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The Food and Drug Administration still hasn't restructured its staff to better monitor drug safety, more than three years after experts recommended key changes in the wake of the Vioxx scandal.
General Mills the maker of Lucky Charms, Trix and Cocoa Puffs plans to reduce the amount of sugar in its cereals marketed to children.
Administration extends $700B bailout until October
Generic drug developer Perrigo Co. said Wednesday it is being sued by Galderma and Dermalogix over plans to make a version of the plaque psoriasis treatment, Clobex spray.
When drugs approved for adults are studied in youngsters, the research yields important safety data that could guide the use of these medications in children, a report published this week indicates.
States spent $567 million on smoking prevention and cessation programs in the latest fiscal year, a 15 percent decrease from the year before, a report said.
The Senate was slogging through a debate Wednesday on a bipartisan effort to amend its health care bill to allow imports of prescription drugs from other countries, where they are often sold for far less than in the United States.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Good news for health-conscious parents: General Mills plans to further cut the amount of sugar in the cereals it markets to children under 12.
After agreeing tentatively to jettison a key liberal priority — a full-blown government-run insurance option — Senate Democrats woke up Wednesday to find that the fragile coalition backing President Barack Obama's health care bill is still together.
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Downing a cup or two of coffee after a few belts of liquor won't sober you up enough to get you safely behind the wheel of a car, new research concludes.
After agreeing tentatively to jettison a key liberal priority — a full-blown government-run insurance option — Democrats say they are getting close to pushing President Barack Obama's health care bill through the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of a single lot of Alka-Seltzer Plus Day & Night Cold Formula Liquid Gels due to a labeling error.
Maker of Lucky Charms, Trix and Cocoa Puffs Plans to Reduce Sugar in 10 of Its Cereals to Single-Digit Grams Per Serving
When replacing a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) or using bone tissue in spinal fusion to treat vertebral problems, the last thing that a doctor or patient wants to worry about is an infection or the structural integrity of the replacement part. For this reason tissues are screened, cleaned and processed to meet U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines. During processing, however ...
U.S. advisers felt MRI imaging drugs from GE Healthcare and Covidien appear to carry a higher risk of a serious skin disease in some patients than similar products, a Food and Drug Administration official said on Tuesday.
