Not quite good enough to eat

Article Abstract:

Cases of food poisoning in the UK are generally thought to be associated with restaurants or ready-to-eat foods. In fact, more than half of the reported cases come from domestic sources. There are a number of different potential sources of food poisoning, including heavy metals, solanine, which is found in green potatoes, pesticides and campylobacter bacteria. Food poisoning is generally not dangerous for most people, but can be very serious in pregnant women, the very young and the elderly.

Prevention, Food poisoning

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The plague wars

Article Abstract:

Health professionals in the UK need to be aware of the potential dangers from biological and chemical weapons. Terrorist and fanatic groups are known to have access to such weapons, while Iraq is believed to have stocks of anthrax, aflatoxin and botulinum toxin. Furthermore, latest biotechnology and genetic engineering techniques could make it possible to make existing germs more virulent and to produce new organisms. Chemical weapons are either irritants or nerve gases.

Analysis, Biological weapons, Chemical weapons

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The history of plague

Article Abstract:

The main types of plague are bubonic plague, septicaemic plague and pneumonic plague, all of which are caused by the organism 'Yersinia pestis.' This organisms is most commonly transmitted by the oriental rat flea, which is present in urban and domestic rats throughout the world. The disease can often be hard to diagnose, as not all patients present classic symptoms, but prompt appropriate treatment can give a survival rate of 90-95%.

Diagnosis, Plague

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