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Sprouts may contain Salmonella SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 27, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090824/FDALOGO) Fast Facts The FDA is advising consumers not to eat Alfalfa Sprouts and Spicy Sprouts (which contain alfalfa sprouts mixed with radish and clover sprouts) from Tiny Greens Organic Farm of Urbana, Ill. The sprouts were distributed in 4 oz. and 5 lb. containers to...
Quality, Proprietary Probiotic Formulas Are the Perfect Companions This Winter to Ease Common Traveler's Tummy Woes Beltsville, MD (Vocus/PRWEB) December 24, 2010 Beltsville, MD, December 2010- Vidazorb® chewable probiotic tablets offer a convenient, on-the-go ally for a variety of stomach ills. Vidazorb® is the ideal travel companion for dealing with traveler's tummy, with that belly-flopping panic that really upsets holiday travel plans. Whether traveling to visit family and...
Baked goods and pastries may be repackaged, sold under other labels SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 24, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Fast Facts Rolf's Patisserie, a gourmet European style bakery located in Lincolnwood, Ill., is recalling all desserts made after Nov. 1, 2010. The products include tiramisu, cakes, cobblers, decorated cookies, tarts, pastries, and pies.The desserts have been connected to several outbreaks of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) food poisoning. Because Rolf's...
About one in six Americans, or roughly 48 million people, are sickened from with foodborne illnesses each year, according to new estimates released Wednesday from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Of those, nearly 3,000 are killed and 128,000 require hospitalization due to their illness, the health agency said.The figures are the first comprehensive estimates since 1999, and are the CDC's first to include illnesses caused solely by foods consumed in the United...
Findings from a new study of 141 adults add to an ongoing medical debate over which patients with symptoms of celiac disease should go on a gluten-free diet. Published in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, the study concludes that people currently diagnosed as "potential" celiac disease patients and not advised to follow a gluten-free diet may not be "potential" patients at all. Rather, the scientists found that these patients have the same distinctive metabolic...
Not Easily Identifiable, Many People Suffering from IBS Simply Don't Know Beltsville, MD (Vocus) December 8, 2010 In today's world of quick fixes and fad diets, successfully treating a chronic condition has become significantly more difficult. Irritable Bowel Syndrome affects between 15 and 20 percent of all adults in the Western world. However, IBS is difficult to identify due to the numerous symptoms associated with it. Almost 40 percent of IBS sufferers report symptoms severe and...
New clinical strains of cholera appear to have evolved a distinctly different mechanism to cause the same disease according to research published in the current issue of the online journal mBio®.Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent for the diarrheal disease cholera. While there are more than 200 different serogroups only the O1 and the O139 strains have been known to cause epidemic and pandemic outbreaks of disease, using a toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP) and cholera toxin (CT), which...
Probiotics May Be Your Best Defense in Warding Off Food Poisoning Beltsville, MD (Vocus) December 6, 2010 Consumers have one lesson reason to fear their beloved aunt's dicey salad this holiday season. The bacteria in that mystery dish may have just meet its' match. Vidazorb® reminds everyone that probiotics may offer significant benefits in countering food poisoning and addressing its related symptoms. Many Americans are choosing healthier diet options and preparing healthier meals...
Findings identify potential strategies for treating inflammatory bowel diseasesA new study involving a man who swallowed worm eggs to relieve symptoms of ulcerative colitis sheds light on how worms promote healing in the intestine. The study, published today in Science Translational Medicine, also identifies potential targets for more conventional ways of treating colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease."The idea for treating colitis with worms is not new, but how this therapy might work...
CINCINNATI, Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Pepto-Bismol announced today a very important initiative it will be taking on this holiday season: eradicating holiday party under-indulgence. With the launch of a national TV spot and web videos starring actor Ken Jeong, Pepto-Bismol aims to increase awareness about this common buzz kill at all holiday parties and help to cover those who do choose to indulge in holiday party food and drink. You've seen it before at your office holiday party: the...
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Clostridium difficile, also known as "CDF/cdf", or "C. diff", is a Gram-positive bacteria of the genus Clostridium that causes severe diarrhea and other intestinal disease when competing bacteria in the gut flora are wiped out by antibiotics. They are anaerobic, spore-forming rods and is the most serious cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and potentially to pseudomembranous colitis. C. difficile bacteria naturally resides in the gut of a small percentage of the adult population. Others...
Rotavirus is the most common cause of diarrhea among infants and young children and is one of several viruses that cause the stomach flu. It is in the family Reoviridae and is a genus of double-stranded RNA. Most children have been infected by the age of five. Each infection builds on previous immunity and thus subsequent infections are less severe and adults are rarely affected. The fives species of the virus are referred to as A, B, C, D, and E. Type A, which is the most common, causes more...
Norovirus is an RNA virus that causes approximately 90% of epidemic non-bacterial outbreaks of gastroenteritis around the world. It may also be responsible for 50% of all foodborne outbreaks of gastroenteritis in the U.S. It can affect people of all ages and is transmitted by food or water that is contaminated, by person-to-person contact, and through aerosolization of the virus and subsequent contamination of surfaces. Immunity is usually incomplete and temporary after infection. People...
