Reduction in salt intake likely cause of lower death rates from heart disease in England The 15 per cent fall in dietary salt intake over the past decade in England is likely to have had a key role in the 40 per cent drop in deaths from ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 19th annual report of overall U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions today, showing a 3.4 percent decrease in 2012 from 2011. The Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, ...
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The CTU have today presented to the health select committee in support of plain packaging of tobacco. "Any steps that can be taken to lower smoking rates will result in New Zealand workers and their families having healthier and better ...
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Forman Mills Inc., of Pennsauken, N.J., has agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty. The penalty agreement has been accepted provisionally by the Commission in a 3-0 ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Houston, Texas-based Phillips 66 Company recently agreed to retire over 21 billion sulfur credits that could have been used in the production of gasoline, which could ...
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Smartphone-based health-monitoring devices are a quickly growing segment, as evidenced by a novel device that converts a mobile device or laptop into a medical-grade pulse oximeter. The device, which was covered by Qmed's sister publication ...
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Uncertainty surrounding total swine herd losses to porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has sent lean hog futures for spring and summer contracts to record-high levels, but it's possible the markets have overreacted, a Purdue Extension ...
Tags: PEDv, Demand for pork, avoid the disease
Doctors in the United States are writing more prescriptions for sedatives than ever before, and the frequent use of these powerful drugs in combination with narcotic painkillers may be causing medication-related deaths, a new study ...
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The High Plains Dairy Conference held recently in Lubbock served as a one-stop update for many things important to the dairy industry, including the value of maintaining good employees, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service ...
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Beginning in 2017, all gasoline sold in the US must contain less than 10 parts per million sulfur, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday, dismissing oil industry arguments that the new standard is unnecessary and could ...
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The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has requested that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) withdraw a proposed rule that would drastically lower the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of crystalline silica ...
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Following the deaths of two siblings in Massachusetts, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is renewing its warning to consumers about the dangers associated with storage, cedar, hope and toy chests. Lids on millions of ...
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ATLANTA, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. flu activity continued to decrease during the week ending Feb. 22, but was high in Hawaii and Oklahoma, federal health officials say. The weekly flu report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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The mental health conditions of most people who commit suicide remain undiagnosed, even though most visit a primary care provider or medical specialist in the year before they die. To help prevent suicides, health care providers should ...
LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Kentucky heroin overdose deaths and emergency department visits increased from 2011 to 2012, while prescription painkiller overdoses dropped, officials say. A report by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and ...