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Archive - Jun 8, 2012

Best Maid Cookie Company Issues Allergy Alert On Undeclared Walnut In Product

Best Maid Cookie Company of River Falls, Wisconsin is recalling Sienna Bakery brand Oatmeal Walnut Raisin and Sienna Bakery brand White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies due to the potential of undeclar
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Tackling diarrhea, pneumonia could save 2M children, according to UNICEF report

"Two million of the world's poorest children could be saved by introducing routine vaccination programs against diarrhea and pneumonia," according to a new report (.pdf) from UNICEF, BBC News reports
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New fetal genetics testing technique could offer less risk, more controversy

The full genetic code of a fetus has been cracked.

Discovery answers why mother's immune system does not reject developing fetus as foreign tissue

Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have made an important discovery that partially answers the long-standing question of why a mother's immune system does not reject a developing fetus as foreign t
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Forbes interviews UNFPA Executive Director regarding global progress in reducing maternal mortality

In this post in the Forbes "Leadership" blog, contributor Rahim Kanani interviews U.N.
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Second-hand cigarette smoke linked with moderate to severe urinary disorders in children

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, parents are responsible for 90 percent of children's exposure to environmental (second-hand) tobacco smoke.
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Decision Resources forecasts the launch of four new agents to treat DMD by 2021

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that interviewed experts unanimously identify a disease-modifying the
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Study identifies 29 potential DS biomarker proteins in maternal serum

Prenatal screening for Down syndrome (DS) is still in need of improvement. Perinatal medicine experts have worked hard to find new biomarkers for screening of DS. Dr.
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Preterm birth rates over past 20 years only dropped in 3 countries

Nearly 15 million babies were born prematurely in 2010—more than one in ten of all births.
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Study explores effects of letter spacing on the reading ability of dyslexic children

Increasing the spacing between characters and words in a text improves the speed and quality of dyslexic children's reading, without prior training.
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