Food poisoning strikes 1 in 4 Americans each year
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_he_me/med_salmonella_reality_check"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/img.news.yahoo.com/util/anysize/130,http%3A%2F%2Fd.yimg.com%2Fa%2Fp%2Fap%2F20090219%2Fcapt.6fe923ce6f664f6d8964eb555f2787dd.food_poisoning_gfx599.jpg?v=2" align="left" height="130" width="56" alt="Chart shows outbreaks of food poisoning and suspected and confirmed cases" border="0" /></a>AP - Next time you have a case of diarrhea that lasts a day or more, chances are better than 1 in 3 that it was food poisoning. As many as a quarter of Americans suffer a foodborne illness each year — though only a fraction of those cases get linked to high-profile outbreaks like the recent salmonella-peanut scare, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</p><br clear="all"/>

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