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Government Considers Stiffer Warnings on Tylenol Dangers    Find out how Tylenol is dangerous for your liver at USA Today »     Vertex reports promising hepatitis C drug results    Posted on April 24th 2008 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Wednesday said early trial results show that its experimental hepatitis C treatment controlled or eradicated the virus in more than 80 percent of patients for whom previous treatment had failed. The trial results were presented in Milan at a meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver.   Learn More »

National Donor Designation Report Card Reveals a 10% increase in registered organ, eye and tissue donors since 2006    A national report card prepared by Donate Life America shows a 10 percent increase in donor designations over the last 18 months, bringing the total number of registered donors in the United States to nearly 70 million. Still, only 35 percent of licensed drivers and ID card holders have committed themselves to donation by registering to be donors through their state registry or motor vehicle department - leaving the donor shortage a leading public health crisis. Click Here to read the press release and the report card.

Healthy Recipe Cinnamon Crumb Cake 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 2/3 cup packed brown sugar 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup chilled stick margarine or butter, cut into small pieces 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 large egg Cooking spray Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly spoon the flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl, and cut in margarine with a pastry blender or 2 knives until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Reserve 1/2 cup flour mixture for topping, and set aside. Combine remaining flour mixture, baking powder, and baking soda, and add the buttermilk, vanilla, and egg. Beat at medium speed of a mixer until blended. Spoon batter into an 8-inch round cake pan coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle reserved 1/2 cup flour mixture over batter. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 wedge) CALORIES 211 (29% from fat); FAT 6.9g (satfat 1.5g, monofat 2.9g, polyfat 2g); PROTEIN 3.5g; CARBOHYDRATE 33.9g; FIBER 0.6g; CHOLESTEROL 28mg; IRON 1.5mg; SODIUM 206mg; CALCIUM 62mg; Source: Cooking Light, MAY 1998