Dental Health Products Inc. of New Franken opened an office in Pleasanton, Calif. That office will provide service to the Greater San Francisco Bay Area and is the company's sixth branch office. Dental Health Products was founded in 1991 by Jim and Dale Roberts. It has 186 employees. The company offers more than 50,000 dental products, as well as office products.

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Since June, at least 1,200 Americans have been diagnosed with salmonella poisoning. Early on, the Food and Drug Administration believed that the culprit was tainted tomatoes. It spent weeks trying to locate the source and failed to turn up any definitive evidence. Officials announced last week that tomatoes are safe to eat.

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A recent research by a Harvard university team has said that Tobacco Companies are manipulating the level of Menthol in cigarettes. This is, obviously, being done to attract adults by making the product brand more appealing. However, cigarette industry has denied these charges.

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The National Aids Trust said as many as half of all early-stage infections, often marked by severe flu-like symptoms, are being missed. Spotting them and carrying out an HIV test would prevent further infections, it said. A GP specialising in sexual health said doctors should always be open-minded to the possibility their patients had HIV.

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A new study from the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research sheds light on how immune system and brain communicate to control disease. The team has identified a new anatomical path through which the brain and the spleen communicate. The spleen once thought to be an unnecessary bit of tissue, is a manufacturing plant for immune cells, and a site where immune cells and nerves interact.

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An international team of scientists have found that genetic mechanisms in blood cells play a crucial role in controlling a gene and protein that causes Parkinson's disease. Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) have elevated levels of the protein called alpha-synuclein in their brains. As the protein clumps, or aggregates, the resulting toxicity causes the death of neurons that produce the brain chemical dopamine.

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US scientists have used the tobacco plant to "grow" key components of a vaccine against lymphoma - a form of cancer. Researchers from Stanford University in California are using the plants as factories for an antibody chemical specific to the cells that cause follicular B-cell lymphoma, BBC News reported Wednesday.

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After having a heart attack, people with kidney disease are less likely to receive recommended medications, a new study finds. The report, published in the September issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, finds people with end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis are often deprived of heart-protecting medicines such as beta blockers and cholesterol-lowering statins.

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The controversial cholesterol drug Vytorin does not lower the risk of major heart valve problems, according to a report released Monday by its manufacturers, Schering-Plough Corp. and Merck & Co. In a multi-country study of 1,873 patients, the drug was no better than placebo at lowering the odds of major cardiovascular events in patients suffering from aortic stenosis, a condition involving blocked blood flow to the heart.

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Patients are being recruited for a clinical trial of a new targeted radiation and chemotherapy protocol for pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung's lining that's almost always caused by exposure to asbestos. Currently, the standard treatment is to remove the affected lung. "Current surgical and chemotherapy treatments of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma are unsatisfactory and have not been shown to significantly prolong survival.

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Before you buy home exercise equipment, it's important to make sure you're making the best choice for you and your lifestyle. Here are things to keep in mind when selecting exercise equipment, courtesy of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: * Consider the difference between exercising at home, versus joining a gym. Make sure that you're comfortable with doing it at home.

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Obstructive sleep apnea may make nighttime heart attacks more likely than daytime heart attacks, a new study shows. In obstructive sleep apnea, the upper airway becomes completely or partially blocked, interrupting regular breathing, several times per night. The new study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, recommends that people who have heart attacks while sleeping at night be screened for obstructive sleep apnea.

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An abundant chromosomal protein that binds to damaged DNA prevents cancer development by enhancing DNA repair, researchers at University of Texas reported Monday on-line in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science.Read the rest of this entry »

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Tobacco plants may be used to make a personalized cancer vaccine for patients with a chronic form of lymphoma, according to a study released Monday.
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A new study by researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) reveals that the cranberry juice changes the thermodynamic properties of bacteria in the urinary tract, creating an energy barrier that prevents the microorganisms from getting close enough to latch onto cells and initiate an infection.
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