Margaret Hamburg

Re-Vote On Yaz Blood Clot Risk?

Reuters | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Barr Labaratories, Yaz, Teva, Birth Control Blood Clots, Reuters, Women Birth Control, Birth Control, Blood Clot Causes, Fda, Birth Control Revote, Yaz Blood Clots, Margaret Hamburg, Women News

By Anna Yukhananov WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. watchdog group on Thursday urged the Food and Drug Administration to hold a n...

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Political Hardball In the Plan B Emergency Contraception Decision

Rebecca Sive | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Plan B, Rudy Giuliani, Fda, Kathleen Sebelius, Barack Obama, Margaret Hamburg, Sebelius Plan B, Politics News

I was appalled by the president's rejection of the scientific and medical advice he and Secretary Sebelius received, recommending exactly the opposite.

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Eight Reasons Obama Should Reverse His Mistake on Plan B

Shawn Lawrence Otto | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Lester Crawford, Kathleen Sebelius, George W. Bush, Teen Pregnancy, Susan Wood, Birth Control, Plan B, Fda, Barack Obama, Margaret Hamburg, Video, Politics News

Any time an administration finds science politically inconvenient, this precedent by a supposedly pro-science president will make it that much easier for future administrations to assert more absolute authority. That is dangerous for the future of science and the nation.

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Emotions Run High When it Comes to Breast Cancer

Leigh Vinocur, M.D. | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Breast Cancer, Targeted Therapy, Pink-Ribbon-Campaign, Women's Health, Avastin, Giuliana Rancic, Giuliana Rancic Breast Cancer, Margaret Hamburg, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Healthy Living Body, Breast Sexualized, Healthy Living News

Whatever you call them, we are obsessed with breasts. And it is not just men; many women are obsessed too, about their shape, their firmness and their size. For many, we let our breasts define us.

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Why It Makes Sense To Keep Avastin Available For Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Patient Advocacy, Metastatic Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Health Care Policy, Fda, Cancer, Avastin, Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee, Margaret Hamburg, Healthy Living News

The reason I believe Avastin should be available for breast cancer treatment is that it helps a fraction of women, albeit a small one, to live active, enjoyable lives.

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10 Freakiest Things About Frankenfish

Ronnie Cummins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fda, Aquadvantage, Aquabounty, Gmo Salmon, Barack Obama, Frankenfish, Margaret Hamburg, Slidepollajax, Food News

This article was written by the Organic Consumers Association's Political Director, Alexis Baden-Mayer. To take action to stop Frankenfish, please cli...

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Food Safety Bill Stalled By Tom Coburn, Small Farm Interests

The New York Times | GARDINER HARRIS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Agriculture, Public Health, Salmonella, Fda, Food Safety Bill, Peanuts, House, Tom Coburn, Eggs, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Senate, Food Poisoning, Industry, Farmers, Spinach, Margaret Hamburg, Inspection, Politics News

But the Senate has still not acted to fix many of the flaws in the nation's food safety system -- although a bill to do so has broad bipartisan suppor...

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Make the Punishment Fit the Crime

Gary Liberson, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Eggs, Law Enforcement, Fda, Doj, Margaret Hamburg, Offshore Drilling, Politics News

A company's compliance record hinges on choosing between two philosophies. If it believes that compliance is the "cost of doing business," it invaria...

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FDA, Obama Digital Medical Records Team At Odds Over Safety Oversight

HuffPost Investigative Fund | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Digital Medical Records, David Blumenthal, Safety, Hospitals, Oversight, Obama, Fda, Margaret Hamburg, Health Care, Politics News

By Fred Schulte and Emma SchwartzHuffington Post Investigative FundComputers at a major Midwest hospital chain went awry on June 29, posting some doct...

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Monsanto's Permit to Poison Us

Ronnie Cummins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Monsanto, Kucinich, Fda, Obama, Biotech, Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act, Truth in Labeling, Margaret Hamburg, Bush-Quayle, Food News

Dan Quayle couldn't spell potato, but he made sure they'd be genetically engineered. Here's how Monsanto got their permit to poison us: On May 26, 19...

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FDA Could Take Foods Over Shelves Over Inaccurate Labeling

Mother Nature Network | Robin Shreeves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fda, Food Politics, Food, Food Labeling, Front of Package Labeling, Misleading Food Labels, Food Labels, Margaret Hamburg, Green News

Seventeen food manufacturers, including a few that produce organic products, have been issued warning letters by the FDA about their front-of-package ...

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An Overdue Ban On A Dangerous Sweetener

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aspartame, Cancer, Artificial Sweeteners, Aspartame Ban, Searle Aspartame, Gd Searle, Margaret Hamburg, Green News

It is anticipated that Dr. Margaret Hamburg, the newly appointed FDA Commissioner and public health advocate, will promptly ban the continued use of aspartame.

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The Food & Drug Administration: Broken, Now Break It Up!

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bush Administration, Politics of Food, Melamine, Homeland Security, Food Crisis, President Obama, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Mercury, Food Safety, Food, Fda, Peanut Butter Recall, Margaret Hamburg, Politics News

The FDA seems to have never heard of the precautionary principle and, in service to the interests of a few chemical companies like Monsanto, put the entire eating public at risk.

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Obama Announces FDA Chief Pick, Outlines Food Safety Measures

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Safety, Food and Drug Administration, Fda, Joshua Sharfstein, Barack Obama, Margaret Hamburg, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The nation's food safety system is a "hazard to public health" and overdue for an overhaul, President Barack Obama said Saturday as...

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