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HEALTH / NEWS Fri Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:03am neoform

SF Gate -- The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it is investigating a possible link between Merck's best-selling Singulair and suicide. FDA said it is reviewing a handful of reports involving mood changes, suicidal behavior and suicide in patients who h.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Jan 17, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

MSNBC -- Parents should not give sniffling babies and toddlers over-the-counter cough and cold medicines — they’re too risky for tots so small, the government will declare Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration still hasn’t decided if the remedies are.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Sat Apr 21, 2007 @ 10:37pm neoform

MSNBC -- Imported ingredients used in recalled pet food may have been intentionally spiked with an industrial chemical to boost their apparent protein content, federal health officials suspect. That’s one theory being pursued by the Food and Drug Administrati.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Feb 27, 2007 @ 1:59pm mrmdc

CNN -- U.S. health advisers recommended Tuesday that the government approve the first bird flu vaccine as a stopgap measure, despite evidence it wouldn't protect most people. In separate votes, the outside panel said the vaccine was both safe and effective. A.. Read More

HEALTH / OPINION Fri Feb 16, 2007 @ 12:56am neoform

BusinessWeek -- The executive director of the World Society for the Protection of Animals on why Americans should say no to food from animal clones Ten years after scientists produced the first clone of a mammal, a sheep named Dolly, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrat.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 1:11pm mrmdc

Yahoo News -- Women with early stage breast cancer won a new gene test Tuesday to help predict whether they'll relapse in five or 10 years, information that could influence how aggressively they fight that initial tumor... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Oct 24, 2006 @ 8:24am neoform

Slate -- If a new brand of birth control gets approved early next year, that time of the month could become the time of, like, the decade. Lybrel, a birth-control pill made by Wyeth, would be the first oral contraceptive to deliver an uninterrupted supply of hormo.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Fri Sep 28, 2007 @ 9:29am neoform

MSNBC -- A federal investigator has found sparse government scrutiny of the safety of drug trials involving millions of people, saying inspectors are few and their findings are rarely followed up, a newspaper reported Friday. A report due to be released Friday.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Jun 14, 2007 @ 10:50pm neoform

Washington Post -- An advisory panel of experts recommended unanimously yesterday that the Food and Drug Administration reject a new weight-loss drug after hearing testimony that it increases the risk of suicidal behavior. The manufacturer, Sanofi-Aventis, failed to show.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Sat May 26, 2007 @ 10:25am neoform

Washington Post -- Manufacturers of unapproved extended-release cough and cold drugs that contain an expectorant called guaifenesin have until Nov. 25 to stop shipping the medications, health officials said yesterday. The Food and Drug Administration said that roughly 20.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Mar 14, 2007 @ 9:11pm neoform

ABC News -- Rosalind Cartwright is no stranger to sleep. Cartwright, a professor and chair of the department of psychology at Rush University in Chicago, has researched sleep for the past 40 years and written numerous studies on dreams and slumber. But last Sep.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Sun Mar 4, 2007 @ 2:49pm neoform

Washington Post -- The government is on track to approve a new antibiotic to treat a pneumonia-like disease in cattle, despite warnings from health groups and a majority of the agency's own expert advisers that the decision will be dangerous for people. The drug, called.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Fri Mar 2, 2007 @ 8:38am neoform

SF Gate -- Federal drug regulators have started a broad review of the safety of popular cough and cold remedies meant for children, a top official said Thursday. Dr. Charles Ganley, director of the office of nonprescription drug products at the Food and Drug Admi.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Feb 27, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

MSNBC -- The federal agency that’s been front and center in warning the public about tainted spinach and contaminated peanut butter is conducting just half the food safety inspections it did three years ago. The cuts by the Food and Drug Administration come d.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 6:55pm neoform

CNN -- People who use large amounts of skin-numbing creams and lotions, often in conjunction with cosmetic procedures, are at risk of irregular heartbeats, seizures and even death, U.S. health officials warned Tuesday... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Nov 6, 2006 @ 10:23am mrmdc

Wired -- Women in the United States may soon have open access once again to silicone breast implants, which were taken off the market in 1992 because of safety concerns... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Sun Oct 22, 2006 @ 10:54am neoform

SF Gate -- Now in Phase 3 clinical trials, which is the phase just before final FDA approval and the phase just before it starts appearing on a million semi-legal medical websites and just before it becomes THE must-have club drug of your life and before it shows up.. Read More