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Drink and drugs ‘fuel a sexual health crisis’

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Drugs and alcohol consumption are fuelling a ’sexual health crisis’ among young Britons, a report reveals today.
The sharp rise in sexually transmitted infections and high levels of teenage pregnancy in the UK are ‘disturbing’ and there is ‘no doubt’ that alcohol and drugs are to blame for encouraging high risk sexual behaviour, the […]

Ask Monica: About unknown or missing values

Q. I love the layout of your Web site. I was really excited when I first found ND because I’ve been looking for a source of information about the fructose content of foods. However, I was disappointed to find so many foods with a tilde (~) for fructose, meaning that the value for that nutrient […]

Tainted foods pose daily problem in Asia

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) As Nguyen Van Ninh needles his chopsticks through a steaming bowl of Vietnam’s famous noodle soup, he knows it could be spiked with formaldehyde. But the thought of slurping up the same chemical used to preserve corpses isn’t enough to deter him.
“I think if we don’t see those chemicals being […]

F.D.A. tracked poison drugs, but trail went cold in China

After a drug ingredient from China killed dozens of Haitian children a decade ago, a senior American health official sent a cable to her investigators: find out who made the poisonous ingredient and why a state-owned company in China exported it as safe, pharmaceutical-grade glycerin.
The Chinese were of little help. Requests to find the manufacturer […]

Vietnam reports its first human bird flu death since 2005; virus ravaging poultry stocks

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) Vietnam confirmed its first human death from bird flu since 2005, as the latest flare-up of the virus ravaged poultry stocks, official media said Saturday.
Tests confirmed the 20-year-old from northern Ha Tay province died from the H5N1 virus on June 10, the Vietnam News Agency quoted Vice Minister of Health […]