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Archive - Jun 1, 2012

An Updated Message to our Customers - Recall of South Korea Shellfish

Fri, 2012-06-01 15:05 — earnie

On Friday, May 25, 2012, at the end of the business day, the FDA issued a Constituent Update on shellfish from Korea.
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Mothers who smoke during pregnancy increase risk of asthma in children

Fri, 2012-06-01 10:05 — earnie

African-American and Latino children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy are more likely to suffer from acute asthma symptoms in their teens than asthma sufferers whose mothers did not smoke, accord
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Smoking during pregnancy affects weight of the newborns

Fri, 2012-06-01 07:05 — earnie

Smoking during pregnancy has widely documented health repercussions both for mother and baby.
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Tentative deals forged in ill., Providence, R.I., to save money on retiree pensions, health care

Fri, 2012-06-01 06:05 — earnie

Officials report accords with public employees restricting pension increases in order to keep the programs solvent. Both deals also involve changes to retiree health care programs..

Zinc supplementation in young children with serious infections significantly lowers risk of treatment failure

Fri, 2012-06-01 06:05 — earnie

Treating young children with suspected serious bacterial infection with zinc in addition to standard antibiotics significantly reduces the likelihood of treatment failure, according to new research pu
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Scientists discover genetic basis for CLOVES syndrome

Fri, 2012-06-01 06:05 — earnie

Using advanced technologies for rapidly sequencing and analyzing DNA from clinical and pathologic samples, a multidisciplinary research team consisting of geneticists, pathologists and surgeons at Bos
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Opinion pieces, editorial discuss significant decline in child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa

Fri, 2012-06-01 06:05 — earnie

The following summaries of two opinion pieces and an editorial explore a recent paper published by the World Bank discussing significant declines in infant and under-five mortality in Kenya and across
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NAC reduces irritability in children with autism

Fri, 2012-06-01 05:05 — earnie

Autism is a developmental disorder that affects social and communication skills.
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Seriously ill children administered zinc in addition to antibiotics respond better, more quickly to treatment, study shows

Fri, 2012-06-01 05:05 — earnie

"In a newly released clinical study, conducted in India" and published in the Lancet on Thursday, "hundreds of seriously ill infants who received zinc -- an essential micronutrient for the immune syst
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Functional disability impacts educational attainment in children with JIA

Fri, 2012-06-01 04:05 — earnie

As children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) grow into adulthood, disability due to disease may adversely affect their ability to achieve educational success.
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