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(MedPage Today) -- Use of retail clinics by people with uncomplicated illnesses increased 10-fold from 2007 to 2009, with the biggest growth seen among healthy young adults with high incomes, according to a new study.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Outbreaks of listeria and other serious illnesses linked to tainted food are becoming more common, partly because much of what we eat takes a long and winding road from farm to fork....

(MedPage Today) -- Reported cases of Legionnaire's disease and related illnesses in the U.S. nearly tripled from 2000 to 2009, at least partly because of the country's aging population, researchers said.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A growing shortage of medications for a host of illnesses - from cancer to cystic fibrosis to cardiac arrest - has hospitals scrambling for substitutes to avoid patient harm, and sometimes even delaying treatment....

BALTIMORE (AP) -- The very travels that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and shaped modern biology may have led to one of the illnesses that plagued the British naturalist for decades and ultimately led to his death, modern researchers say....

L&M Companies, Inc. of Raleigh, NC is issuing a voluntary recall of one lot (1590 cartons) of whole cucumbers because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

No illnesses have been reported in association with this recall, and no other products are involved.

Louie Foods International of Fresno, California, is voluntarily recalling all Louie’s brand sprouts with a “Use By” date on or before 4/14/11, because they may be contaminated with Salmonella.

To-date, no illnesses have been reported.

Figures show 39 people in the UK have now died with flu-like illnesses this winter.