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D A T E |
| Girl Interrupted: A husband's unconditional love and a doctor's compassion and skill help one woman regain a part of herself that she didn't even know was missing... until her wedding night. |
05-08-2008 |
| Abscessed Teeth: One Painful Reminder |
02-20-2008 |
| From Scratch Nine months after a devastating wreck, Dan Ryder’s pelvis was still in pieces. His new surgeon had a plan: start all over. |
08-29-2007 |
| Brain Drain Two lucky patients can hold their heads high (and one can even fly!) thanks to advances in treating hydrocephalus |
08-22-2007 |
| Oh, Baby! Bariatric surgery can help women lose weight and gain a baby |
07-25-2007 |
| ByPassing Diabetes New evidence shows weight-loss surgery improves or resolves insulin resistance |
07-19-2007 |
| Car Wrecks: Saving Life and Limb |
06-27-2007 |
| Male Breasts Gynecomastia: When nature gets confused |
04-04-2007 |
| The Pork Taco, The Tapeworm and The Brain | 10-25-2006 |
| Inflammatory: The Other Breast Cancer |
10-18-2006 |
| Bathroom Break An array of treatments gives the restroom a rest |
07-26-2006 |
| Short Cut: Through the Nose When it comes to removing some skull-base tumors, the shortest distance between two points beats the old-fashioned way...by a nose. |
06-21-2006 |
| Propped Open: Pancreatic cancer patients can eat again, thanks to the small bowel stent |
10-05-2005 |
| More than a Headache | 08-29-2005 |
| Two Thumbs Up New Wrist Fix |
08-01-2005 |
| Straight from the hip: Joint replacements may provide relief to teens with arthritis |
06-24-2005 |
| Finè....
Kaput....
The End. A final goodbye to hemorrhoids |
03-18-2005 |
| NPH:
The Great Pretender It looks like Parkinson’s, acts like Alzheimer’s, seems like dementia. The difference? It’s treatable. |
03-11-2005 |
| A
Chance for Abigail Even before birth, she was dying. But Abigail and her surgeon had other plans for her future. |
01-07-2005 |
| Beat Headaches (By a Nose) | 12-02-2004 |
| Cosmetic Surgery on Persons of Color | 06-21-2004 |
| Flying Without a Net! A new surgery for women with stress incontinence restores freedom from shame, fear (and diapers). |
05-20-2004 |
| A Recipe for Healing: A new orthopedic frame helps surgeons mend broken bones more precisely |
03-22-2004 |
| Pumped Up Stroke patients gain mobility, calm spasms with new device |
01-15-2004 |
| Happy Endings: New surgical option for hemorrhoid sufferers |
11-20-2003 |
| A Burning Desire to Stop Heartburn Surgery may fix the reflux for good |
09-18-2003 |
| What's Afoot? | 08-14-2003 |
| Cool New 3-D Computer Games Nahhh, Just the Surgery of the Future |
07-17-2003 |
| Bending at the Knee: Alternative to Total Knee Replacement |
06-16-2003 |
| Ankle Arthritis | 05-15-2003 |
| Putting Metal to Metal Next Generation Hip Replacement Adds Years to Your Stride |
03-06-2003 |
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Food Irradiation
and Safety
On August 22, 2008, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final rule that allows the use of irradiation to make fresh iceberg lettuce and fresh spinach safer and last longer without spoiling.
Irradiating fresh iceberg lettuce and spinach will help protect consumers from disease-causing bacteria such as Salmonella and Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli). Illnesses from these bacteria range from uncomfortable symptoms to life-threatening health problems.
The foods affected by the final rule are
Irradiation (also sometimes termed "ionizing radiation") is a process of treating products with a measured dose of radiation. Food irradiation is not new. FDA has conducted irradiation safety evaluations for more than 40 years and has determined the process to be safe for use on a variety of foods.
After studying the safety of irradiating fresh iceberg lettuce and fresh spinach, FDA has determined that these greens, when irradiated under the conditions specified in the final rule, retain their nutrient value and are safe to eat.
FDA considers irradiation a complement to, not a replacement for, proper food-handling by producers, processors, and consumers. Irradiation is just another tool to reduce the levels of disease-causing microorganisms on fresh iceberg lettuce and fresh pinach.
Irradiation does not take the place of washing. FDA continues to recommend that consumers wash fresh and bagged produce before eating unless the packaging specifically states that the product has been pre-washed.
For more information, go to: http://www.fda.gov)
