Texas bans nibbling fish pedicures

telegraph.co.uk

Oct. 8, 2008

The US state of Texas has banned fish pedicures over health and safety concerns denying salon customers the opportunity to enjoy the sensation of hundreds of small fish nibbling away the dead skin from their feet.

Fish receives hernia operation in London

LONDON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Veterinarians at Britain's London Aquarium said a tropical angel fish has undergone a successful operation for a life-threatening hernia.

Diversity of fish can restore coral reefs

ATLANTA, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they observed significant recovery of an endangered coral reef when they managed the reef's diversity of fish.

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Texas bans fish pedicures

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Texas banned fish pedicures Thursday, barring salons from providing small live fish to eat the dead skin off clients' feet.

Uneviscerated fish warning in New York

ALBANY, N.Y., Oct. 9 (UPI) -- New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker is warning people not to eat frozen salted croaker distributed by the YS Trading Corp. of New York.

Salon uses fish to suck off dead skin

TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Proprietors of a Tacoma, Wash., nail salon said they are now offering a procedure that involves small fish removing dead skin from the feet of customers.

Fish finds uncomfortable way into teen

LONDON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- A tiny fish found its way into a teenage boy's body in Britain by traveling up the teen's penis into his urethra, doctors say.

Eating fish when pregnant helps infant

BOSTON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Eating more fish when pregnant and letting babies breastfeed longer promote better infant physical and cognitive development, U.S. researchers say.

Cilic beats Fish to win Pilot Pen crown

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Croatia's Marin Cilic defeated American Mardy Fish 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 Saturday to win the men's $708,000 Pilot Pen Tennis tournament at New Haven, Conn.

Fish, Cilic to play for Pilot Pen title

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- American Mardy Fish upset top-seeded Fernando Verdasco Friday in the semifinals of the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven, Conn.

Researchers find N.Y. fish discrepancy

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- DNA research indicates a quarter of all fish being sold at New York fish markets or sushi bars may be mislabeled, two students say.

Mediterranean facing fish invasion

ROME, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Italian environmental officials said the Mediterranean Sea is being invaded by two alien species each month.

Snakeheads invade New York lake

WAWAYANDA, N.Y., Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Wildlife officials in New York ordered fish kills in Orange County to prevent the spread of invasive northern snakeheads.

Safin, Fish advance in LA event

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Marat Safin and Mardy Fish, the fifth and sixth seeds, won second-round matches Wednesday in the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles.