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1. Middle-Age Heart Risk Factors Shorten Men's Lives - US News and World Report
Smoking, hypertension, high cholesterol cut 10 years of life, study finds
2. Study Pinpoints Risk Factors for Death in Young Stroke Victims - US News and World Report
Many can be modified, treated to improve odds, experts say
4. Botulism : Causes, incidence, and risk factors
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Clostridium botulinum is found in soil and untreated water throughout the world. It produces spores that survive in improperly preserved or canned food, where they produce toxin. When eaten, even tiny amounts of this toxin can lead to severe poiso... Reviewer: Arnold L. Lentnek, MD, Division of Infectious Disease, Kennestone Hospital, Marietta, GA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
5. Botulism
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Botulism is an acute, progressive condition caused by botulinum toxin, a natural poison produced by the spore-forming bacteria Clostridium botulinum . Exposure to the botulinum toxin usually occurs from eating contaminated food although, in infant... Author: L. Lee Culvert, Janie F. Franz Expand your search to include all of U.S. News
6. Wholesome Baby Foods from Scratch -- The Vegetarian Resource Group
1979, "Honey and other environmental risk factors for infant botulism," Journal of Pediatrics 94:331-336. Pureed foods spoil more easily than other foods; so baby's food must be used immediately or frozen for future use. http://www.vrg.org/recipes/babyfood.htm
7. Infant Botulism
Fewer than 100 cases of infant botulism occur each year in the United States, and most babies who do get botulism recover fully. Honey is a proven source of the bacteria and it has led to botulism in infants who ingested it, while some... http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/botulism.html
8. Botulism: What you don't see can hurt you, HYG-5567-98
Botulism is the name of the food poisoning we get consuming the toxin of Clostridium botulinium. There are two different types of botulism poisoning that we need to be concerned with - adult and infant botulism. http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5567.html |
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