News tagged with federal drug administration
Study: Parsing the pill's impact on women's wages
(PhysOrg.com) -- Although women continue to lag behind men in pay, the gender wage gap has narrowed considerably since the 1960s. Now a new University of Michigan study is the first to quantify the impact ...
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Mar 27, 2012 |
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After insulin pump hacking, lawmakers seek review
(AP) -- Two lawmakers are requesting a review of the government's security standards for wireless medical devices after a diabetic discovered how to remotely reprogram his and other people's insulin pumps.
Aug 20, 2011 |
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Glaxo pays 41 million to settle US drug quality matter
British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday it is paying 41 million dollars to settle allegations of poor drug quality at a manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 23, 2011 |
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FDA: Breast implant problems grow with time
Don't expect breast implants to last for life, the government warned Wednesday: About 1 in 5 women who receive them for cosmetic reasons will have them removed within 10 years, and those odds are even higher ...
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Industry disputes report on cell phone cancer link
A global wireless industry group Thursday disputed the significance of a report released by a UN health organization citing a potential cancer link from use of mobile phones. ...
May 31, 2011 |
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Groups sue US over antibiotics in farm feed
A coalition of consumer groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the US Food and Drug Administration over the use of human antibiotics in animal feed, saying it creates dangerous superbugs.
May 25, 2011 |
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FDA weighs new dose info for kids' pain relievers (Update)
(AP) -- Federal health officials are considering adding dosing instructions for children younger than 2 years old to Children's Tylenol and similar products, a change favored by drugmakers and many doctors.
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 13, 2011 |
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US takes aim at purported sex disease 'cures'
The US government said Tuesday it is taking steps to remove from the market a host of online products that promise to cure HIV, herpes, chlamydia and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 03, 2011 |
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US aims at its deadliest drug problem: painkillers
(AP) -- The White House drug czar wants doctors, states and law enforcement working harder to stop America's deadliest drug-abuse problem: highly addictive prescription painkillers. They are killing more ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 20, 2011 |
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Novartis fined $422.5M in marketing, kickback case
(AP) -- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. will pay $422.5 million in penalties for marketing an epilepsy medicine for unapproved uses and for paying kickbacks to doctors to prescribe it and five other drugs, ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 30, 2010 |
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Study finds stroke risk from anemia drug Aranesp
(AP) -- A new study raises fresh safety concerns about widely used anemia medicines, finding that the drug Aranesp nearly doubled the risk of stroke in people with diabetes and chronic kidney problems who are not yet sick ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 31, 2009 |
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Sugar cereals are 'Smart Choices'? FDA not so sure
(AP) -- Ever wondered how that "Smart Choices" sticker wound up on the front of Froot Loops or Cocoa Puffs?
Oct 21, 2009 |
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FDA: 'limited' benefit with tamper-proof OxyContin
(AP) -- Federal health officials say a new version of the painkiller OxyContin that is designed to be harder to abuse offers some improvements over the original pill.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 22, 2009 |
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FDA: Yes, lots of lipsticks contain lead
The good news: After a long, tight-lipped silence, the U.S. Federal Drug Administration tested lipsticks for lead -- a move that eco-nonprofit organizations like Campaign for Safe Cosmetics have been calling for years. After ...
Sep 05, 2009 |
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Chicago City Council approves BPA baby bottle ban
(AP) -- Chicago on Wednesday became the first U.S. city to adopt a ban on the sale of baby bottles and sippy cups containing the chemical BPA.
May 14, 2009 |
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