Personal Health: Potential for Harm in Dietary Supplements

April 7th, 2008 at 5:12 pm (Accidents and Safety, Dietary Supplements and Herbal Remedies, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Medicine and Health, Vitamins)

Large doses and combinations of dietary substances can be hazardous.

Zrodlo (oryginalny wpis) na http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/health/08brod.html?ex=1365307200&en=74ba5b6f3389ddb0&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss,By JANE E. BRODY

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Vital Signs: Hazards: Rise in Car Fatality Rates Seen at Age 12

March 10th, 2008 at 3:33 pm (Accidents and Safety, Automobiles, Children and Youth, Medicine and Health)

Children in their early teens are more likely to be killed in a car accident than younger children are, a new study finds.

Zrodlo (oryginalny wpis) na http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/health/research/11haza.html?ex=1362888000&en=a502be8587115e2f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss,By ERIC NAGOURNEY

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Germans Seek China Tie To Blood Thinner Heparin

March 7th, 2008 at 5:51 pm (Accidents and Safety, Baxter International Inc|BAX|NYSE, China, Dingell, John D, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Food and Drug Administration, Germany, Heparin (Drug), House of Representatives, International Trade and World Market, United States)

Concerns about the safety of the blood thinner heparin have spread to Germany, after drug authorities there received reports of patients being sickened after taking the drug.

Zrodlo (oryginalny wpis) na http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/08/world/europe/08heparin.html?ex=1362632400&en=b021ccf0493ef31b&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss,By CARTER DOUGHERTY and ELISABETH ROSENTHAL

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