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January 31st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Brazilian Blowout Maker Settles California
Lawsuit
As part of a lawsuit settlement, the company that makes popular
Brazilian Blowout hair straightening products says it will warn consumers
that two of its formulations emit formaldehyde gas, a possible
carcinogen.
The lawsuit was filed in November by California‘s attorney general, the
Associated Press reported.
North Hollywood GIB LLC also agreed to pay $600,000 in fines and
penalties for failing to alert consumers and hair stylists that its
products may contain cancer-causing chemicals, and will have all its
products tested for toxic substances at a state-approved lab.
The company will also supply salons with a pamphlet outlining
recommended safety precautions, the AP reported.
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FDA Sued Over Secret Surveillance of
Employees
A lawsuit by a group of scientists and doctors who worked at the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration says the agency secretly monitored their
personal e-mails.
Government documents show the surveillance occurred over two years and
began after the employees alerted Congress that the FDA was approving
medical devices that the scientists and doctors believed posed
unacceptable risks to patients, the Washington Post reported.
All six employees worked in an office that reviewed devices for cancer
screening and other purposes. The information collected by the FDA
surveillance contributed to the harassment or dismissal of all six
employees.
FDA spokeswoman Erica Jefferson said the agency does not comment on
litigation, the Post reported.
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Senator’s Stroke Shows it Can Happen at Any
Age
The stroke suffered by 52-year-old Republican Sen. Mark Kirk of
Illinois a little over a week ago shows that a stroke can strike people at
any age and everyone needs to know the warning signs, experts say.
“Nobody’s invincible,” Dr. Ralph Sacco, a University of Miami
neurologist and past president of the American Heart Association, told the
Associated Press.
Most strokes do occur in older adults but up to a quarter of them occur
in people younger than 65, Sacco said.
Recent government research found that national hospitalization rates
for ischemic strokes (caused by blocked/reduced blood flow to the brain)
have risen by about a third among people ages 15 to 44 over the past
decade, the AP reported.
Kirk suffered an ischemic stroke caused by a tear in the carotid artery
in his neck. Such tears are usually caused by trauma but doctors haven’t
been able to say what the cause was in this case, the AP
reported.
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Faster, Safer Circumcision Methods Being
Evaluated For HIV/AIDS Prevention
Research showing that circumcising adult heterosexual men can reduce
their risk of HIV infection by 60 percent or more has public health
experts looking for ways to provide faster, cheaper and safer circumcision
for men in Africa.
Several devices are currently being tested, including one called the
PrePex and another called the Shang Ring, The New York Times
reported.
The PrePex features a rubber band that compresses the foreskin against
a plastic ring slipped inside it. The foreskin is deprived of blood and
dies within hours. After a week, it falls off or can be clipped off.
The Shang Ring, a plastic two-ring clamp that’s used in China to treat
men with foreskins that have become so tight that they cut off urination.
This method requires cutting off the excess foreskin beyond the clamp,
The Times reported.
Both methods are being evaluated by the World Health Organization.
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Legionnaire’s-Causing Bacteria Found in Las
Vegas Hotel-Casino
The bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s disease was found in water
samples from the Luxor hotel-casino in Las Vegas this month after a guest
died of the form of pneumonia, health officials said Monday.
Three cases of Luxor guests being diagnosed with Legionnaire’s disease
have been reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
national surveillance program, according to the Southern Nevada Health
District, the Associated Press reported.
District officials said water at the Luxor was tested after the first
two cases were reported in the spring of 2011, but no Legionella bacteria
was detected. Both those patients recovered.
After the bacteria was found in water samples this month, the Luxor
immediately took action, including superheating and super-chlorination of
its water system, the AP reported.
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