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Word: phenylketonuria (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Curiously, Markle didn't warn against aspartame's single known health risk. Folks with an uncommon genetic disorder called phenylketonuria shouldn't consume the sweetener because they cannot metabolize one of its ingredients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Web of Deceit | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...common complaint was against hard-nosed health insurers, but many talked of being denied a job or losing a promotion. Some even reported that they had been prevented from adopting children because of information found in genetic tests. Billings recalls, for example, a couple who had a child with phenylketonuria (PKU), an inherited condition that can lead to retardation but is easily--and inexpensively--treated by diet. "Insurance companies not only refused to write policies for the couple but effectively ostracized the entire family," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good Eggs, Bad Eggs | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...size of her public role. Her causes became Gulf War syndrome, the need for more micro-lending by banks in poor areas, the troubles of American couples trying to adopt 90 babies from Paraguay, and Naina Yeltsin's crusade for Russian children suffering from a metabolic disorder called phenylketonuria. In the White House she moved back into the safety of a world that even its denizens call Hillaryland, a world made up of ferociously protective aides and a collection of friends from Arkansas like television producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason. (Just two weeks ago, in fact, Hillary called with suggestions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HILLARY CLINTON: TURNING FIFTY | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

...example, if you find out that you have a relative with PKU [phenylketonuria--a treatable genetic disease which can cause mental retardation], you might want to search this site for this disease. You can find out on what chromosome the gene is and get connections to scientific information," Church said...

Author: By Shannon A. Carty, | Title: Genome Project Places Map On the Web | 10/26/1996 | See Source »

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