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Health: Two Asthma Drugs Under Scrutiny
Two asthma drugs are under scrutiny. Two widely used asthma drugs may pose more risks than benefits for both children and adults, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel said Thursday....
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Health: Put Those Pistachios Down!
Don’t even think about eating a pistachio right now. And that goes for pistachio ice cream, pistachio candy and anything else that contains the tasty little nuts. The U.S. Food and Drug Association...
View ArticleMorning-After Pill’ Now Available to 17-Year-Olds
‘Women no longer have to be 18 and older or have a prescription to purchase the controversial morning-after contraceptive pill, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. Last month, a federal...
View ArticleNew Tobacco Laws Will be Passed Soon
If a longtime smoker, who happens to be president of the United States, is also pushing for a bill to regulate the marketing and manufacturing of tobacco products, it only seems likely that it would...
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Obama Signs Sweeping Anti-Tobacco Law
President Obama signed into law Monday legislation that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unprecedented power to help reduce the appeal of tobacco products to children and first-time...
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From Around the Web: Nov. 28 Edition
(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images) In today’s top news, Tyler Perry reaches out to the whistleblower Penn State abuse victim, Wyclef Jean is back in the spotlight over his charity’s spending and...
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News From Around the Web: Feb. 15 Edition
In today’s top news, Chaka Khan calls Clive Davis’s pre-Grammy party “insanity,” Whitney Houston’s family chooses to have a private funeral for the singer and Beyoncé gets back to business following...
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News From Around the Web: Feb. 17 Edition
In today’s top news, BET to air live coverage of Whitney Houston’s funeral, Chris Brown denies jokes about hitting women and Eddie Long’s wife has changed her mind about divorce … again. BET to air...
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News You Should Know: July 17 Edition
(Photo: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) In today’s top news, the Obamas show major PDA on the Kiss Cam, FDA approves the first drug to prevent HIV and George Zimmerman is accused of molestation and...
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News From Around the Web: Dec. 13 Edition
In today’s top news, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed now supports gay marriage; census data shows whites to lose majority status in the U.S. by 2043; and Jesse Jackson Jr.’s wife will not seek his old House...
View ArticleHealth: Asthma Drugs Under Fire
Four popular asthma drugs are under fire. Asthma sufferers risk death if they continue to use four hugely popular asthma drugs — Advair, Symbicort, Serevent and Foradil – say two federal drug...
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