Organic Pastures Dairy of Fresno County raw milk recall for detection of campylobacter bacteria
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Fresno, California - Raw milk produced by Organic Pastures Dairy of Fresno County with a code date of OCT 24 is the subject of a statewide recall and quarantine order announced by California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones. The quarantine order followed the confirmed detection of campylobacter bacteria in raw whole milk. No illnesses have been reported at this time.
FDA approves Praxbind, the first reversal agent for the anticoagulant Pradaxa
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted accelerated approval to Praxbind (idarucizumab) for use in patients who are taking the anticoagulant Pradaxa (dabigatran) during emergency situations when there is a need to reverse Pradaxa’s blood-thinning effects.
Clues to opioid abuse from state prescription drug monitoring programs
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Washington, DC - Drug overdose is the leading cause of injury death in the United States – mostly due to abuse and misuse of prescription opioid pain relievers, benzodiazepines (sedatives/tranquilizers), and stimulants. Information from state prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) can be used to detect and measure prescribing patterns that suggest abuse and misuse of controlled substances, according to a report released today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Surveillance Summary.
Deadly prostate cancer cells have stem cell qualities
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Los Angeles, California - Scientists at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have shown that the cells responsible for generating deadly prostate cancer share some genetic qualities with the tissue-specific stem cells that naturally reside in the healthy prostate.
Consumers Union Petitions California Medical Board to Require Doctors on Probation to Notify Their Patients
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Sacramento, California - Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy division of Consumer Reports, filed an administrative petition with the Medical Board of California Tuesday, urging it to require doctors who are on probation to notify their patients. Nearly 500 doctors in the state are on probation, but they are not required to disclose that information to the patients they treat.
UC Davis granted $15.5 million to build world’s first total-body PET scanner
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Davis, California - A University of California, Davis, research team has been awarded $15.5 million to build the world’s first total-body positron emission tomography scanner, which could fundamentally change the way cancers are tracked and treated and put the university on the nation’s leading edge of molecular imaging.
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