Hanoi - Vietnamese health authorities have found the industrial chemical melamine in powdered milk imported from Australia and three brands of cookies imported from Malaysia, raising the number of melamine-tainted products found in the country to 29, health officials said Thursday.

Nguyen Thi Khanh Tram, deputy director of Vietnam's Food Hygiene and Safety Agency, said the importers were cooperating with the agency's request to recall the milk and cookies.

The tainted Gold 1-10 milk powder was produced in Australia in May. The cookies - known as Lexus Cheese Cream, Lexus Chocolate Cream and Lexus Peanut Cream - were produced in Malaysia in May and August.

Washington, Nov 6 : Stomach cancer has been strongly linked to chronic inflammation. Now, a new study, led by Columbia University scientists, has shed light on how inflammation contributes to the cancer of stomach.

The research team found that increased levels of a single proinflammatory cytokine, an immune system protein called interleukin-1 beta (IL-1â), can start the progression towards stomach cancer.

Washington, Nov 6 : People often ignore the general symptoms of pain, thinking that the ache doesn''t merit a trip to the doctor, however, a new study has outlined some signs that should never be ignored or they can prove fatal.

The November issue of Mayo Clinic Women''s HealthSource has brought to light 10 generally ignored symptoms, which should be reported to the doctor immediately to avoid any kind of complication.

They are:

London, Nov 6: A team of researchers has shown that a molecule called Cyclophilin D (CypD) interacts with amyloid beta (Aâ) peptide, the main constituent of plaques in the brains of Alzheimer''s patients, within the mitochondria.

The study involving a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease suggests that blocking CypD and development of surrounding mitochondrial targets may be viable therapeutic strategies for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, reports Nature.

Washington, Nov 6 : Women who have a history of migraine headaches are at a significantly lower risk of breast cancer, a new study has found.

The findings have been reported in the November issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention by Christopher I. Li, M. D., Ph. D., and colleagues at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

"We found that, overall, women who had a history of migraines had a 30 percent lower risk of breast cancer compared to women who did not have a history of such headaches," said Li, a breast-cancer epidemiologist and associate member of the Hutchinson Center''s Public Health Sciences Division.

Washington, Nov 6: In a new study, researchers have discovered the first gene, called CNTNAP2, linked with a common childhood language disorder, known as specific language impairment (SLI).

The discovery of the CNTNAP2 gene, which has recently been implicated in autism, may act as a crucial genetic link between the two disorders.

SLI is the most common language disorder, in which children develop unexplained difficulties in producing and understanding language