Heparin Investigation - Latest Baxter Update Baxter is providing an update on severaladvances related to the investigation into recent heparin adverse reactionsassociated with the company's U.S. vial-based heparin products, which havesince been recalled. I. Baxter confirms that the contaminant identified in the company'sU.S. heparin vial products is hypersulfated chondroitin sulfate.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWilliams Foods, Inc. Issues Allergy Alert On Undeclared Milk In Bass Pro Shops Uncle Buck's Light 'N Krispy Fish Batter Mixes, USA Williams Foods Inc, of Lenexa KS., is voluntarily recalling 22 ounce canisters of Bass Pro Shops Uncle Buck's Light 'n Krispy Original and Light 'n Krispy Hot & Spicy Fish Batter Mixes and 8 ounce pouches of Bass Pro Shops Uncle Buck's Light 'n Krispy Original Fish Batter Mix because the products contain undeclared milk (as part of a minor component of added natural flavors).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comTyphoid No Longer An Enemy Of The Past As Study Highlights Risk For Travellers To Indian Sub-continent UK travellers visiting friends and relatives on the Indian sub-continent are carrying an unnecessary burden of typhoid and paratyphoid (also called enteric fevers), according to researchers at the
Health Protection Agency.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLower Total Radiotherapy Dose, With Fewer Larger Treatments As Effective For Breast Cancer Patients A LOWER total dose of radiotherapy, delivered in fewer, larger treatments has been shown to be as effective as the international standard of a higher total dose delivered over a longer time to treat women with early breast cancer - according to new research published in the Lancet and Lancet Oncology.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBreaking Down The Barriers To Good Asthma Care Asthma UK is launching a set of new
healthcare booklets which will help people from South Asian communities, who have been admitted to hospital with a potentially life-threatening asthma attack, avoid future emergency admissions.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDental And Medical Associations Form Partnership To Provide Teaching Tools To Educators Worldwide The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) have formed a partnership that will allow the AAMC to expand its unique MedEdPORTAL teaching tools repository to include dental education resources.
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