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NYT > Health
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$1 Million to Inventor of Tracker for A.L.S.
Posted: February 3rd, 2011, 9:05pm EST by By BINA VENKATARAMAN
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Dr. Seward Rutkove, a Boston neurologist, won the Prize4Life competition for his method of quantifying the small muscular changes that signal deterioration in Lou Gehrig’s disease.
NYT > Business
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Amid Salmonella Case, Food Industry Seems Set to Back Greater Regulation
Posted: July 31st, 2008, 12:38am EDT by By BINA VENKATARAMAN
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Industry leaders are questioning whether the weak produce-tracking rules that many of them once championed are more a curse than a blessing, several food safety experts say.
NYT > Health
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Amid Salmonella Case, Food Industry Seems Set to Back Greater Regulation
Posted: July 31st, 2008, 12:38am EDT by By BINA VENKATARAMAN
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Industry leaders are questioning whether the weak produce-tracking rules that many of them once championed are more a curse than a blessing, several food safety experts say.
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Vital Signs: Nostrums: Viagra May Benefit Some Women
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 10:26pm EDT by By BINA VENKATARAMAN
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A new study suggests that Viagra could help women who suffer the sexual side effects of antidepressants to achieve an orgasm.
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Vital Signs: Children: Bacteria Linked to Lower Asthma Rates
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 10:23pm EDT by By BINA VENKATARAMAN
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Common bacteria that have lived in human stomachs for generations are associated with lower rates of childhood asthma, researchers are reporting.
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Salmonella Strain in Jalapeños Is a Match
Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 3:50pm EDT by By BINA VENKATARAMAN
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Federal officials have matched a bacterial strain found on jalapeños in a Texas plant with the strain responsible for the nation’s recent food-borne outbreak.
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F.D.A. Lifts Tomato Warning
Posted: July 18th, 2008, 6:46am EDT by By BINA VENKATARAMAN
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Certain peppers are still suspected in the salmonella outbreak, according to the agency.
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As Outbreak Affects 1,000, Experts See Flaws in Law
Posted: July 10th, 2008, 4:41am EDT by By BINA VENKATARAMAN
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Some food safety experts tied problems in tracing the source of the salmonella outbreak to what they say are shortcomings in the Bioterrorism Act of 2002.
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F.D.A. Says Source of Tainted Tomatoes May Stay a Mystery
Posted: June 19th, 2008, 1:03am EDT by By BINA VENKATARAMAN
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The Food and Drug Administration may never be able to pinpoint the origin of salmonella-tainted tomatoes that have sickened hundreds of people, an agency official said Wednesday.
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In the Art of a DNA Graph, the Colors of Uniqueness
Posted: June 16th, 2008, 11:24pm EDT by By BINA VENKATARAMAN
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“DNA Collage 1” is on the cover of the new issue of Connecticut Medicine and it is a “snapshot” of variations in the genome sequences of 62 people.
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6 More States Report Illnesses From Tomatoes
Posted: June 13th, 2008, 10:45am EDT by By BINA VENKATARAMAN
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A total of 228 people in 23 states, now including New York, have been reported sickened by salmonella-tainted tomatoes.