[Health] News Summary: Salmonella outbreak tied to salmon

News Summary: Salmonella outbreak tied to salmon
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ijMOW9cZQiCq02_S-oK_MtFhjVkg?docId=CNG.4f566a1bee1ffb2806d0dacbf247b94d.171
BAD FISH: Smoked salmon tainted with salmonella bacteria has sickened hundreds of people in the Netherlands and the United States, sparking a major recall, health authorities said.

A science reporter becomes a West Nile zombie
http://wreg.com/2012/10/02/west-nile-virus-spreading-in-the-mid-south/
So this is what the 21st century feels like. That epiphany arrived the Thursday after Labor Day as I stood burning - a feeling I had had for two months - on a downtown Washington sidewalk in a 98-degree swelter.

Researchers Genetically Modify a Cow to Produce Low-Allergy Milk
http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/02/researchers-genetically-modify-a-cow-to-produce-low-allergy-milk/
By Alexandra Sifferlin | @acsifferlin | October 2, 2012 | + If New Zealand researchers have their way, some milk allergy suffers may someday be able to douse their cereal with the white stuff, without the digestive discomfort.

Researchers study breast cancers after pregnancy
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/02/breast-cancer-after-pregnancy/1601129/
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Breast Cancer Awareness month begins
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/mitchell-reports/49260809/
NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports on how the US and UK plane to raise awareness about the disease. Can Romney handle the pressures of a presidential debate?

Saudis: Virus does not pose threat to pilgrims
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19792908
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Internet Addiction Is The New Mental Health Disorder
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/screenaddicted-children-may-have-newest-mental-illness-20120929-26s7q.html
There's been a lot of controversy about some of the maladies included in the freshly revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders (DSM-V).

Apixaban Works Across Afib Risk Levels
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Arrhythmias/35063
By Todd Neale, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today The novel anticoagulant apixaban reduces the risk of stroke and major bleeding among patients with atrial fibrillation, regardless of baseline risk, a secondary analysis of the ARISTOTLE trial showed.

Indiana delays Essential Health Benefits decision
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/1/the-truth-about-obamacare-in-mississippi-taxpayers/
Indiana could fully implement the Affordable Care Act and provide Medicaid health coverage to a half million uninsured Hoosiers for at least four years without requiring any new revenue, The Times reported two weeks ago.

Army vet sues gov't for $10M over frostbitten penis
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2211828/VA-Hospital-Army-vet-sues-penis-amputated-nurse-left-ice-packs-19-HOURS.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Louisville, Kentucky A US Army veteran is suing the government for $10 million, alleging a nurse at a veteran's hospital repeatedly put ice packs on his penis after surgery, causing frostbite and gangrene and ultimately leading to the organ's partial ...

ArQule, Daiichi Sankyo End Cancer-Drug Trial
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/35436/arqule-shares-tank-on-discontinuation-of-lung-cancer-drug-trial-35436.html
By BEN FOX RUBIN And JOSEPH WALKER ArQule Inc. and Daiichi Sankyo Co. said they would discontinue their late-stage study of a drug to treat lung cancer, marking a severe setback for ArQule's lead product candidate.

Why it's important to get your yearly flu shot
http://www.ourhometown.ca/edmonton/news/NL0313.php
Flu season is just around the corner: It typically begins in October or November, peaks in January or February and can continue through May.