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June 29th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
CDC Launches Free Drugstore HIV
Testing
Drugstore testing for HIV may someday become routine if a
government-sponsored pilot program catches on across the United States.
Free rapid HIV tests — like those used in doctor’s office and health
clinics — are available now at seven sites around the country, and the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Tuesday
that it plans to add 17 more pharmacies and in-store clinics in cities and
rural regions, the Associated Press reported.
“By bringing HIV testing into pharmacies, we believe we can reach more
people by making testing more accessible and reduce the stigma associated
with HIV,” Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of CDC’s HIV prevention program,
said in a statement.
The HIV saliva test, which involves swabbing the mouth, provides
preliminary results in 20 minutes. Customers with positive results will be
referred for laboratory testing and, if the results are confirmed,
counseling and treatment, the AP said.
While gay men and injectable drug users are considered at highest risk,
the CDC currently recommends all teenagers and adults up to age 64 get
tested at least once. The agency estimates that one-fifth of the 1.1
million Americans infected with HIV don’t know they carry the virus that
causes AIDS.
CDC, which is training drugstore personnel to administer the tests,
will review the program results next summer.
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Bagged Salads Recalled From Kroger, Wal Mart
Stores
The Dole company is recalling fresh bagged salads from Kroger and Wal
Mart stores across six states due to potential contamination with
listeria, the company has announced.
No illnesses have yet been reported in the “precautionary” recall of
1,077 cases of bagged salads that were distributed in Georgia, Kentucky,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
The products under recall include Kroger Fresh Selections Greener
Supreme coded N158 211B 1613 KR04 with Use-by date of June 19 and UPC
11110 91039; Kroger Fresh Selections Leafy Romaine coded N158 111B KR11
with Use-by date of June 19 and UPC 11110 91046; and Wal Mart Marketside
Leafy Romaine coded N158111B with Use-by date of June19 and UPC code 81131
02781.
The Product Code and Use-by dates are located in the upper right-hand
corner of the salads’ packaging, and the UPC is found on the reverse side
of the package.
Dole is asking that consumers who have these products discard them.
Retailers and consumers can find out more by calling Dole at
1-800-356-3111.
Listeria monocytigenes can trigger illness with symptoms such as fever,
muscle ache and gastrointestinal symptoms, with pregnant women and people
with compromised immune systems most at risk for serious illness.
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Low Testosterone Not Part of Normal Aging:
Study
Factors other than aging are likely responsible for the drop in
testosterone some older men experience, a new study finds.
Researchers in Australia tracked the testosterone levels of more than
1,500 men, ages 35 to 80, who had their testosterone levels sampled at
clinic visits spaced five years apart, UPI reported.
The study found that testosterone levels didn’t undergo a steep
decline — instead they only fell less than 1 percent per year. And
certain health or lifestyle factors seemed linked to those slight
declines.
“Men who had declines in testosterone were more likely to be those who
became obese, had stopped smoking or were depressed at either clinic
visit,” lead author Dr. Gary Wittert, professor of medicine at the
University of Adelaide in Adelaide, said in a statement. “While stopping
smoking may be a cause of a slight decrease in testosterone, the benefit
of quitting smoking is huge.”
Wittert and his team believe, therefore, that a drop in testosterone is
not an inevitable part of the aging process in men.
The study was presented at the Endocrine Society’s 94th annual meeting
in Houston.
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