Could you get mad cow from a pill?
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Some scientists believe that nutritional supplements made from cow tissue could contain the prions that cause Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. There have been no documented cases of mad cow disease in the US, but critics question the safety of dietary supplements and of US cattle.
Publisher: Time Inc., Health
Publication Name: Health (San Francisco, CA)
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 1059-938X
Year: 2001
United States, Risk factors, Diseases, Disease transmission, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Cattle, Dietary supplements, Contamination, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Publication Name: Health (San Francisco, CA)
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 1059-938X
Year: 2001
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Top 10 medical advances of 2000
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The most important medical developments of 2000 are described. They include mapping the human genome, islet cell transplants and discovery of the damaging effects of refined carbohydrates.
Publisher: Time Inc., Health
Publication Name: Health (San Francisco, CA)
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 1059-938X
Year: 2001
Health aspects, Care and treatment, Research, Innovations, Injuries, Diagnosis, 2000 AD, Medical research, Brain, Weight loss, Cancer, Type 1 diabetes, Chromosome mapping, Sleep, Robots, Weight training, Analgesia, Brain injuries, Pancreatic beta cells, Pancreatic beta cell transplantation, Cancer diagnosis, Carbohydrates, Refined, Refined carbohydrates
Publication Name: Health (San Francisco, CA)
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 1059-938X
Year: 2001
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