Archive for the ‘Health’ Category
Sunday, October 31st, 2010
For years now, there has been paranoia among parents taking their children out for a trick or treat. Almost every year, there are countless news stories around the world about poisonous candies, cyanide laced chocolates, razor blades in fruit and adulterated foods.
Over the years, these stories have been passed on ...
Posted in Events, Health, News | Comments Off
Friday, October 29th, 2010
Pancreatic cancer has an extremely poor prognosis, even when it is diagnosed early. The cancer typically has spread by the time diagnosis is made. In the majority of patients, the cancer is never detected early. The signs and symptoms of the pancreatic cancer do not appear until the cancer has ...
Posted in Health, News | Comments Off
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
Johnson and Johnson are once again in the news with a major recall of their popular over the counter pain medication-Tylenol. This latest recall is for Tylenol 8 hour caplets. Consumers recently started to complain of a mouldy or musky odor when the vial was opened. The odor is felt ...
Posted in Health, News, Products | Comments Off
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Lay's is a popular brand of potato chips and is now to be recalled in Canada by suspecting salmonella contamination within its contents.
The CFIA or Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced last Monday that Lay’s smoky bacon flavored potato chips contains HVP or hydrolyzed vegetable protein which was known to ...
Posted in Health | Comments Off
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Viagra has been a top seller in the North American market for more than a decade but its looks like there is a formidable competitor. Vivus, a small biotech firm, has just announced that they plan to release a new drug for erectile failure called, avanafil. This drug can generate ...
Posted in Health, News, Products | Comments Off