Fda Approval

A Novel Way to Create American Jobs: Brought to You By the Medical Device Industry and Congress

Rosemary Gibson | Posted 04.03.2012

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Rosemary Gibson

At stake is whether medical devices that are put in your body, cardiac stents, heart valves, knee and hip implants, among others, will be subject to safety tests in humans before they are approved by the FDA.

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'Chelsea' Round Table Talks Hangover Pill

Posted 02.28.2012

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Just in time for New Year's Eve revelers, the FDA has approved what "Chelsea Lately" (Weeknights, 11 p.m. EST on E!) dubbed "the other morning after p...

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Throwing Biotech Lies at Tomatoes - Part 1: Killer Tomatoes

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/552 Remember the pictures of the fish tomatoes? For years they were an unofficial emblem of the anti-GMO m...

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Throwing Biotech Lies at Tomatoes - Part 2: The Liars

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/558 < Read Part 1 I write about the Flavr Savr in Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetic...

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Should the FDA Have Stricter Regulations Around Homeopathic Products?

Christine Escobar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christine Escobar

Homeopathic products are not regulated by the FDA in quite the same way as other over-the-counter (OTC) drugs are.

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Rat Hairs? Mold? What The FDA Say Is OK To Eat (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Rat hairs in your peanut butter sandwich and insect fragments in your pasta sauce? Yuck. Yet according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) these...

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FDA Approves Drug For Multiple Sclerosis

AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 11.17.2011

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WASHINGTON — Federal health regulators have approved the first pill to treat the underlying causes of multiple sclerosis, a debilitating nervous...

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Close the FDA Approval Gap

Steven K. Galson, MD, MPH | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Avandia, Fda Approval, Avandia Heart Failure, Fda, Food and Drug Administration, Prescription Drug Safety, Drug Safety, Unapproved Drugs, Nitroglycerin, Colchicine, Healthy Living News
Steven K. Galson, MD, MPH

Even though our system of pharmaceutical review and approval is regarded as the most effective in the world, there exists an incredible -- and potentially deadly -- loophole: unapproved drugs.

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Cervix Not Required: An Interview with Dr. Adina Nack

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 11.17.2011

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Abby L. Ferber

Last Friday, the FDA approved the HPV vaccine for use in boys and men. Why is Gardasil only now being approved for males, when it was approved three years ago for females?

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Barcode On Your Broccoli: FDA To Approve Laser Labels For Vegetables

Slashfood | Posted 05.25.2011

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The FDA is expected to approve laser-etching of fruits and vegetables in the next month or so, paving the way for produce "tattooed" with product info...

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FDA Needs To Dismiss Former Monsanto Counsel

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Samuel S. Epstein

The recent appointment of Michael Taylor as FDA's Senior Food Safety Advisor is of major public health concern since he is a former counsel for Monsanto who argued rBGH was safe.

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Antibiotic-Free Meat: Is the FDA Finally Catching Up to the American Consumer?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jennifer Grayson

The beauty of our system is that when government lags behind, we as American consumers still have the power to direct the marketplace by the products we buy -- or don't buy.

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Setting Time Bombs in Our Chests: Our Unreliable FDA

Ian Millhiser | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ian Millhiser

Lacking sufficient resources to monitor thousands of medical devices on their own, the FDA relies on the medical device industry itself to disclose potential problems in the devices it regulates.

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Just How Corrupted Has American Medicine Become?

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bruce E. Levine

Drug-company corruption of American medicine is of course not news. What is news is that such corruption has become so egregious, so transparent, and so embarrassing.

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New Fillers For Those Stubborn Wrinkles

Dr. Anne Chapas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Anne Chapas

The latest generation of injectable fillers has been shown to stimulate collagen growth in order to replace the underlying skin scaffolding and create softer and more natural contours.

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FDA Is Considering More Specific Food Allergy Warning Labels

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — It's one of the biggest frustrations of life with food allergies: That hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contai...

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FDA Approves Zapping Greens With Radiation For Food Safety

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Consumers worried about salad safety may soon be able to buy fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce zapped with just enough radiation to...

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FDA Set To Approve Cloned Food

Wall Street Journal | JANE ZHANG, JOHN W. MILLER, LAUREN ETTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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Get ready for a food fight over milk and meat from cloned animals and their offspring. After more than six years of wrestling with the question of wh...

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