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June 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
PIP Breast Implants Not Toxic:
Report
Faulty breast implants made by the French company PIP do not pose any
long-term health threats, according to a report released Monday by British
health authorities.
The PIP implants — which used industrial-grade silicone gel intended
for use in mattresses — are twice as likely to rupture as other brands
but the silicone gel is not toxic and does not increase the risk of breast
cancer, according to the National Health Service‘s (NHS) Medical Directors
group, Agence France-Presse reported.
More than 400,000 women worldwide are believed to have received PIP
implants and many countries have urged women to have them removed. PIP was
shut down in 2010.
Some women with ruptured PIP implants have experienced symptoms such as
swollen lymph glands, but the British officials said the results of tests
of PIP implants conducted in Britain, France and Australia show that the
implants are not toxic, AFP reported.
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North American Obesity Weighs Down
World
Only six percent of the world’s population lives in North America, but
that continent accounts for more than one-third of global obesity, a new
study says.
The researchers calculated that the total weight of the world’s
population is 287 million metric tons. Of that amount, 15 million metric
tons are due to people being overweight and 3.5 million metric tons are
due to obesity, BBC News reported.
The average global body weight in 2005 was 62 kilograms (137 lbs.) but
there were huge regional differences. The average in North America was
80.7 kg. (178 lbs.), compared with 57.7 kg. (127 lbs.) in Asia, said the
researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the
U.K.
They also found that while Asia has 61 percent of the world’s
population, it only accounts for 13 percent of the total weight of global
obesity, BBC News reported.
The study was published in the journal BMC Public Health.
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Plague Confirmed in Oregon Man:
Officials
An Oregon man has a blood-borne version of the plague after being
bitten by a stray cat, health officials have confirmed.
The unidentified man, who is in his 50s, remained in critical condition
Friday at a Bend hospital. More than a dozen people who came into contact
with the man have been notified and are receiving preventive antibiotics,
the Associated Press reported.
The cat died and its body has been sent to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention for testing.
The state public health veterinarian has collected blood samples from
two dogs and another cat that lives with the man’s family. In addition,
blood samples have been taken from neighbors’ pets and from animals in the
local shelter in order to assess whether there may be a plague problem in
the area, the AP reported.
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