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...better known as cox-1 and cox-2. They're what you suppress every time you take an aspirin. Trouble is, aspirin, ibuprofen and other over-the-counter pain killers wreak havoc on the stomach lining--and kill thousands every year through internal bleeding. So last week, an FDA advisory panel gave the green light to Celebrex, the first of a new breed of drugs called cox-2 inhibitors that promise to deliver all the relief of today's pain killers with none of the side effects. Celebrex, made by Monsanto's G.D. Searle, is expected to get formal approval...
...manufacturer can't just muscle its way into the $5 billion pain-killing industry and not expect resistance. Even before the FDA acted, the cox-1 forces were faxing inflammatory press releases to all takers...
...Make sure what you're taking is pure. Last May the FDA verified industry reports that certain shipments of ginseng were contaminated with high levels of a fungicide. Elaine Kang-Yum, a pharmacist at the Hudson Valley Poison Control Center in Tarrytown, N.Y., who tracks herbal medicines, says some imported Chinese remedies have been doped with Valium or other prescription drugs...
...before Johnson & Johnson can sell the stuff to Americans, it must first resolve a dispute with the FDA. The agency claims authority to vet all new ingredients in food, including the key ingredient in Benecol: sitostanol, derived from pine trees. The substance appears to help reduce the body's absorption of dietary cholesterol into the blood. But the FDA says Benecol's makers cannot advertise specific health benefits without proving them through the agency's rigorous testing process--one that many companies consider unnecessarily bureaucratic and expensive. That's why Johnson & Johnson designates Benecol as a nutritional supplement. Such products...
That long delay between the time you have an X ray taken and the time you get the results is getting shorter, thanks to digital radiography systems from Canon, which won FDA approval last week, and General Electric, which got the nod last month. Doctors can view digital images captured by silicon sensors just three seconds after they are taken, as opposed to waits as long as 30 min. with traditional X rays...