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FDA wants cancer warnings for tanning beds
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The FDA wants all tanning beds to carry language warning people under the age of 18 about the risks of indoor tanning.
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Obama okay with morning-after pill sales at age 15
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President Barack Obama said Thursday he was comfortable with his administration's decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of a morning-after pill for anyone 15 and older.
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Morning-after pill to be available over the counter for ages 15 and above
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The Justice Department is appealing a judge's decision lifting all age limits on the Plan B morning-after birth control pill and a cheaper generic.
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FDA will investigate added caffeine in foods
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The FDA's new look at added caffeine is in response to a caffeinated gum introduced this week by Wrigley. Called Alert Energy Gum, it promises "The right energy, right now."
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FDA could cut food safety inspections by 18 percent
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The Food and Drug Administration will have to slash food safety inspections by nearly 20 percent if sequestration budget cuts kick in, the agency says.
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FDA Compounding pharmacies, contaminated drugs
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The Food and Drug Administration says it has uncovered a lack of sterile conditions at 30 specialty pharmacies that were inspected following a recent outbreak of meningitis caused by contaminated drugs.
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Protesters demonstrate at FDA against GMOs
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Looking for more labels on the food we eat, Monday morning dozens gathered outside the Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety.
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Bionic eye: FDA approves Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System
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The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System as the first treatment for an inherited disorder that causes the breakdown of cells in the retina, a membrane inside the eye.
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When is a cigar just a cigar?
CommentEthridge interview February 7, 2013
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New FDA regulations could cost businesses $500 billion a year
CommentRose interview January 7, 2012
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Sunland Inc. peanut butter plant can reopen
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A consent decree filed Friday in federal court says Sunland Inc., the nation's largest organic peanut butter producer, can reopen if it hires an independent expert to develop a sanitation plan, which then must be approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Meningitis outbreak: Head of FDA to testify at congressional hearing
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More than 400 people have been sickened by contaminated steroid shots distributed by New England Compounding Center, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Twenty nine people have died.
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Meningitis outbreak: 89 Maryland hospitals linked to tainted drug pharmacy
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The Food and Drug Administration has released a new list that names 89 hospitals in Maryland that bought drugs from a pharmacy linked to a deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak.
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The murky laws that regulate compounding pharmacies
CommentEthridge interview October 25, 2012
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Arsenic in rice: Consumer groups pressure FDA to set guidelines
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So far, FDA officials say they have found no evidence that suggests rice is unsafe to eat. The agency is in the middle of conducting a study of 1,200 samples of grocery-store rice products, short and long-grain rice, cereals, drinks and even rice cakes, to measure arsenic levels.
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TMS depression treatments showing positive results with no side effects
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When anti-depressants and other treatments aren't working for some of the 20 million people who suffer from depression, they are turning increasingly to a new treatment that's showing a better than 50 percent turnaround rate.
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New weight loss pill gets FDA approval
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A new weight-loss pill that many doctors consider the most effective of a new generation of anti-obesity drugs got the approval of the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday.
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FDA bans BPA use in baby bottles and sippy cups
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The U.S. chemical industry's chief association, the American Chemistry Council, asked the Food and Drug Administration to phase out rules allowing BPA in the products last year, after determining that all manufacturers of bottles and sippy cups had already abandoned the chemical due to safety concerns.
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