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...Most Dangerous Diet The fen/phen fad flamed out when doctors found that taking a mixture of the appetite suppressants fenfluramine and phentermine can cause permanent heart-valve damage. As the number of cases mounted, the FDA asked manufacturers to recall fenfluramine and the chemically related medication Redux...
Hair's the Pill You've Been Waiting For Get set for folicle frolics as the FDA puts the seal of approval on a new baldness cure. What's the down side...
...supermarkets or fast-food emporiums very soon. This is not only because of the public's almost irrational fear of anything nuclear--or the threats of stepped-up opposition by such anti-irradiation activists as the Vermont-based group Food & Water. Even major food companies, while publicly lauding the FDA decision as long overdue, privately confess they are not all that eager to implement it. Before investing in the costly shielded radiation rooms that will be needed to sterilize fresh or frozen meat on an assembly-line basis (and will add 3[cents] or 4[cents] to the retail price...
...even lower down. Wheat and flour have been cleared for irradiation since 1963, and over the years spices, pork, fruits and vegetables and poultry have been added to the FDA list. Yet despite the overwhelming endorsement of many health authorities, including the American Medical Association and the World Health Organization--and despite the FDA's renewed assurances last week that radiation at its recommended dosages affects neither a food's taste nor its nutritional value in any detectable way--irradiated poultry, vegetables and fruits are almost as rare as Iranian caviar in U.S. markets. Though NASA has long irradiated food...
...overwhelming effect they could have had on the immune system," says TIME science writer Christine Gorman. But because of the large number of variables involved, determining whether the mix contributed to a Gulf War Syndrome is still difficult if not impossible. Pentagon officials insist the vaccine, licensed by the FDA since 1970, is safe and effective. With UN inspectors still certain that Saddam Hussein is hiding anthrax powder, the Pentagon believes the benefits of prevention outweigh questions about the cure...