The Food and Drug Administration has issued several warnings recently about a Salmonella outbreak that has been linked to the consumption of certain raw red tomatoes.
Since mid-April, the CDC reported that at least 167 people in 17 states have been infected with Salmonella, 23 of which were hospitalized with Salmonella Saintpaul, an uncommon strain of [...]
The National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce the release of the NLM Drug Information Portal. The site is at http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov. The NLM Drug Information Portal gives the public, healthcare professionals, and researchers a gateway to current, accurate and understandable drug information from the National Library of Medicine and other key government agencies.
More than [...]
An article in the February issue of the Journal of Sleep discusses the results of a study on how a nap containing only NREM sleep (or non-dreaming sleep without rapid eye movements) improves memory skills. The study found that, compared to folks who stayed awake, nappers did better on some memory tests. The [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The National Library of Medicine announced the release of the NLM Drug Information Portal (http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov. ) on February 12. The NLM Drug Information Portal provides current, accurate and understandable drug information to the public, healthcare professionals, and researchers.
This database contains more than 12,000 drug records. The search interface is easy to use. [...]
The semantic term “fat” may be more harmful than physically being overweight. This week, Reuter’s Health reported that “Obesity’s health effects could have more to do with feeling bad about being fat than actually being overweight, a new study shows.” While clarifying that this doesn’t mean obesity isn’t a problem, Dr. Peter Muennig of Columbia [...]
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