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It all began about 20 years ago, in early 1994, when somebody joked with Hillary Rodham Clinton that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away," noting that this would provide the best cost control imaginable. The idea took root as if both Johnny and Joanie Appleseed had been spreading their wares across the land. "I wonder," Mrs. Clinton is reported to have replied, "whether there really is anything to that old houseperson's tale." Thus began the search for evidence.

Mrs. Clinton is said to have asked Michael McGinnis, M.D., director of the Office of Disease Prevention in the Public . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Regulatory Definitions of Apples

Trade Issues

The Role of the FDA

Licensure and Capacity Control

Nuisance Lawsuits

Follow-up Analyses

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An Apple a Day?
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N Engl J Med 1994; 331:815-816, Sep 22, 1994. Correspondence

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