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Drug Companies: No Cold Medicine For Kids Younger Than 4
Don't give over-the-counter cold remedies to kids under 4, drug companies said Tuesday. What sniffling little ones need, doctors said, are plenty of fluids and lots of tender, loving care. ...more
October 7, 2008
Scientists Paved Way For Life-Saving Work
Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases. ...more
October 7, 2008
Tiny Amount Of Melamine OK In Most Foods, FDA Says
Tiny traces of melamine, the chemical that has set off a global food safety scare, are not harmful in most foods, except baby formula, government experts said Friday. ...more
October 4, 2008
Food Safety Report Vexing
The Food and Drug Administration's efforts to combat food-borne illness are hampered by infrequent inspections, not enough staff and the failure to implement a program devoted to the safety of fresh produce, according to congressional investigators. ...more
September 26, 2008
Study Links BPA Presence To Heart, Other Ailments
The first large study of humans exposed to a chemical widely used in everyday plastics has found that people with higher levels of bisphenol A had higher rates of heart disease, diabetes and liver abnormalities. ...more
September 17, 2008
U.S. Bars Generic Drug Imports
The government closed U.S. borders Tuesday to more than 30 generic drugs, including popular antibiotics and cholesterol medicines, made by India's biggest pharmaceutical company, citing poor quality in two of its factories. ...more
September 17, 2008
Chinese Police Detain 19 In Baby Food Contamination
China said Saturday that 19 people had been detained by the police as part of an investigation into how baby formula had become contaminated with an industrial chemical. ...more
September 14, 2008
Mexico's Lack Of Safeguards Makes Produce A Risk To U.S.
At the end of a dirt road in northern Mexico, the conveyer belts processing hundreds of tons of vegetables a year for U.S. and Mexican markets are open to the elements, protected only by a corrugated metal roof. ...more
September 14, 2008
Avoid Chinese Baby Formula, FDA Warns
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers Thursday to avoid buying infant formula imported from China, citing reports of babies in that country who have fallen ill with kidney problems after consuming suspect formula. ...more
September 12, 2008
Are Old Men Really That Grumpy? Maybe Not
Here are excerpts from editorials in newspapers in Florida: The Florida Times-Union, on a study showing that grumpy old men are not so grumpy after all: ...more
September 6, 2008
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