Posts Tagged ‘health alerts’
Numerous smoking cessation products have FDA approval. It’s important to know the benefits, potential side effects, and risks associated with these products as you decide whether to use them.
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FDA warns of counterfeit weight-loss drug Alli 60 mg capsules (120 count refill pack) sold over the Internet.
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FDA has launched “FDA Basics” on its Web site to help the public better understand what the agency does.
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A look at various causes of memory loss and treatment approaches.
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Learn how to spot health fraud and avoid it with this FDA Consumer Update video.
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FDA has issued a notification for health professionals and advice for patients, linked to reports of rare but serious complications, including deaths, arising from use of negative pressure wound therapy.
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FDA has issued recent safety alerts on these medical products.
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There’s no such thing as a safe tan. Whether from the sun or from sunlamps used in tanning equipment, ultraviolet rays pose a health risk.
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FDA gives consumers practical food safety tips to help prevent foodborne illness
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In this Consumer Update video, FDA Product Safety Expert Deborah Autor, J.D., helps explain the agency’s warning, issued July 28, 2009, to stop using body building products that claim to contain steroids or steroid-like substances.
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