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Monday, June 06, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The head of a German farm facing an inquiry over a deadly E.coli outbreak has denied that bean sprouts grown at his farm could be to blame.
Klaus Verbeck, managing director of the "Gaertnerhof Bienenbuettel", told the Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung that no fertilisers are used to produce his bean sprouts and that there are no animals on his organic farm.
German officials said on Sunday his bean sprouts could be behind an E.coli outbreak that has killed 22 and made more than 2,200 people ill across Europe. The farm has been shut, produce recalled and further test results are due on Monday.
"I can't understand how the processes we have here and the accusations could possibly fit together," Mr Verbeck told the paper. "The salad sprouts are grown only from seeds and water, and they aren't fertilised at all. There aren't any animal fertilisers used in other areas on the farm either."
Neither Mr Verbeck, himself a vegetarian, nor anyone else from the farm would talk on Monday to journalists and television crews, including Reuters, outside his farm in the rural town of 6,600 that is located about 70km (40 miles) south of Hamburg.
German officials, under intense pressure to identify the source of the E.coli outbreak, have warned consumers for weeks to avoid tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce, and at one stage said Spanish cucumbers might be the source of the outbreak. The rare E.coli strain has killed 21 Germans and one Swede. » | Monday, June 06, 2011
NEUE OSNABRÜCKER ZEITUNG: Betroffener Betrieb gesperrt – Sprossen aus Niedersachsen wohl Ursache für EHEC-Epidemie: Hannover. Die Experten sind sich ziemlich sicher. Auch wenn der letzte Beweis fehlt: Sprossengemüse aus Niedersachsen ist wohl dafür verantwortlich, dass EHEC grassiert. Ob alle gefährlichen Sprossen bereits verzehrt sind, ist unbekannt. Die Fahndung läuft. » | dpa/NOZ | Sonntag 05. Juni 2011
Sunday, June 05, 2011
Thursday, June 02, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: E.coli at the centre of a German outbreak is believed to be a new strain of bacteria never seen before.
Seven people in the UK have been affected by the virulent strain, including three Britons and four German nationals.
Early investigations suggest the strain is a mutant form of two different E.coli bacteria.
Hilde Kruse, a food safety expert at the WHO, told the Associated Press: "This is a unique strain that has never been isolated from patients before."
She added that the new strain has "various characteristics that make it more virulent and toxin-producing".
It is not uncommon for bacteria to continually evolve and swap genes but the new strain appears to be more virulent than other strains of E.coli.
Severe E.coli cases are usually seen in children and the elderly, but all age groups are currently affected.
According to the Health Protection Agency (HPA), all the UK cases caught the infection in Germany. » | Thursday, June 02, 2011
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FRANCE SOIR: Bactérie tueuse : La souche identifiée – Le Centre européen de prévention et de contrôle des maladies a confirmé avoir identifié, ce jeudi, la souche de la bactérie E.coli qui a entraîné la mort de 18 personnes en Europe. » | Par Actu France Soir | Jeudi 02 Juin 2011
FRANCE SOIR: Bactérie tueuse : L'Europe demande des explications à la Russie – Même si le concombre espagnol a été mis hors de cause, la crise de confiance est toujours bien réelle. Alors que la Russie annonce qu'elle interdit toute importation de légumes, l'Europe parle d'une mesure "disproportionnée". En France, la mort suspecte d'un homme de 47 ans pourrait être le prémisse d'une arrivée imminente de l'épidémie. » | Par Actu France-Soir | Jeudi 02 Juin 2011
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: Jusqu'ici, la science a toujours dit qu'un verre de vin par jour était bon pour le coeur. De nouvelles recherches remettent en cause cette thèse.
La nouvelle en surprendra plus d'uns. Un verre de vin par jour augmenterait les risques de cancer. C'est une étude effectuée sur 360'000 personnes issues de huit pays d'Europe qui le dit. La recherche, publiée dans le "British medical Journla [sic] online", est décortiquée jeudi par le quotidien zurichois "Tages-Anzeiger". Elle s'oppose à de nombreuses publications antérieures et au célèbre "French paradox".
La recherche, menée par une équipe internationale de scientifiques, a étudié l'impact de l'alcool sur le cancer. La consommation d'alcool est responsable d'un cancer sur 10 chez les hommes et d'un sur 33 chez les femmes, selon l'étude. Ces cas sont surtout liés à une forte consommation d'alcool.
Mais les petits buveurs seraient aussi concernés, affirme les chercheurs, qui montrent qu'un à deux verres de vin ou de liqueur par jour favorise également les risques de cancer. Même en petite quantité, l'alcool peut en outre causer des problèmes cardiaques et de circulation.
Les cancers concernés touchent le foie, la bouche, la gorge, le larynx et l'oesophage. Les cancers du sein et des intestins pourraient également être liés à l'alcool, mais dans une moindre mesure. » | Rédaction online | Jeudi 14 Avril 2011
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Monday, January 03, 2011
WELT ONLINE: Wegen des mit krebserregendem Dioxin verseuchten Futtermittels werden 1000 Höfe gesperrt. Der Verkauf von Eiern ist verboten.
Das Jahr 2011 beginnt für Deutschlands Verbraucher mit Nachrichten, deren Ursache man sonst eigentlich lieber verdrängt. Zehntausende Hühnereier mussten am Montag in Niedersachsen auf den Sondermüll gebracht werden, 8000 Legehennen wurden in Nordrhein-Westfalen notgeschlachtet, um nicht in den Nahrungskreislauf der Menschen zu geraten. In Thüringen wurde kontaminiertes Futtermittel in einer Schweinezucht entdeckt. Das wird erst einmal so weitergehen. Der jüngste Futtermittelskandal der Republik nimmt seinen Lauf. Es geht einmal mehr um Dioxin, eine chemische Substanz, die im dringenden Verdacht steht, krebserregend zu sein, und sich im Körperfett anreichert. Es geht aber auch um einen Nahrungsmittelkreislauf, bei dem Otto Normalverbraucher sehr schnell Überblick und Appetit verliert. >>> Ulrich Exner | Montag, 03. Januar 2011
Friday, December 17, 2010
SCHWEIZER FERNSEHEN: Menschen mit Übergewicht leben ungesund – und Schlanke gesund. Irrtum, sagt der ETH-Wissenschaftler Paolo Colombani. Wer sein Gewicht und damit sein Krankheits-Risiko lediglich gemäss Body-Mass-Index beurteilt, liegt falsch.
Zum Teil in Schwyzertüütsch übertragen.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
NZ HERALD: Italians impressed by Pope Benedict's good health and quick mind at the age of 83 have been shocked to learn that the German Pontiff's favourite recipes are a suicidal mix of fried, buttery and carnivorous pleasures.
The glimpse of Joseph Ratzinger's culinary wish list is granted by a new book, Eat Like a Pope, which details, in all their greasy glory, the top dishes served in the Ratzinger household in Bavaria by his mother before the war.
A cholesterol roller-coaster, the recipes range from stuffed pigeon with butter, cream and sherry, to soup with liver and onion dumplings, to the "exquisite butter and jam biscuits" that young Joseph loved.
Publisher De Agostini says the book is already into its second edition since publication last month, despite coinciding with the child abuse scandal swirling around the Vatican.
But Italian weekly L'Espresso warned children against attempting to follow the Ratzinger diet if they wanted to grow up to be Pope themselves.
"With these dishes, there is the risk of not reaching adulthood at all," the magazine stated. "This is a triumph of animal fats, sugar and cholesterol." >>> Tom Kington | Monday, June 21, 2010
NZ HERALD: New Zealand smokers are exposed to much more nicotine from cigarettes than are Australians, possibly because of a preference for high-nicotine brands on this side of the Tasman.
The results come from a tobacco industry study, which also found New Zealand smokers are exposed to the greatest average amount of tar out of 5703 smokers in eight countries.
Nicotine is the addictive part of tobacco smoke, and tar is an irritant thought to be a major cause of lung cancer.
New Zealand researchers are lobbying MPs to make tobacco companies cut the nicotine level, eventually to the level where tobacco will not be addictive. >>> Martin Johnston | Monday, June 21, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: Regularly drinking tea and coffee can significantly reduce the risk of developing heart disease, one of the biggest studies of its kind suggests.
Researchers found that moderate consumption of both drinks can reduce your chance of death from a heart attack by at least a fifth.
At the same time, it showed that risks for other diseases such as stroke were not increased.
"Our results found the benefits of drinking coffee and tea occur without increasing risk of stroke or death from all causes," said Dr Yvonne van der Schouw, professor of chronic disease at the University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands.
For the research her team studied tea and coffee consumption among 37,514 people, and followed the participants for 13 years to monitor heart disease and death.
They found that tea had the biggest impact on heart disease but that all but heavy consumption of coffee was also beneficial.
Those who drink between three and six cups are 45 per cent less likely to suffer coronary problems compared to people who had less than one cup daily, a study found. >>> Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent | Friday, June 18, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
THE TIMES OF INDIA: The Middle East, long associated with the ubiquitous waterpipe, is intensifying an anti-smoking drive as several Arab countries ban the practice in public places, even if success looks difficult.
From Beirut to Cairo, cigarettes are smoked everywhere, not just in cafes and restaurants, but in banks, ministries and even hospitals.
Egypt, the most populous nation in the Arab world and the heaviest smoker, announced on Thursday its intention to make the Mediterranean city of Alexandria the country's ‘first smoke-free city.’
But the health ministry did not say how it planned to achieve this goal.
An existing law that prohibits smoking in public places is frequently flouted -- notably by civil servants and police.
Nearly 40 per cent of Egyptian men smoke, the vast majority of them throughout the day, according to a report published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in January.
On top of this, at least 70 per cent of those questioned for the survey said they were subjected to passive smoking at home or in the workplace.
Jordan, Syria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are also looking to kick the habit, having all passed anti-smoking legislation in recent months.
In January, the Emirati president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, ordered a ban "on smoking in public transport and closed public places."
Within the UAE, Dubai took the lead, introducing smoking restrictions as far back as 2007. >>> AFP | Sunday, June 13, 2010
BLOG – STUFF SAUDI PEOPLE LIKE: It’s well known that when you start a habit when you’re young; it is really hard to get over it. A lot of Saudis start smoking at a young age, usually their first experiment with cigarettes will be with their peers in schools. From hiding in school’s restrooms to standing behind buildings, smoke comes out from every part of the schools. Most teenagers who smoke carry pack of cigarettes in one pocket and a bottle of cologne in the other. No matter how much you wear cologne or drink half of the bottle, in the end parents always find out that you smoke.
Every year the price of cigarettes go up, but that doesn’t matter. Saudis will put down money and finance a pack of cigarette, in order to get the nicotine in their system. It’s the illusion of the cool image that is associated with cigarette, makes Saudis want to smoke. Watch any Saudi smoke, from the way he holds the cigarette to the way he blows the smoke, as if he is in a Hollywood movie that is playing in a slow motion. Comment >>> saudislike | Monday, August 17, 2009
TIMES ONLINE: Heart attack hospital admissions have fallen since the smoking ban: The number of people admitted to hospital for heart attacks has dropped by an average of 100 a month since the introduction of the smoking ban in England, research shows. >>> Sam Lister, Health Editor | Wednesday, June 09, 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: Thousands of heart attacks 'prevented by the smoking ban': Thousands of heart attacks have been prevented by the smoking ban, according to the first study of its kind. >>> Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent | Wednesday, June 09, 2010
AFP: Unhealthy Scots 'living dangerously': study – LONDON — Scottish people are putting their lives at risk with an unhealthy lifestyle of heavy smoking, high alcohol intake and poor diet, health experts warned on Friday.
Scientists looked at five major risk factor to determine the general health of the Scottish population -- smoking, heavy alcohol consumption, poor diet, physical inactivity and being overweight.
They found that nearly the whole adult population (97.5%) fell into at least one of those categories, the experts wrote in the online journal BMC Public Health. >>> | Friday, June 11, 2010
Monday, May 03, 2010
CYBERPRESSE.ca: Le yoga nu gagne en popularité. Oui, oui, vous avez bien lu: yoga nu. Et non, ces cours ne sont pas organisés par la Fédération québécoise de naturisme. Le nude yoga est un mouvement né dans la communauté gaie de la Grosse Pomme, à l'instigation d'Aaron Star. Il existe bien quelques classes mixtes, mais il s'agit avant tout d'une affaire d'hommes. À Montréal, c'est au studio de David Flewelling, Mudra Force, que les adeptes de yoga nu peuvent se réunir. >>> Ève Dumas, La Presse | Lundo 03 Mai 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: Brazilians can fight off chronic illness by engaging regularly in physical exercise, and particularly in sexual intercourse, the country's health minister said.
"People need to be active. A weekend football game must not be the only physical activity for a Brazilian. Adults need to do exercise: walk, dance and have safe sex," said Jose Gomes Temporao.
The minister gave the advice as he launched a campaign to prevent high blood pressure, which afflicts a quarter of Brazil's 190-million strong population. Brazilians told to have more sexual intercourse to avoid illness >>> | Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: Smiling could add years to your life, according to researchers.
The wider you grin and the deeper your laughter lines, the more likely you are to have a long existence.
Broader smiles and wrinkles around your eyes point to a positive outlook on life which translates to better long-term health.
It has long been thought that a happy disposition can impact on life expectancy, and the recent study by experts at Wayne University in Michigan, America, seems to back this. >>> | Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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