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Becomes First State To Ban Restaurant Trans Fat Usage Los Angeles- The state of California has joined in the health war against trans fats. It became the first state to ban their usage in restaurants beginning in 2010 when Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law a bill that was passed by both houses of the California legislature. The new law phases out trans fats in restaurants by 2010 and by all retail baked goods by 2011. Packaged foods prepared elsewhere evidently will be exempt. The state of ... Read More

GlaxoSmithKline Vaccine Unlikely To Receive US Approval For 2 Years London-The new cervical cancer vaccine that has been submitted by GlaxosmithKline for approval in the United States is not likely to receive the go ahead until 2010 at the earliest. The company has released a new timetable that sets its expectant date for approval of its new Cervarix Cancer Vaccine at 2010 at the earliest. Read More

Study Discovers Lava Spewing Activity North Pole- In a series of different expeditions on the Arctic Seafloor, there have been a number of volcano spots located that are actively spewing red-hot lava out of the seafloor. It has revealed itself as an explosive geographical location, with fountains of molten lava and gas that are springing out of different volcanoes under the sea near the North Pole. Read More

Mayo Clinic Replaces Heart For Second Time In 20 Month Old Boy St. Paul, MN- A medical first was performed at the famous Mayo Clinic last week on a 20-month-old infant boy. After the failure of an initial heart transplant that appeared at first to be successful, a second heart was successfully transplanted into the infant boy. Kobe Giesen, of Fargo ND, received a second heart less than a week after getting his first donor heart which failed after being transplanted. Surgeons worked very hard to ... Read More

Scientists Believe Outbreaks In Both States Related To Each Other Chicago- There have been outbreaks in both Michigan and Ohio in the past two weeks of E. Coli and the two separate but similar outbreaks are linked according to scientists. Both outbreaks are believed to have been caused by consumption of tainted ground beef, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA. Read More

Atlanta, GA- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issues preliminary numbers of the number of Americans who have contracted Diabetes over the last two years. Nearly 8 percent of the overall population now has the disease, and it is mainly the Type 2, Adult onset variety of diabetes that has taken the largest rise in its presence among Americans. More than a quarter of the people who are age 60 years and older have diabetes, and the world wide figures of people ... Read More

Washington, D.C.-The drugs that are typically administered to reduce pain and cut awareness during surgery can now cause a certain level of increased pain and suffering after the surgery is over. A team of scientists and researchers working at Georgetown University Medical Center have found that anesthesia drugs that are considered noxious cause the neurons and receptors in the central nervous system to be not used during surgery. But their administration during surgery will often cause these areas to become hyper sensitive after surgery, ... Read More

Los Angeles- Many of the diseases that do not typically affect most people are common among the poor people in America because they do not have the means to avoid or prevent them. In a report being published in the Public Library Of Science, in the PloS Neglected Tropical Disease Journal section, scientists report that many parasitic, bacterial and viral infections target the poor and those in poverty conditions. The reasons appear to be several, including that the sanitary conditions among people living in ... Read More

is suffering the early stages of emphysema according to her father. The UK’s Sunday Mirror has quoted Amy’s dad as saying “With smoking the crack cocaine and the cigarettes her lungs are all gunked up…She’s got 70 percent lung capacity.” However Amy's publicist says she does not have full-blown enphysema. "She is not diagnosed with full-blown emphysema, but instead has early signs of what could lead to emphysema," Tracey Miller, her U.S.-based representative, told The Associated Press on Monday. Winehouse was rushed to the hospital last ... Read More

Los Angeles - On Monday Internet forums and blogs were buzzing when new racy photos of Miley Cyrus were leaked. One photo shows the 15-year-old star pulling down the top of her shirt to reveal a green bra. Another photo shows Cyrus revealing her midriff while laying across the lap of a young male. The photos, are just another contradiction to the young stars squeaking clean image. Late last year another set of photos were leaked which showed the “Hannah Montana” star wearing nothing more ... Read More