not arouse suspicion or doubt. Even if its clear, liquid content looks deceptively innocuous, the light brown white-capped 100ml bottle is certainly attractive.

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Nigeria: Diethylene Glycol, Killer On the Prowl

Published December 2, 2008, 3:19 am, AllAfrica.com

EVEN as the nation continues to mourn the untimely death of no less than 45 infants who ingested My Pikin - a brand of teething mixture - adulterated with the industrial chemical Diethylene glycol (DEG), historical records show that the development may only be the latest in a long-line of recorded poisonings associated with the chemical.

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