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    Few safeguards for Mexican produce heading north (AP)

    Field manager Julio Aleman stands beside a pepper field  in Hidalgo, Mexico, where U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials have checked for and found salmonella, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. While some Mexican producers grow fruits and vegetables under strict sanitary conditions for export to the U.S., many don't and they can still send their produce across the border easily.  (AP Photo/ Monica Rueda)AP - At the end of a dirt road in northern Mexico, the conveyer belts processing hundreds of tons of vegetables a year for U.S. and Mexican markets are open to the elements, protected only by a corrugated metal roof.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:40:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    China inspects dairy regions after tainted milk (AP)

    In this photo released by China's Xihua News Agency, two babies with kidney stones receive medical treatment under the care of their fathers at a military hospital in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. So far this year, Gansu Provincial Health Department has seen 59 kidney stone cases in infants, and at least one baby died as a result of kidney stones. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhu Guoliang)AP - China's food safety watchdog sent inspectors to the country's main dairy producing regions on Sunday after at least 432 babies were sickened by tainted milk powder produced by a Chinese company.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:50:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Controlled drugs dumped uncontrolled into water (AP)
    AP - In a frustrating quirk in government policy, the most tightly controlled drugs — like painkilling narcotics prone to abuse — are the ones that most often elude environmental regulation when they become waste. -- read full article
    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:36:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    AP IMPACT: Tons of drugs dumped into wastewater (AP)

    Bryant Sears, working in a Teflon suit and wearing goggles and rubber gloves, sorts leftover medicines and contaminated packing one-by-one at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, May 13, 2008 in Minneapolis. Items are put into separate barrels and bins, depending on their differing disposal standards and methods. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - U.S. hospitals and long-term care facilities annually flush millions of pounds of unused pharmaceuticals down the drain, pumping contaminants into America's drinking water, according to an ongoing Associated Press investigation.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:18:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Changes in Seniors' Sleep Patterns Need Attention (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - SATURDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) -- While it's normal for older people to have occasional sleep problems, seniors who experience sleep pattern changes that last for longer than two weeks should see a doctor, says Dr. Charles Cefalu, a member of the American Geriatrics Society. -- read full article
    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:46:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    China says company knew of tainted milk for weeks (AP)

    In this photo released by China's Xihua News Agency, two babies with kidney stones receive medical treatment under the care of their fathers at a military hospital in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. So far this year, Gansu Provincial Health Department has seen 59 kidney stone cases in infants, and at least one baby died as a result of kidney stones. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhu Guoliang)AP - China's health minister blamed a dairy Saturday for the delay in warning the public about tainted milk powder linked to kidney stones in infants and at least one death, as authorities increased the number of known sick babies to 432.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:33:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Few safeguards for Mexican produce heading north (AP)

    Ruben Cisneros, 36, walks past jalapeno seedlings in a nursery in Hidalgo, Mexico, where the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Mexican authorities have checked for salmonella, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008.  The tests from the nursery were clean, according to Mexican officials. The recent outbreak was the United States' largest case of foodborne illness in a decade, infecting at least 1,440 people with a rare form of salmonella.  (AP Photo/ Monica Rueda).AP - At the end of a dirt road in northern Mexico, the conveyer belts processing hundreds of tons of vegetables a year for U.S. and Mexican markets are open to the elements, protected only by a corrugated metal roof.


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    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:42:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Changes in Seniors' Sleep Patterns Need Attention (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - SATURDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) -- While it's normal for older people to have occasional sleep problems, seniors who experience sleep pattern changes that last for longer than two weeks should see a doctor, says Dr. Charles Cefalu, a member of the American Geriatrics Society. -- read full article
    Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:01:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Chinese dairy knew milk fault weeks before recall (AP)

    In this photo released by China's Xihua News Agency, two babies with kidney stones receive medical treatment under the care of their fathers at a military hospital in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. So far this year, Gansu Provincial Health Department has seen 59 kidney stone cases in infants, and at least one baby died as a result of kidney stones. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhu Guoliang)AP - A Chinese dairy that sold milk powder linked to kidney stones in infants knew it contained a banned chemical weeks before ordering a recall, the health minister said Saturday.


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    Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:33:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Broad Screening of Blood Clots May Find Cancers Earlier (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Doing more thorough screening of people with unexplained blood clots -- particularly in the legs, arms and lungs -- could increase the rate of cancer detection among these people by 21 percent, according to a new research analysis. -- read full article
    Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:46:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Mediterranean Diet Cuts Death From Chronic Diseases (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 12 (HealthDay News) -- People who eat a strict Mediterranean diet are at less risk of developing heart disease, cancer, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, Italian researchers report. -- read full article
    Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:46:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Health Tip: Preparing for Pregnancy (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- At least three months before you try to get pregnant, you should start making sure that your body has the nutrients it needs to conceive a healthy baby. -- read full article
    Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:46:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 12, 2008 (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -- read full article
    Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:46:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Sleep Apnea May Cause Erectile Dysfunction (HealthDay)
    HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Men with sleep apnea may suffer from a treatable form of erectile dysfunction caused by regular deprivation of oxygen experienced during these episodes of obstructed breathing, a new report says. -- read full article
    Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:46:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
    Chinese dairy knew of milk contamination (AP)

    In this photo released by China's Xihua News Agency, two babies with kidney stones receive medical treatment under the care of their fathers at a military hospital in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. So far this year, Gansu Provincial Health Department has seen 59 kidney stone cases in infants, and at least one baby died as a result of kidney stones. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhu Guoliang)AP - A dairy that sold milk powder linked to kidney stones in infants and one death knew in August it was tainted with a banned chemical, weeks before it ordered a recall, the Health Ministry said Saturday.


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    Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:00:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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