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You would think that after years of alarms about food safety—outbreaks of illness followed by renewed efforts at cleanup—a staple like chicken would be a lot safer to eat. But in the latest analysis of fresh, whole broilers bought at stores nationwide, two-thirds harbored salmonella and/or campylobacter, the leading bacterial causes of foodborne disease. Read more

The WHO has recommended swine flu vaccines with mercury in spite of statements by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) warning about the toxicity of the metal.

According UNEP’s mercury homepage: “There is no safe way to use mercury and scientists have found no safe mercury level in the human body”.”

UNEP advises the public to “Be aware of dangers of mercury and the risks of mercury use!”  and also: “Help raise awareness about mercury exposure risks with your family and in your community.” Read more

China must be alert to any mutation or changes in the behavior of the H1N1 swine flu virus because the far deadlier H5N1 bird flu virus is endemic in the country, a leading Chinese disease expert said. Zhong Nanshan, director of the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases in China’s southern Guangdong province, said the presence of both viruses in China meant they could mix and become a monstrous hybrid — a bug packed with strong killing power that can transmit efficiently among people. Read more

If you like mushrooms this is your lucky day. If you like to wash them down with a little green tea you’ve hit the jack pot. Scientists found that women consuming at least a third of an ounce of fresh mushrooms every day were 64 per cent less likely to develop a breast cancer. The study, carried out in China, also showed women who combined a mushroom diet with regular consumption of green tea saw an even greater benefit. The risk among women in this group was reduced by almost 90 per cent. Read more

A rare and dangerous disease is on the rise since since the start of H1N1 Swine flu vaccinations. It’s called Guillain-Barre syndrome, also known as GBS. There is a history of GBS being tied to the H1N1 vaccine. During the 1976 swine flu scare, officials vaccinated 45 million people, and of that number, almost 1,100 developed GBS. One boy recently developed GBS shortly after receiving the H1N1 flu shot. He went from playing tennis and basketball to needing a walker to cross the room. Read more

The community-acquired strain of the deadly Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pathogen is presenting larger health issues than first believed, reports Science Daily. MRSA is a bacteria that can cause serious infection and is resistant to most antibiotics, noted Science Daily, citing a recent study in next month’s issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases. Read more

Made from antibiotic-releasing fibers, the new bandage protects the wound until it is no longer needed, then simply melts away.

Dressing wounds can be a dirty business. Not only do emergency rooms around the world create countless tons of biohazardous waste from used bandages, but persistent wounds can become infected if tainted bandages aren’t replaced in a timely manner.

Now researchers at Tel Aviv University think they may have found a clean solution. They’ve created fibers which release antibiotics at a controlled pace and which miraculously biodegrade — dissolving into thin air — as soon as a wound heals, or as soon as they become obsolete. Read more

The number of Americans living with diabetes will nearly double, from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034, say researchers.

Consequently, spending on diabetes will almost triple, rising from $113 billion to $336 billion, even with no increase in the prevalence of obesity, researchers at the University of Chicago reported.

“If we don’t change our diet and exercise habits or find new, more effective and less expensive ways to prevent and treat diabetes, we will find ourselves in a lot of trouble as a population,” said Elbert Huang, who led the study. Read more

Andy McSmith

If you want to get rich in China, the way to do it this year is to buy and sell garlic.

The Chinese have always had a taste for the bulb vegetable that makes your breath smell but now there has been an incredible surge in its price, which makes the property boom look static by comparison. Garlic has been a better investment this year than gold or silver.

But why? Garlic, surely, is nothing but a smelly, unromantic little vegetable which nobody eats in any great quantity unless they want to lose all their friends.

So why should the garlic traders of Jinxiang province, the garlic-producing heartland of China, be stinking rich this year? Read more

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