PHILADELPHIA - Diabetes has cost Robert Heard dearly. His left leg was amputated below the knee two years ago. Kidney failure - with its special diets, thrice-weekly dialysis, and ever-present threats of infection - is worse. "It breaks you down ...
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It has had many an alias since its conception: geriatric screen, senior pet testing, or as many of us in the veterinary field now prefer, wellness testing. It’s the name given to some routine diagnostic tests performed on our furry friends as they ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- November 26, 2008--- Balanced Health Products, Inc. is voluntarily recalling STARCAPS DIET SYSTEM DIETARY SUPPLEMENT, Lot 12/2011 – 84810 , sold in 30 capsule plastic bottles. The recall is effective immediately and is ...
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Amanda Teeple said the past few months have been like a fresh start. "It was like (I had) nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, (then I had) everything I (had wanted). It was kind of crazy," said the 22-year-old Port Huron woman. After today, things ...
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A niblet here and giblet there can add up for pets during the holidays and possibly result in serious health problems and an expensive emergency visit to the local vet. The biggest problem is pets don’t know what they should and should not eat and ...
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Last month, FDA issued its Interim Safety and Risk Assessment of Melamine and its Analogues in Food for Humans. This interim safety and risk assessment indicated that melamine, in its chainlike "polymerized" form, has been used to manufacture dishes ...
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It was just a decade ago that doctors were telling us to eat more pasta and pizza to stay healthy and live longer. Then the flavor of the day became oily fish and nuts, the buzzword being the seemingly magic cure-all: omega-3. Over the past two ...
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