Archive for December, 2005



The Food and Drug Administration will look into a newspaper report that some canned light tuna contains a species with potentially higher mercury levels, an agency spokeswoman said Saturday.

National Womens Health Information Center - A long-awaited national registry has begun accepting the names of Americans who take the acne-fighting drug Accutane, part of a federal effort to limit its use by pregnant women because the medication has a high risk of birth defects. Doctors …

Barley Gains Respect After FDA Ruling

Barley, the little brother of breakfast cereals, is finally getting some respect.

(AP) Fargo, N.D. Barley, the little brother of breakfast cereals, is finally getting some respect. A new Food and Drug Administration ruling confirms the human health benefits of the grain, which has been known primarily for its use in beer and cattle feed.

WKRN - WASHINGTON (AP) - Contaminated dog food which was sold in 23 states killed nearly two dozen dogs and sickened 18 more, the said Friday. The deaths and illnesses sparked an FDA investigation into the pet food made by the …

Olympian - WASHINGTON — Colleen Crawford has seen firsthand what too much cholesterol can do to people. The Wichita, Kan., nurse cares for heart failure patients. High-fat diets cause many patients’ problems. Teaching them about nutrition using food labels …

South Carolina

More South Carolina patients have been notified that they may have received transplants of stolen human tissue.

The Food and Drug Administration will investigate whether tens of millions of cans of tuna sold each year contain potentially hazardous levels of mercury.

The Food and Drug Administration has recalled toxic pet food that killed at least 23 dogs in the United States and was exported to 29 other countries.

Fine dining among the clouds

Our national carrier is flying through stormy skies, what with posting a loss in the last quarter and being harried about its assets.

Sharewatch: Desmond piles up the chips on Amarin’s march to …The Sunday Times, UK - 5 hours ago… Lynch hopes to file a new drug application with the Food and Drug Administration in America and with European regulators in the first half …

Kait 8 - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. A quarter-million doses of flu vaccine that were supposed to be used in Illinois instead will be donated to earthquake victims in Pakistan. The 256-thousand doses were purchased last year from a British wholesaler when there was a …

Snuff out the puffingJerusalem Post, Israel - 3 hours ago… lawyer, is now one of the world's leading anti-smoking activists and - between 1994 and 2000 - was the US Food and Drug Administration's associate commissioner …

Champlain Channel - WASHINGTON — The said contaminated dog food sold in 23 states, including Vermont, has killed nearly two dozen dogs and sickened 18 more. The FDA said it responded with an investigation into the pet food made by the …

KCTV 5 - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. A quarter-million doses of flu vaccine that were supposed to be used in Illinois instead will be donated to earthquake victims in Pakistan. The 256-thousand doses were purchased last year from a British wholesaler when there was a …




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