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Salmonella found in the ice cream Straightfromthedoc

Five people in Washington contracted Salmonella in the ice cream: Five people in Washington have contracted food poisoning after eating cake batter-flavored ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery stores. The victims -- a woman in King County, a man in Whatcom County, two girls in Snohomish County and a woman in Spokane -- were infected with a rare strain of the salmonella bacteria called salmonella typhimurium, according to the state Department of [...] Read More


Generic Lamisil® Tablets and OTC Terbinafine Cream, Approved by the FDA Straightfromthedoc

A product of Novartis, Lamisil® (terbinafine hydrochloride) Tablets is a prescription drug for the treatment of nail fungus infection (onychomycosis). Now, the FDA has approved the first generic versions of Lamisil® (terbinafine hydrochloride tablets in 250-milligram formulations) from multiple generic drug manufacturers: Amneal Pharmaceuticals Apotex Corporation Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. Gedeon Richter USA Inc. Genpharm Inc. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc. InvaGen Pharmaceuticals Inc. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. Orgenus Pharma Inc. Roxane Laboratories Inc. TEVA Pharmaceuticals USA Watson Laboratories Inc. Wockhardt USA Inc. In addition, [...] Read More


Trying to Conceive? Go for Whole Fat Milk and Ice Cream Instead of Low-Fat Dairy Products Straightfromthedoc

According to new research published February 28 in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal, Human Reproduction, women trying to conceive should drink whole fat milk and eat ice cream instead of going for low-fat dairy products like skimmed milk and yoghurt. A low-fat dairy diet and has been found to increase the risk of Infertility due to lack of ovulation (anovulatory infertility). The presence of a fat-soluble substance (which improves ovarian function) [...] Read More


Genetically Modified Salmonella Delivers Vaccine The Biotech Weblog

Scientists have successfully genetically engineered Salmonella enterica to deliver an antigen that protects against pneumonia. The method apparently effectively delivers the antigen in the body, does not infect the body with salmonella and does not leave any vaccine cells in the environment. "If we tried to use live Streptococcus pneumoniae causing pneumonia for a vaccine, we would obviously kill the patient. The benefit of a live vaccine that uses a weakened [...] Read More


Probiotic Strain Bifantis Shows Anti-Inflammatory Properties in Arthritis and Salmonella Infection Models The Biotech Weblog

During the 38th annual Digestive Disease Week, the biotechnology firm Alimentary Health presented results indicating that a natural probiotic bacterial strain of human origin, Bifantis(R) (Bifidobacterium infantis 35624), has anti-inflammatory activities in models of arthritis and Salmonella infection. [snip] four bacterial strains were fed to mice. Of these four strains, researchers determined that only Bifantis delayed the onset of artificially induced arthritis and resulted in less severe arthritic symptoms. In the [...] Read More