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March 15th, 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 Announces Nationwide Anti-Smoking Ad
Campaign
A nationwide antismoking campaign using graphic ads that feature
smokers who have suffered serious health problems is being launched by the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Officials hope the $54 million effort, which includes billboards and
print, radio and TV ads, will convince as many as 50,000 people to stop
smoking, the Associated Press reported.
The ads, which show smokers who have experienced heart surgery,
tracheotomy, limb amputation or paralysis, will begin Monday.
This the CDC’s largest and starkest anti-smoking campaign and its first
national advertising effort. It provides advice on how to quit smoking and
information on a national quit-smoking hotline.
“This is incredibly important. It’s not every day we release something
that will save thousands of lives,” CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden told
the AP.
The number of American who smoke has been stuck at about 20 percent in
recent years, following decades of significant declines, the news service
said.
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3 Brands of Pet Treats Possibly Linked to Dog
Illnesses
Some specific brands of jerky pet treats possibly linked to kidney
failure and other serious illnesses reported in at least 600 dogs in the
United States are cited in internal Food and Drug Administration
documents.
Of 22 “Priority 1” cases listed in a log of complaints from pet owners
and veterinarians, 13 cited Waggin’ Train or Canyon Creek Ranch jerky
treats or tenders, both produced by Nestle Purina PetCare Co., according
to the documents obtained by msnbc.com.
Three other cases listed Milo’s Kitchen Home-style Dog Treats, produced
by the Del Monte Corp. The rest of the cases listed single brands or no
brand.
An FDA spokeswoman said Priority 1 cases involve animals aged 11 or
younger for which medical records that document illness are available,
msnbc.com reported.
Officials at Nestle Purina and Del Monte officials said their pet
treats are safe. FDA officials said repeated tests have found no solid
link between the dog illnesses and any jerky treat brand or
manufacturer.
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Doctors Repair Airway Disorder in
Fetus
In what they say was a world-first surgery, Spanish doctors fixed a
blocked bronchial tube in a 26-week-old fetus while she was still in her
mother’s womb.
The fetus had bronchial atresia, a condition in which the air tubes
(bronchi) leading from the trachea to the lungs do not connect properly
with the central airways. The condition results in the death of the fetus
in 90 percent of cases, Agence France-Presse reported.
The surgery, which lasted 30 minutes, was performed in late 2010. The
doctors used an endoscope to go through the fetus’ mouth and connect the
right bronchi with the central airways.
Eleven weeks after the procedure, the mother gave birth to a 5.5-pound
girl named Alaitz, which means “joy” in the Basque language. The baby is
now 16 months old and healthy.
“It is the first time in the world that this has been achieved. It is
the first time that it has been tried and it turned out well,” Eduard
Gratacos, the head of the maternal-fetal medicine department at Hospital
Clinic in Barcelona, said at a news conference Tuesday, AFP
reported.
“It is an extremely delicate operation since it is carried out near the
heart on tissues as thin as cigarette paper. But without this fetal
therapy, the baby would not have survived,” Gratacos explained.
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