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FDA Bans E-Cigarettes, Tobacco Sales to People Under 18
The use of cigarettes by people under the age of 18 is decreasing – in part because the use of e-cigarettes is increasing. That’s why...
FDA Fights to Limit Arsenic in Children’s Food
Rice has been a staple of infant diets, from pudding to milk to rice-based cereal, but a recent proposal from the U.S. Food and...
FDA in 2015 Approves Most First-of-a-Kind Drugs in 19 Years
In 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the highest number of drugs with never-before-sold ingredients in 19 years, according to an article...
FDA Lifts 30-Year Ban on Blood Donations by Gay and Bisexual...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the end of a 30-year ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men that dates...
Not your Ordinary Organ Donation – The Scoop on Fecal Transplants
For decades, transplanting the intestinal microbial fauna from one person to another person has been used in Germany to treat ulcerative colitis and other...
Students Chasing Sleep Turn to Melatonin, But Should They?
Recent research studies reviewed by the National Sleep Foundation indicated that melatonin can be effective for some types of mild insomnia. This may be...
Experts Weigh In on Finasteride as Prostate Cancer Prevention Drug
A decade ago, a drug sold as Proscar by Merck & Co. (and in generic form as Finasteride) was found to cut the risk...