MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — Sickle cell disease affects millions of people worldwide. People with African, Spanish, Mediterranean and Indian ancestry are at increased risk. Approximately 120,000 infants...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday banned sales of four cigarette brands from R.J. Reynolds because they...
(Politico) – One of the companies identified as a fetal tissue supplier in sting videos of Planned Parenthood counts two federal health agencies among its customers,...
MARLEY JAY, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that some doctors and pharmacies are getting confused by the...
(Morning Ticker) – Recently we reported on the FDA’s decision to approve Entresto, a new drug from Novartis that has shown an astonishing 20 percent reduction...
(Forbes) – It used to be that the major hurdle in getting a new drug approved was successfully completing phase 3 trials – the long-term...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have approved a new combination drug for the most common form of cystic fibrosis, the...
(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...
