Articles tagged with: FDA
There may be something in the water after all. New science and a series of disturbing revelations prove that contrary to what most Americans have believed for decades, fluoride in water and other products can potentially be harmful to a number …
More than 50 years ago, birth control was introduced to America. “The Pill” gave women more control over their bodies, but not without certain health risks. One set of contraceptive pills — Bayer’s Yaz, Yasmin and …
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a safety alert and required a label change for Actos regarding the risk of bladder cancer for users taking the medication for more than one year or …
The day a woman turns into a mom-to-be is filled with emotions of all shapes and sizes. There is surprise, elation, excitement, anticipation, anxiety, worry, and fear. For expectant mothers, the world can be a …
Imagine this: you finally arrive at your dream vacation spot in sunny Florida. You get to the hotel, check-in, and begin a few weeks of fun. After visiting the theme parks, you decide to sit …
Over the past decade Americans have become more conscious of what they are putting in their grocery bags and bringing into their kitchens. The cottage industry for “all-natural” and “healthy” foods has boomed. But beware, sometimes words like “natural” don’t necessarily have the same meaning as consumers would assume, and sometimes the most important facts about a food aren’t even going to appear on the labeling.
The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council released a June study which revealed that the agency strongly believes that the FDA’s current role in enforcing food safety standards is inadequate and needs to be expanded.
According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the risk of parents giving infants more than the daily recommended amount of vitamin D is heightened by supplements increasingly being sold with droppers that hold higher amounts of the vitamin. The FDA has advised manufacturers to mark dropper units more clearly and to make droppers that hold only the daily recommended amount.
