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NEWS ABOUT: chili peppers

chili peppers stories: 5 news summaries

Chili Peppers Could Help Heart Attack Victims

Capsaicin found to reduce cell damage in mice

Sep 22, 09 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Capsaicin, the chemical that makes chili peppers so spicy, could turn out to be the newest—and oddest—heart drug, the Wall Street Journal reports. Scientists applied the chemical to the abdominal skin of mice then induced heart attacks; their hearts suffered 85% less cell damage than the mice... More »

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heart disease • heart attack • chili peppers • capsaicin

 UK Cook Eats 
 Own Hot Sauce, Dies 

Contest with girlfriend's brother ends in tragedy

Sep 29, 08 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - A budding British cook died last week after eating his own spicy tomato sauce, the London Times reports. Andrew Lee, 33, challenged his girlfriend’s brother to a contest, arriving with a jar of the sauce, made with chilies his father had grown. After eating it, he felt itchy and... More »

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food • death • tomatoes • chili sauce • Britain • chili peppers

 Tomatoes OK, FDA Says 

Salmonella warning is lifted, though investigation continues

Jul 17, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(AP) - The US government has declared it's OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak, while not over, may finally be slowing. Officials reiterated earlier warnings that the people most at risk of salmonella should avoid hot peppers, particularly jalapenos and serranos. The Food and... More »

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FDA • Mexico • tomatoes • salmonella • ban • outbreak • chili peppers

FDA Salmonella Probe Switches to Jalapenos

Investigators eying other salsa ingredients for source of outbreak

Jul 5, 08 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jalapeno peppers have pushed tomatoes off the top of the FDA's suspect list in the recent salmonella outbreak, reports the Wall Street Journal. Investigators believe salsa may be the culprit in the rash of illnesses, and after a drop in tomato consumption failed to halt a rise in cases, they... More »

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FDA • food contamination • food safety • tomatoes • salmonella • chili peppers

Hot Sauce
Could Be the New Morphine

Chemical in chili peppers that burns
also numbs—for days

Oct 30, 07 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors think they have a hot lead on an alternative to opioid pain killers like morphine: chili peppers. California-based researchers are dripping what is essentially a sterile version of hot sauce—containing capsaicin, the chemical that gives peppers their bite—directly into open wounds during surgery. Just like biting into... More »

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opioids • painkiller • morphine • anesthetic • chili peppers

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