Dietary supplements marketed to provide male sexual enhancement contain undeclared erectile dysfunction drugs, putting users at risk, the Food and Drug Administration warned Friday. ...more

December 29, 2007

On Dec. 13, a trio of bipartisan U.S. congressmen penned a letter calling for an investigation into the Food and Drug Administration's handling recently of a drug that was being considered for terminal prostate cancer patients. ...more

December 26, 2007

An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration recommended Thursday the approval of a new method for sterilizing women that would give them another option to tubal ligation. ...more

December 14, 2007

President Bush's 2009 budget will include additional money to help safeguard the nation's food supply, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt told skeptical lawmakers Tuesday. ...more

December 5, 2007

Government health regulators recommended adding label precautions about neurological problems seen in children who have taken flu drugs made by Roche and GlaxoSmithKline. ...more

November 24, 2007

Under pressure from government regulators around the world, Bayer Pharmaceuticals announced Monday it is suspending global sales of a drug widely used to control bleeding during heart surgery after a study found patients receiving the medication were at increased risk of dying. ...more

November 6, 2007

An advisory commission created in response to concerns about recalls of dangerous toothpaste, dog food and toys will recommend to President Bush that the Food and Drug Administration be empowered to order mandatory recalls of products deemed a risk to consumers, an administration official said Monday. ...more

November 6, 2007

So, you're one of the people who won't leave home without a bottle of water. You've got them stashed in your car, purse and laptop bag. You can't leave Publix without a swing through the water aisle. The vending machine is your friend. ...more

November 1, 2007

Although the volume of prescription drugs and drug ingredients coming into the country from foreign manufacturers in developing nations such as India and China has exploded in recent years, the Food and Drug Administration's budget for foreign inspections has not kept pace. And it will be lower in 2008 than it was in 2002, congressional investigators said. ...more

November 1, 2007

A Food and Drug Administration panel of advisers voted Friday to ban scores of popular over-the-counter cough and cold products intended for children under the age of 6 because they have not been proved to work and can cause injuries. ...more

October 20, 2007