Only bleach-based disinfectants sharply cut norovirus levels in lab tests, reducing concentrations on stainless steel a thousandfold after five minutes. Alcohol- and quaternary ammonium-based products proved 100 times less effective, a Journal of Food Protection study found.
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New Doubt Cast on True Cause of Deaths in 1918-19 Flu Pandemic
Dr. Karen Starko, writing in Clinical Infectious Diseases, suggests high-dose aspirin may account for a share of deaths in the 1918-19 flu pandemic, since overdose symptoms could resemble the flu. Mercola adds that no one can ever know, and criticizes continued promotion of H1N1 shots.
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Unvarnished website
A description of getunvarnished.com, a site for community-contributed professional reputation reviews, with its registration and contact details, followed by the writer's argument that the service invites legal trouble and cannot substitute for building a reputation through real work.
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April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
April marks National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The notice lists signs in children, including behavior or school changes, untreated medical problems and reluctance to go home, and signs in parents, and points readers to the Child Welfare Information Gateway for reporting guidance.
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Enuresis or bed-wetting
A short question-and-answer explaining that enuresis is involuntary urination during sleep, most common in children aged 5 to 6, with causes ranging from genetics and deep sleep to infections and a small bladder. There is no cure, though medicines and lifestyle changes may help.
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Kenny Easterday - the man with half a body (video)
Kenny Easterday, 35, was born with sacral agenesis and had his legs amputated at six months, with some of the bone used to fix his spine. He walks on his hands, lives with his fiancee Nicky, and a TLC special set for April 2010 follows him learning whether he fathered one of her children.
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Mexicali earthquake strikes Baja California
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Baja California at 3:40 pm on April 4, centered 16 miles from Guadalupe Victoria, followed by 5.4 and 4.8 magnitude quakes and numerous aftershocks. Reports describe considerable damage in Mexicali but little in Southern California.
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Drug Firm Investigated FDA Officials
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals paid the investigative firm Kroll more than $100,000 to gather information on FDA drug official Janet Woodcock, including details about her family and a business trip to Thailand, and on a second official, Moheb Nasr, Politico reported.
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German Magazine Shows Drug Company's Influence on WHO to Engineer Swine Flu Fake Pandemic
Mercola summarizes a Der Spiegel article arguing the 2009 swine flu pandemic declaration was engineered, noting that drug company representatives met WHO and UN leaders weeks before phase 6 was declared, which activated pre-signed vaccine contracts.
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Is Walmart Open on Easter?
A short note reporting that the writer phoned Walmart stores in Arkansas, Texas and New Jersey and found them all open on Easter, and advising readers to call ahead since hours vary by store.
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Easter Bunny Tracker available for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users
Apple's iTunes App Store sells Talus Media's Easter Bunny Tracker 2010 for $0.99. It offers an interactive globe and radar map claiming to follow the Easter Bunny, texting with the character, and illustrated story posts several times a day. The download runs about 45 MB.
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Unemployment in March still worrisome
A note on the March job figures. A small drop in jobless claims came largely from temporary Census hiring, 162,000 new jobs weigh little against more than 8 million lost since the recession began, and a record 6.5 million people had been jobless over six months.
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Doctors perform Caesarian, but find no baby
Two North Carolina doctors were reprimanded after operating on a woman with pseudocyesis, a false pregnancy. A resident's diagnosis went unchallenged by supervising physicians who never examined her. The condition occurs in up to six of every 22,000 women.
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Former WWE & WCW Star Chris Kanyon Dead at 40
Wrestling-Radio.com reports that Christopher Klucsaritis, who wrestled in WCW and the WWF as Chris Kanyon, died at 40 in his Queens apartment, reportedly by suicide. A longtime friend said a pill bottle and several notes lay near the body; no further details have emerged.
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Where can I find health information for minority populations?
A reader question answered with contact details for the HHS Office of Minority Health resource center, which provides free information, database searches and statistics on health issues affecting racial and ethnic minority populations.
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File your taxes now
April 15 is the deadline to file a federal return for tax years ending December 31. The guide points to paper and electronic filing, requesting an extension to file or to pay, checking refund status, finding free tax help, and state filing requirements.
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Study: 88,000 US citizen children lost lawful immigrant parent to deportion (PR)
A UC Berkeley and UC Davis law school report finds the US deported the lawful permanent resident parents of nearly 88,000 citizen children in a decade, more than 68 percent of them for minor crimes, and links the removals to psychological, behavioral, health and schooling harm.
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"The Wire" and "ER" writer David Mills passes away
Mills, an Emmy-winning writer who contributed to HBO's The Wire and to ER and wrote for the Washington Post in the early 1990s, fell ill in New Orleans and died at 48, apparently of a brain aneurysm. About 40 percent of people die within 24 hours of a rupture.
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