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...remaining candidate, known as repifermin, is currently in FDA-approved clinical trials for patients with skin ulcers, ulcerative colitis and mucosal damage due to chemotherapy, and may be expanded to burn and smoke-inhalation sufferers. And while most scientists disagree with his iconoclastic views, Haseltine is getting results: besides repifermin, his firm has three drugs in clinical trials and expects to add two or three more next year. That puts HGS far ahead of any other company...
...impressed with this one," says Benjamin Asher, chairman of the committee on alternative medicine for the American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery. Aside from an earful of candle wax, candling could lead to infection, burns to the ear canal or eardrum--or burning hair. The FDA considers ear candles hazardous to health...
...kidney and elsewhere along the urinary tract among patients in Belgium who took it as part of a weight-loss program. The highly toxic herb is likely to be present in a host of botanicals, including Dutchman's pipe, guan mu ton, heart snake root and birthwort. The FDA plans to seize any substance with Aristolochia that turns up at U.S. ports...
...taken as a supplement? And for how long can it be used without causing irreparable damage, especially to young bodies? Unfortunately, there are no scientific studies to guide us. Nor can we expect advice from the Food and Drug Administration. As a nutritional dietary supplement, creatine remains beyond the FDA's regulatory reach. I recommend you avoid creatine entirely. At the very least, users should not exceed dosages recommended by its manufacturers...
...said her colleagues often wondered why she allowed FDA, the CDC and other organizations under her control so much autonomy...