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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Why can't Johnny smoke? Because President Clinton says so, that's why. Clinton declared tobacco an addictive drug today, saying cigarette marketing which produced an epidemic of young smokers was "no accident." Also no accident, the presidential timing. The FDA had a slew of stricter rules on the sale and marketing of tobacco products ready last year, but as the President prepares for the Democratic National Convention, his Rose Garden assault on the tobacco industry will doubtless play favorably in the polls. The new FDA rules are intended to cut the number of teen smokers...
...Benecol buzz has crossed the Atlantic, thanks to a story last week on the front page of the New York Times. Americans, who love fat almost as much as the Finns do, may have to wait a few years to try Benecol, however. Raisio has yet to petition the FDA for approval to sell...
...test to detect if PROSTATE CANCER has spread to other tissues has been recommended for approval by an FDA advisory panel. Called ProstaScint, it's six times as accurate as the CT scan and MRI imaging techniques used today...
...hour FDA hearing on Ru-486, the "abortion pill," had the controversy dullified right out of it, despite some questionable queries and shady studies upon which the recommendation was based. A Los Angeles Times reporter commented somewhere around hour eight that she was "mired in the depths of journalistic hell." In other words, she was bored...
...American doctors and hospitals spend $75 billion every year treating patients who suffer life-threatening reactions to prescription drugs, Americans often can get better information on the snack food and cars they buy than the medicines they take. Even so, the Senate is debating a provision to block an FDA plan to make more complete drug information available. "The nation spends as much to cure the illnesses caused by prescription drugs as we spend on the drugs themselves," said Senator Edward Kennedy, who is fighting to preserve the FDA initiative. Fewer than half of those using prescription medicines know much...