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...that are associated with what Wagner described as “special problems, particularly those that may lead to death or serious injury.” The warnings themselves are printed in a black frame in a package insert for the drugs. According to Wagner, these warnings are the FDA??s primary means of communicating risks to prescribers...
...Interest—the organization responsible for submitting the petition—asked the FDA to revoke the “Generally Recognized as Safe” status of salt and to require food manufacturers to reduce the amount of salt in processed foods. The petition said that the FDA??s effort to get food manufacturers to voluntarily lower salt levels since 1979 have “failed miserably.” Referring to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the petition states that the average daily sodium consumption is substantially higher than recommended and has increased...
Willman’s most prominent articles, written in December 2000, focused on the FDA??s approval of seven drugs, from 1993 to 2000, that had not been vetted properly by the agency...
...raised about long-term use.”But studies by Harvard and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) do not exclusively address long-term use. Both studies have identified a strong link between heart problems and Vioxx.Professor of Ambulatory Care and Prevention Richard Platt, who serves on the FDA??s Drug Safety and Risk Management Committee, said he believes there are risks associated with the drug in all doses.“The evidence seems compelling that there is extra risk at high doses, and probably also at lower doses,” he said...
...Recognition Memory,” or VRO, of their six-month-old offspring. VRO is based on infants’ ability to perceive “novelty,” and is correlated with future IQ. While omega-3 fatty acids may be beneficial to fetuses, Oken incorporated the FDA??s mercury warnings into her recommendation that women eat light canned tuna and white-meat fish, which are low in mercury and high on brain-boosting fatty acids.Oken—who is, ironically, allergic to shellfish—says that while she is not sure if pregnant...