Health News This Week (January 23, 2010)
Fake Alli diet pills can pose health risks – January 23, 2010: Counterfeit capsules of the diet drug Alli that are sold online can pose a serious health risk to some users, a research director from the Food and Drug Administration said Saturday. The FDA warned consumers this week that fake versions of the over-the-counter drug are being sold, mainly on online auction sites.
Hard lessons, humility for big-city doctors in Haiti – January 26, 2010: Dr. Roberto Feliz and Dr. Hiba Georges were quickly jolted from the most modern of medical care in Boston, Massachusetts, to the most rudimentary of care when they flew to Haiti last week to work at a hospital housed in two tents run by the University of Miami. The doctors, who worked at the Boston Medical Center, quickly learned that when you have no technology — not even the simplest blood test — you have to make medical decisions in an entirely different way.
Pelosi promises health care reform win – January 27, 2010: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted Wednesday that Congress will pass a health care reform bill, despite recent setbacks that have raised new questions about the changing political climate. Democratic hopes to get a bill to President Obama’s desk before his upcoming State of the Union speech were derailed by the GOP’s upset win in last week’s special election to fill late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s seat in Massachusetts.
Rhode Island agency says salami tests positive for salmonella – January 28, 2010: The Rhode Island Department of Health said Thursday that pepper-coated salami manufactured by Italian sausage company Daniele Inc. has tested positive for the strain of salmonella associated with a recent national outbreak. Specifically, traces of salmonella were found in samples of the black pepper used to prepare Daniele’s salami, the agency said.
