AP – The Topps Meat Co. on Saturday expanded its recall of frozen hamburger patties to include 21.7 million pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria that sickened more than a dozen people in eight states.

AP – Dengue fever is spreading across Latin America and the Caribbean in one of the worst outbreaks in decades, causing agonizing joint pain for hundreds of thousands of people and killing nearly 200 so far this year.

AP – He was one of America’s first defenders on Sept. 11, 2001, a Marine who pulled burned bodies from the ruins of the Pentagon. He saw more horrors in Kuwait and Iraq.

HealthDay – SATURDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health experts on
Friday urged the federal Food and Drug Administration to consider banning
the sale of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines for young
children.

AP – Very young children simply should not take some commonly used cold and cough medicines, federal health officials say in recommending that the “consult your physician” advice to parents on the labels be dropped.

AP – It sounds like science fiction but it’s true: A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die.

HealthDay – FRIDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) — One in seven women suffers from
depression before, during or after pregnancy, a new study finds.

HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of Thomson CenterWatch:

AFP – A British school closed its website after links to hardcore pornography and impotence drugs were discovered on the parents' forum.

AP – Customer satisfaction with a toll-free help line for Medicare beneficiaries appears to be dropping based on interviews conducted earlier this year by the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services.

Reuters – A low-carbohydrate/high-fat
diet and a high-carbohydrate/low-fat diet both improve weight
loss, enhance mood, and speed thinking, a study shows, but the
low-carb diet may offer less benefit in terms of the rate of
cognitive processing.

Reuters – People with a certain gene
mutation are more likely to get Parkinson's disease early —
before the age of 50 — compared to those without the gene
abnormality, according to a new study.

Reuters – In men with early or
"localized" prostate cancer, the strategy of active
surveillance of their cancer does not appear to increase levels
of psychological stress any more than undergoing immediate
treatment does, according to UK researchers.

AP – Clinical trials that enroll millions of patients in tests of experimental drugs and medical devices get scant government oversight, according to a report released Friday.

AP – Government health officials on Friday gave drug companies until Oct. 31 to stop making and selling any unapproved medicines labeled for use by children younger than 6 that contain the painkiller and cough suppressant hydrocodone.

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Reuters – A report to be released on Friday
finds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration does very little to
ensure the safety of patients who help test drugs in clinical
trials, The New York Times reports.

HealthDay – (HealthDay News) – A tremor is an uncontrolled, involuntary,
rapid movement of a muscle, and can be caused by a medication or certain
conditions such as Parkinson's disease.

HealthDay – THURSDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDay News) — Three or more drinks a day
boosts a woman's risk for breast cancer by 30 percent. And it doesn't seem
to matter which form of alcohol — wine, beer, or spirits — is consumed,
researchers report.

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