News tagged with 'FDA'

Slim-Fast Ready-to-Drink meal replacement is found with bacterial contamination and removed from store shelves and, hopefully, consumer shelves at home.

With more than five million people in the US reportedly misusing prescription pain relievers, the FDA is asking drug makers to formulate a risk-management plan for the entire class of opioids to avoid overdose and death.

Lead exposure in children appears to permanently damage the brain this study finds, echoing previous findings that associate a lower IQ and criminal behavior and developmental exposure to lead.

Abilify by Bristol Myers Squibb was just approved by the FDA for treatment of autism-related irritability and acting out. It is among a group of antipsychotics that cause weight gain in users.

Medtronic has received a warning letter from the FDA about problems at its Mounds View, Minnesota facility where heart implants are made. This is the latest in a long line of problems found with the company's medical devices.

Food-borne infections can have long-lasting health effects that can be as serious as kidney failure, paralysis, hearing or visual impairments, according to a recent study by the Center for Food-borne Illness Research and Prevention.

They come with names such as Evil Eye, Max Fury, and Slingshot Party Gel. The FDA wants to make sure that so-called energy products combined with alcohol are safe since the agency has never approved the combination caffeine/alcohol.

The vast majority of the $4.5 billion advertising budget for Big Pharma is spent on TV and magazine ads. The drug industry wants to move into the Internet and will seek guidelines and push its case when it meets with the FDA this week.

Yaz and Yasmin oral contraceptives are generating so many lawsuits that the state of New Jersey is considering consolidating them into a class action.

Kellogg's will remove immunity-boosting claims from the front of its cereal boxes of Rice Krispies and Cocoa Krispies after public scrutiny, rather than an FDA crackdown as some have received.

While Kellog's tells consumers that Cocoa Krispies helps boost immunity, the respected Dr. Andrew Weil takes down mention of his Immunity Support supplement from his Web site.

Stryker Biotech LLC and its executives were indicted by a grand jury Wednesday, accused of fraudulently marketing its bone-growth products and covering-up the misconduct. They face prison time and fines.

The FDA does no testing of cosmetics or face paints  so a consumer group, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, has taken over that job, testing 10 products from a Halloween store. The results are scary, but consumers aren't left in the dark if they are informed.

The FDA has allowed many drugs that were fast-tracked to stay on the market while no post marketing surveillance has been undertaken and none have been pulled off the market, criticizes the Government Accountability Office in this report.

They are scary and season appropriate, but over-the-counter decorative contact lenses for Halloween are the focus of an FDA warning about safety.