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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.
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.
General Mills — the maker of Lucky Charms, Trix and Cocoa Puffs — plans to reduce the amount of sugar in its cereals marketed to children.
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.
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.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted import restrictions on Cargill Inc's giant canola crushing plant in Western Canada after it had repeatedly found salmonella in its shipments during the past year.
LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 9 (UPI) -- U.S scientists say they have restored partial function to lung cells from cystic fibrosis patients, possibly opening the door to a new class of therapies.
Ex-FBI director William Webster will head an independent review of the bureau's handling of information gathered before the Fort Hood massacre.
Teva recently submitted a Biologics License Application with the FDA for XM02.
Cell Therapeutics announced positive data from the pivotal phase III EXTEND clinical trial of pixantrone.
News outlets are reporting tonight that the 10 senators tapped to negotiate an alternative to or compromise on the Senate health reform bill's public option have dropped the idea of a government-run health insurance plan altogether
Becton gets FDA clearance for cervical cancer tests.
