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...FDA's scrutiny was triggered by an eye-opening report by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where researchers tracked more than 300 cases of acute liver failure at 22 hospitals. A team led by Dr. William Lee found that 38% of these liver failures were associated with excessive acetaminophen use. In a second study, Lee tracked 307 adults suffering from severe liver injury (but not full-fledged failure) at six hospitals. Once again, acetaminophen was linked to as many as 35% of the cases, most of them preventable...
Tylenol's manufacturer, for its part, insists that acetaminophen is safe if used properly. "But as part of an ongoing process, we are constantly talking to the FDA about how we can improve the label," says Dr. Anthony Temple, a vice president of McNeil Consumer Healthcare...
...MARK Though a chickenpox vaccine has been on the market since 1995, only now do researchers know for sure how well it works. To gain FDA approval, the vaccine was given to healthy children for about two years in a highly controlled clinical trial. But now a rigorous study of kids with all kinds of health conditions in the real world shows that the vaccine is a respectable 85% effective. And even when an inoculated child does come down with chickenpox, chances are the case will be a mild...
...Unfortunately, according to a new survey by the Food and Drug Administration, all that caution may be for naught. Despite strict labeling laws designed to protect people like my coworker from any unpleasant surprises in their food, the FDA found that as many as 25 percent of manufacturers don't accurately list ingredients in foods like cookies, candy bars and other snacks. The omitted foods include oft-cited allergens like raw nuts and eggs, and the lapse, FDA officials fear, could result in myriad, avoidable allergic reactions - even death...
JUDGMENT CALL Not yet FDA approved, so caveat emptor...