U.S. Issues Safety Rules to Protect Food Against Mad Cow Disease

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The USDA is taking appropriate steps to insure that the country's meat supply is protected from the new outbreak of mad cow disease. An even greater problem is evolving from countries that do not want to import US beef. US officials, however, believe that are preventing meat parts that should not b e processed with safe beef products.

Social policy, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, United States. Department of Agriculture, Veneman, Ann

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Problems May Send Many Patients Back To Age-Old Aspirin

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After the painkiller Vioxx was taken off the market in September, many arthritis patients switched to Celebrex or Bextra, two other Cox-2 inhibitors. Now that studies show that all three medications may seriously increase the risk of heart disease, doctors are recommending ibuprofen and aspirin.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing, Medicinals and botanicals, Analgesics & Antipyretics NEC, Product defects and recalls, Complications and side effects, Risk factors, Drug therapy, Heart attack, COX-2 inhibitors, Arthritis, Dosage and administration, Analgesics, Celebrex (Medication), Vioxx (Medication), Chemical properties

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U.S. HEALTH CHIEF, STEPPING DOWN, ISSUES WARNING

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Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson announced his resignation and also spoke candidly about the country's health policies.

Pharmaceutical preparations, Pharmaceutical industry, Political aspects, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Thompson, Tommy G., Health policy

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