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- Sen. Grassley Questions FDA Monitoring of WhistleblowersSen. Charles Grassley wrote a five-page letter Wednesday demanding answers about an intrusive FDA measure that monitored personal email communication of whistleblower employees.
- Did the FDA Get It Right Limiting the Use of Some Antibiotics in Livestock?The FDA approved restrictions on the use of some antibiotics in livestock. Will this resolve the ever increasing concern over human immunity to these life savings drugs or was it an unnecessary move?
- FDA's Ruling on Using Antibiotics in LivestockRecently, the FDA released two rulings regarding using antibiotics on livestock.
- Who is the FDA Really Protecting?"The thing that bugs me is that people think the FDA is protecting them. It isn't. What the FDA is doing and what the public thinks it's doing are as different as night and day." ~ Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Herbert Lay
- FDA Issues Warning About Misleading Lap-Band AdsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to the California-based marketing company 1-800-GET-THIN LLC and eight California surgical centers for using misleading advertising to promote Lap-Band surgery for weight loss.
- FDA Advisory Panel Wrong to Advocate Sale of Birth Control PatchPerhaps members of the panel should be asked instead if they, personally, would still use the product knowing the risks.
- Government Mulling Decision to Allow Minors to Buy Morning After PillAfter several years of debate, the FDA is expected to make a decision allowing minors to buy the after sex birth control pill Plan B without a prescription.
- HHS Should Not Have Overruled FDA on Morning After Plan B DecisionHealth and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, overruled the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, which stops the morning-after pill Plan B from being sold on the shelves at drugstores. Here is how I feel about this decision.
- HHS Secretary Intervenes to Block Morning After PillHealth and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius intervened on Wednesday to block the FDA's decision to increase the over-the-counter availability for a morning after pill known as Plan B.
- Has the FDA Gone to Far with Graphic Pictures and Warnings on Cigarette Labels?The Obama administration is appealing a federal judge's decision to block a law that would have forced tobacco companies to put graphic pictures and warnings on cigarette labels. FDA gone to far?
FDA Issues Warning About Chicken Jerky Products for DogsThe Food and Drug Administration has released a warning about chicken jerky products for dogs that have been made in China.- Another Life Lost to the Fentanyl Pain PatchManufacturing defects have made the Fentanyl pain patch a deadly drug. Yet the FDA allows it to remain on the market. An unfathomable number of people have died from Fentanyl patch overdoses. When will the FDA begin protecting consumers?
- Gaurd Your CherryThe FDA is trying to keep you sick and frail by robbing you of your healthy food and vitamins.
- FDA Gives a Thumbs Down to SIDS Prevention ProductsFind out why the FDA is asking manufacturers of such sleep products as infant positioners, mattresses, bumpers, crib tents, pillows and baby monitors to remove claims they prevent or lower the risk of SIDS.
- FDA Go AwayWe have less reason to trust government medical oversight than ever before.
- FDA Issues Warnings About Tainted Weight Loss Supplements, Online Diet AidsThe Food and Drug Administration issued new warnings about various nutritional supplements, weight loss products and diet aids. Though these products claim to be "natural" and "herbal," they do, in fact, contain sibutramine, which raises blood pressure.
- New FDA Effort to Protect US Drug Supply ChainAs an integral part of the ongoing effort to secure America’s boarders from illegal, counterfeit and substandard pharmaceuticals, the FDA has taken a more proactive approach.
- Why is the FDA Discriminating Against Gay Men?The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is discriminating against gay men. Homosexual males who have had even one same-sex sexual encounter are deemed too high-risk to donate blood to the American Red Cross.
- Can Gov. Perry Create an Adult Stem Cell Therapy Industry in Texas?An adult stem cell therapy that Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for president of the United States, has undergone has highlighted a debate concerning the role of the FDA in the regulation of therapies that use a patient’s own stem cells.
- FDA "Cautions" Corn Refiners Over "Corn Sugar"The FDA has cautioned the Corn Refiners Association over the use of the term "Corn Sugar.)
- Does FDA Medication Supplement Authorization Suggest Safety and Efficacy?The healthcare of today is Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that employs 'Good Clinical Practice' (GCP) to ensure 'good science'.
- Transvaginal Mesh: My Testimony to the FDA Gaithersburg, MD 9/9/11The arduous journey of Amy Gezon in finding meaningful relief from a Boston Scientific, Mid-Urethral Sling, prepared statement to FDA, incorporated.
Safety of Osteoporosis Drugs in QuestionIt is expected that both FDA staff members and the panels will be conducting an extensive review of safety of medical evidence to current date.
Don't Call Walnuts Healthy: FDAClaims made by whole-foods companies to promote health are not allowed by FDA, yet Doritos are allowed to be called healthier- (Bad) Business as UsualWashington keeps doing the same old thing; and it's a bad old thing and must be stopped!
- The US Bio-Terrorism Act and FDA RegistrationThe US Bio-terrorism Act demands all firms dealing with food for human or non-human consumption in the US, to have FDA registration.
Should the FDA Monitor iPhone Apps?The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing guidelines to monitor some mobile apps.- FDA: Friend or FoeThis article questions the FDA and its decision to disallow natural ingredients in products which we consume, in this case, sunscreen. What criteria comes into play which influences what we find in our markets, etc.
- Will the FDA's New Graphic Warnings on Cigarettes Really Discourage Smokers?The FDA has released some of the graphic photographs they plan to require cigarette makers to put on their packaging. Is this the right approach to prevent smoking?
- Despite FDA's Rejection of Avastin for Breast Cancer, Medicare Will Continue CoverageThe CMS(Center for Medicare & Medicaid) said they will continue to provide coverage for the drug, Avastin, for breast cancer treatment.
- FDA to Release More Graphic Cigarette Warning LabelsIt's about time that cigarette packaging revealed a real warning label...
New FDA Labels Won't Convince Smokers to QuitChanging the labels for my cigarettes to gruesome images isn't going to change my choice to smoke or my desire to have a cigarette. When I am good and ready to quit, I will.- Realistic Images Released by FDAThe use of graphic images to be required in 2012 to stop Americans from smoking.
- FDA Confiscates Birthing Pools for Pregnant WomenOn May 26, 2011 the FDA confiscated a shipment of birthing pools intended for pregnant women.
The FDA Fighting Obesity!With Obesity on the rise our government is stepping up to the challange!
Moringa Oleifera Products Up Against the FDA Misuse of PowerImporting herbs into the United States can become a nightmare of red tape without experience.- More Black Box Warnings by FDAThe FDA and other trusted websites list all the prescription drugs that require black box warnings. These warnings are included on the patient information forms accompanying each prescription.
- FDA Saves the American People from Amish Farmers Selling Contraband MilkGovernment agents have found a new criminal conspiracy to distribute a dangerous substance to the unwitting American consumer. The criminal conspirators are Amish farmers. The dangerous substance is'"milk.
Already Available Asthma Medications FDA Orders TrialsThe FDA is ordering clinical trials on asthma medication which is already vastly used.- The Top 7 Dangerous Psychiatric DrugsSince the first SSRI antidepressant was released in 1988, over 200 lawsuits have been brought against the major SSRI makers, including AstraZeneca, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, and Eli Lilly. .
