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| 1 | Report: Bison's demise not caused by hunters | Nation and World |
| WASHINGTON — Big-game hunters may be off the hook in the latest twist of a prehistoric whodunit that tries to explain why bison populations sharply crashed thousands of years ago. | ||
| 11/25/2004 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 2 | FDA Orders Viagra to pull 'Wild Thing' television ad | Nation and World |
| WASHINGTON - The government ordered Pfizer Inc. to yank cheeky television ads that promised better sex for men taking Viagra because they failed to disclose known risks associated with the drug, according to a letter released on Monday. | ||
| 11/14/2004 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 3 | Nicotine addiction linked to molecule | Nation and World |
| WASHINGTON — A single molecule may be partly to blame for nicotine's addictive allure, a finding that researchers say could lead to potential therapies to help millions of smokers quit a life-threatening habit. | ||
| 11/4/2004 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 4 | Scientists refine way to deliver cancer therapy directly to tumor | Nation and World |
| The study was done on mice, but human trials could begin soon, said Dr. Michael Andreeff, an author of the study in today's issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. | ||
| 11/2/2004 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 5 | FDA says olive oil might benefit heart | Nation and World |
| WASHINGTON — Food containing olive oil can carry labels saying it might reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, the government says, citing evidence from a dozen scientific studies about the benefits of monounsaturated fats. | ||
| 11/1/2004 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 6 | FDA not likely to OK stalled flu shots | Nation and World |
| WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is unlikely to clear influenza vaccine made by Chiron as safe for Americans to use this flu season, Dr. Lester Crawford, the agency's acting commissioner, said yesterday. | ||
| 10/8/2004 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 7 | FDA approves implanted lens to fix extreme nearsightedness | Nation and World |
| WASHINGTON — There's a new option for people with extreme nearsightedness: The first implantable lens to correct the condition was approved yesterday by the Food and Drug Administration. A surgeon slips the lens through a small incision and implants it in front of the natural lens. | ||
| 9/13/2004 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 8 | Heartworm medicine recalled because of link to dog deaths | Nation and World |
| WASHINGTON — ProHeart 6, a twice-a-year, time-release heartworm medication used to prevent the parasite in millions of dogs, was recalled yesterday at the request of the Food and Drug Administration after thousands of animals suffered adverse reactions. | ||
| 9/3/2004 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 9 | FDA approves device that clears blood clots to treat stroke victims | Nation and World |
| WASHINGTON — A tiny corkscrew-like device to remove blood clots from the brains of stroke victims won government approval yesterday, giving doctors a new treatment option that could save lives and shave the $53 billion annual bill to treat strokes and their aftermath. | ||
| 8/16/2004 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 10 | Weightless Research Produces Solid, Cutting-Edge Data -- Beyond The Grasping Gravity Of Earth, | Business |
| Physics: Strip away the force of gravity, and bubbles burst more energetically and cancerous tissues grow in more realistic 3-D shapes. Researchers are taking advantage of the benefits of research in zero gravity to solve down-to-Earth problems. | ||
| 3/29/1999 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 11 | Thrills - And Spills - Aboard The `Vomit Comet' -- Reporter Bets Her Lunch On Chance To Float | Business |
| STUDENT SCIENTISTS from the UW and Seattle Times science reporter Diedtra Henderson, shown here donning oxygen gear, get a chance to work and play weightless. ABOARD A KC-135 JET - Remember that scene from the movie "Apollo 13"? | ||
| 3/29/1999 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 12 | Snoozing In Record Snow -- Plant And Animal Life In Mount Rainier's Paradise Have A Way Of Adapting | Business |
| Sinking with each step into a foot and a half of new powder, National Park Service ranger Steve Winslow sets a pace as regular as a heartbeat, snowshoeing through whisper-quiet terrain, around frosted firs and over buried bridges. | ||
| 3/1/1999 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 13 | Lightning Is Striking End To Month -- February's Strange Weather Included Nearly Daily Rain | Local News |
| Early yesterday, lightning struck a house in Seattle's Green Lake neighborhood and zapped an engine on a Northwest Airlines flight as it approached Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for a landing. | ||
| 2/28/1999 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 14 | Scientists Examining Kennewick Man Hit A Snag: Glue On Bones | Local News |
| Scientists trying to determine if the Kennewick Man is Native American are being tripped up by actions freelance anthropologist Jim Chatters took nearly three years ago. Chatters glued together fragments of long bones, such as arms, as well as the skull of the 9,000-year-old skeleton. | ||
| 2/27/1999 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 15 | Kennewick Man Study Begins Today | Local News |
| From now until Monday they'll carefully unwrap and scrutinize each bone and lay the skeleton out in anatomical order, from skull to toe, as free-lance anthropologist Jim Chatters did to snap a couple of photographs back in 1996. | ||
| 2/24/1999 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 16 | New Look At An Ancient Face -- Scientists Hope To Reconstruct Kennewick Man From Fresh Data | Business |
| Anthropology: What's the value of a human face? In high-profile excavations such as the discovery of the 5,000-year-old mummified Iceman in Europe, artists work with anthropologists to create life-like busts from the template the skeleton provides. | ||
| 2/22/1999 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 17 | A Natural Eye -- Wildlife Photographer Frans Lanting Tries To Adapt To The World Of His Subjects | Health and Family |
| Frans Lanting is the Dustin Hoffman of wildlife photographers, adapting to the individual lifestyle of the bird or beast he's trying to photograph. And if the creatures permit him into their world on their terms, he captures a wide-eyed view with a favorite 18mm super-wide-angle lens. | ||
| 2/21/1999 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 18 | Team Of 6 To Study Kennewick Skeleton | Local News |
| Nearly three years after the discovery of one of the oldest skeletons yet found on this continent, scientists will begin study of the Kennewick Man next Thursday. But the list of researchers to be released by the U.S. | ||
| 2/17/1999 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 19 | Predicting Quakes: Worth A Try? -- Some Say Yes, But Others Want Scarce Money Used In More | Business |
| PARKFIELD, Calif. - What seismology needs now, reasons Carnegie Institution of Washington seismologist Paul Silver, is a large-scale experiment, a $25 million-per-year, 20-year effort to better predict earthquakes. | ||
| 2/8/1999 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 20 | Looking For Stardust | Business |
| Astronomy: Comets, trapped in the frigid edges of the solar system, are thought to keep a frozen hold on the universe's history. A mission scheduled to launch Saturday aims to bring comet dust back to Earth for a closer inspection. | ||
| 2/1/1999 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||