(New York Daily News) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it is seeking additional data and comments on liquid nicotine as it considers...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Federal health advisers on Tuesday recommended approval for a highly anticipated cholesterol drug from Sanofi and Regeneron...
(NBC News) – Amanda Parrish noticed her new neighbor up the street right away. She had recently divorced and had four children. He was a...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The makers of a pill intended to boost sexual desire in women will try again this week to...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Blue Bell Creameries knew there was listeria in one of the company’s plants as far back as March...
(ABC News) – The Food and Drug Administration today approved a new drug that promises to get rid of double chins without surgery. The drug is...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A top federal drug regulator says increased safety problems with homeopathic remedies contributed to the government’s decision to...
(USA Today) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Amgen Inc.’s heart-failure treatment Corlanor, which had been designated for priority review in August. The...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest tobacco companies are suing the Food and Drug Administration over recent guidelines that they claim...
MARY ESCH, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Fourteen attorneys general asked Congress to launch an investigation of the herbal supplements industry and to consider giving...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press KEITH RIDLER, Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Potatoes that won’t bruise and apples that won’t brown are a step closer...
LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The miserable flu season is winding down but not quite over yet, health officials said Wednesday, even as...
LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The first peek at a major study of how Americans smoke suggests many use combinations of products, and...
(MSN) – I don’t know about the rest of you, but lately my poultry purchases at my local market have become more and more of...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials are easing access to DNA tests used to screen parents for devastating genetic disorders that...
BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is shifting her focus from Wall Street to the nation’s top pharmaceutical companies. The Massachusetts Democrat plans to...
(New York Times) – The Food and Drug Administration has raised new questions about the safety of an adult laxative routinely given to constipated children, sometimes daily for years....
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t want to be confronted with the number of calories in that margarita or craft beer? Then avoid...
(New York Times) – The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the first system that could be used by blood banks to destroy viruses and bacteria in...
LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pregnant women are about to get easier-to-understand information on how safe their medicine is for baby. The Food...
(New York Times) – A power device used during uterine surgery in at least 50,000 women a year in the United States risks spreading cancerous tissue and should...
DALLAS (USA Today) — In sickness — and now in health — Amber Vinson and Derrick Markray know love can survive anything, even Ebola. “I said...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer A coalition of companies and aid groups announced plans Tuesday to test experimental drugs and collect blood plasma from Ebola...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators have approved the first vaccine to prevent a potentially deadly form of bacterial meningitis often associated with college dormitories....
(The Washington Post) – The World Health Organization has declared Nigeria Ebola-free — after more than six weeks without a new case of the disease...