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Federal health officials are investigating if there's a link between illnesses reported by several workers at a pig slaughterhouse in Indiana and those seen recently in workers at a Minnesota pork plant. All the employees work in areas where pigs' heads have been processed using a technique in which compressed air is shot into their skulls until their brains spill out, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokeswoman Lola Russell said.
Federal health officials are investigating if there's a link between illnesses reported by several workers at a pig slaughterhouse in Indiana and those seen recently in workers at a Minnesota pork plant.
Roger Federer has a severe stomach virus and has pulled out of an exhibition tournament less than a week away from the Australian Open.
On the slaughterhouse floor at Quality Pork Processors Inc. is an area known as the "head table," but not because it is the place of honor. It is where workers cut up pigs' heads and then shoot compressed air into the skulls until the brains come spilling out.
Democratic Rep. Julia Carson, who announced over the weekend that she has terminal lung cancer, will not run for a seventh term, her chief of staff said Monday.
A highly contagious virus that causes stomach flu sickened about 220 passengers aboard a Norwegian Cruise Lines ship that returned Monday to Honolulu after its weekly seven-day cruise around the islands, officials said.
The number of Japanese suffering from mental illnesses topped 3 million for the first time in 2005, the government said Friday, amid efforts to improve mental health services in Japan.
An unidentified animal illness has spread in two southern Chinese cities, infecting at least 1,300 pigs and killing more than 300, according to reports in Hong Kong newspapers. No human infections have been reported.
More than 300 people say they became ill, and at least three have been hospitalized, after eating at an Olive Garden restaurant last weekend, health officials said Friday.
Women may give up more than a husband by divorcing — they may also lose some of their good health, according to a study by Iowa State University.
The unexplained symptoms that afflict thousands of Gulf War veterans don't constitute a single illness, a federally funded study concludes.
Joyous celebration in Miami over news that an ailing Fidel Castro had temporarily ceded power gave way Tuesday to rampant speculation among Cuban exiles: Is Castro already dead? What will happen in Cuba after he is gone? Is this just a trick?
Is the problem with American health care too little treatment or too much? Most people would probably say the former, pointing to the millions who lack health insurance or to those who don't have enough.
I guess its true what they say about hospitals being the best place in the world to actually pick up an illness. I remember the time I was admitted into a military hospital with complicated stomach ulcers and walked out with a lice infestation. Go figure!
Man cuts off hand, then mocrowaves it,after seeing the "mark of the devil"
Energy-saving light bulbs can be bad for your skin, doctors are warning. The fluorescent devices produce a more intense light and can aggravate a range of existing problems, especially in those with light-sensitive conditions.
People who have medicare healthier than people without it...
December 2007 Direct from CDC: Environmental Health Services Branch George Luber, Ph.D. Jeremy Hess, M.D., M.P.H. CDC article about the possible effects of climate change on the health of people in the United States
A child with a very rare very serious illness....
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) - Cigna decided not to pay for a liver transplant, then reversed itself, but the 17-year-old patient died before she could undergo the procedure, the attorney for the patient's family said. Media reports say the Los Angeles attorney Mark Geragos, represent …
Health officials predict ongoing problems in recreational pools and spas due to chlorine resistant cryptospridiosis. Recreational Water Illness is a major problem in the United States and other countries too.
Eurosurveillance 11/2007 Carol Joseph, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom outlines the importance of international collaboration in the prevention, detection, and investigation of Travel associated Legionnaires disease.
Being away at school is hard enough, but an illness or death back home can hit hard. The author shares her personal experience about going to school during her father's fight with cancer, and some helpful tips for students in the same situation.
British Columbia Ministry of Health hot tub safety tips and maintenance recommendations.
Unfortunately, most USA state's public pool and spa codes do not include many of the the important recommendations outlined in this WHO document to help prevent recreational water illnesses.
I often wonder what the relationship is between the sixth sense (and other gifts) and mental/physical illness. Less so on the physical side. Still.
I told Kari that I needed to go. Now? she asked somewhat befuddled. Yes, now, in a panicky whisper. I-I need to see Caleb. The church service was not even half way over. I didn't want to be there anymore. A terrifying thought occurred to me.
....Have you ever been left with the impression after a thorough poking, prodding and testicular cupping at the doctor's office that perhaps they don't always know what's best? The thought is usually pushed from your mind, after all these people had to go through years of school …
Many people have or know someone who is experiencing chronic pain. Importantly, many people are unaware of the fact that they know someone who is experiencing chronic pain, so I would recommend everyone read this article.
A mysterious odor shut down a section of Newark Airport for about two hours Saturday and led to delays for several hundred travelers, authorities said.
Industrial discharge and household wastewater have polluted a northern Chinese river so badly that the water—dark red in some sections—has caused chronic illnesses among villagers, a government publication reported.
Women in jail can suffer slow and painful deaths for treatable and simple illnesses simply as a result of the horrific state of prison health care.
Flu season is here! Are you ready to fight off illness for the holidays? This article is targeted to college students, but useful for anyone with a busy schedule.
Women who choose a Caesarean delivery, sometimes described as "too posh to push", are increasing the risk to themselves and their baby.
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