By DENISE GRADY
The man, who took a commercial flight from Liberia, is said to be the first traveler to have brought the virus to the United States on a passenger plane.
Published: October 1, 2014 at 12:00AM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
A surprise has turned up in the fight against Guinea worm: In Chad, more dogs have it than people do — and fish guts are apparently to blame.
Published: September 30, 2014 at 12:00AM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Every known Ebola patient in the country has now died or recovered, and the cure rate was unusually high for an African outbreak.
Published: October 1, 2014 at 12:00AM
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A series of articles by the New York Times correspondent Elisabeth Rosenthal examines the price of medical care in the United States. In each installment, readers were invited to share their perspectives on managing costs and treatment.
Published: September 24, 2014 at 12:00AM
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By PAM BELLUCK
In a small study, researchers found that certain activity in patients’ immune systems correlated to different recovery times.
Published: September 29, 2014 at 12:00AM
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By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
Working long hours may increase the risk for Type 2 diabetes, a new review has found, but the risk is only apparent in workers of lower socioeconomic status.
Published: September 29, 2014 at 12:00AM
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By TARA PARKER-POPE
Anecdotal reports suggest fleas are getting harder to control, but vets and product makers said the products still work.
Published: September 29, 2014 at 12:00AM
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“Green” is the new buzzword for companies and people trying to sell things while keeping up with current fads so that they can make money. While it’s incredibly sad that it took the corrosive culture of capitalism to actually force companies to go green (as opposed to simply going green for the environment’s sake, not just profit’s), it’s better than nothing and hopefully we might see some progress in the fight against rampant global warming. One of the areas where the green push will be best is in chemistry as scientists and companies learn how to replace toxic and harmful chemicals with ones that are better for both human and environment. Hopefully these attempts are more than just cashing in on the positive PR that is “going green” and a true attempt to become better for humans and the environment.
Many companies are going green in ways that might seem unexpected to those who don’t know much about energy. For example, one of the most promising green advances could see us moving away from plastics that are derived from petroleum products and towards plastics that are derived from ethanol sourced from ethically grown Brazilian sugarcane; a change that would remove 2.15 metric tons of Co2 for every ton of plastic produced. Other changes can be seen in everything from printer ink to getting chemical companies to be responsible for the waste they create resulting in less waste and savings for the companies. While this is only the first step in the fight to combat global warming, it’s an incredibly important one and hopefully will have repercussions that pass down and get all companies to realize the importance of being green.
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By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
Working long hours may increase the risk for Type 2 diabetes, a new review has found, but the risk is only apparent in workers of lower socioeconomic status.
Published: September 29, 2014 at 4:00AM
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A cancer researcher in Texas has been convicted of trying to murder a coworker by poisoning his coffee. Dr. Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo tried to murder her fellow doctor and former lover, Dr. George Blumenschein, by poisoning his coffee with a sweet tasting chemical that can be found in antifreeze. Both doctors worked at the world renown Texas Medical Center and had been seeing each other romantically for some time before Dr. Blumenschein called off the relationship. It turns out the Dr. Blumenschein didn’t feel comfortable cheating on his live-in girlfriend of over 10 years with one of his coworkers and when he tried to end the relationship things quickly turned sour. Dr. Gonzalez-Angulo quickly became so angry and obsessed with her former paramour that he was afraid to go for help or to turn her in after he was poisoned out of fear that she would go for him again or try to harm his girlfriend.
According to Dr. Blumenschein, he began feeling sick not longer he and Dr. Gonzalez-Angulo had been intimate and immediately suspected that she had spiked his coffee with something toxic. Dr. Blumenschein’s girlfriend was initially considered to be a suspect, due to the fact that she might have felt spurned, but when she proved to be innocent then the scrutiny shifted. Blumenschein had broken up with Gonzalez-Angulo because he wanted to fix his relationship with his girlfriend and start a family with her. Thanks to the luck that was involved with finding out that he was being poisoned, he might get the chance to do that. He currently only has 40% of his kidney function and is still afraid that he and his girlfriend might still be in danger due to his ex saying that she’d gotten people killed in Colombia. Dr. Gonzalez-Angulo is currently out of bond and awaiting the sentencing; she faces up to live in prison.
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