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  As Johnson & Johnson was quietly removing defective Motrin from store shelves it ignored regulators who said the problems with the drug warranted an official recall, according to documents obtained by CNNMoney.com. “It seems that your company is doing a recall even though you are calling it a ‘retrieval.’ The agency’s position is that [...]

For those concerned about the impending flu season, the government will be making the seasonal flu vaccine available again this year. Except this year, there is a difference -the normal seasonal flu vaccine will be combined with swine flu (H1N1) vaccine as well. “The 2010-2011 seasonal flu vaccine will include the H1N1 strain that was [...]

The Food and Drug Administration approved a controversial new form of emergency contraception Friday that can prevent a pregnancy as many as five days after sex. The decision to allow the sale of the pill, which will be marketed under the brand name “ella,” was welcomed by family-planning proponents as a crucial new option to [...]

With a global population pressing against food supplies and vast areas of the ocean swept clean of fish, tiny AquaBounty Technologies Inc. of Waltham, Mass., says it can help feed the world. The firm has developed genetically engineered salmon that reach market weight in half the usual time. What’s more, it hopes to avoid the pollution, [...]

The rapidly aging population of the United States as the Baby Boomers reach their golden years doesn’t bode well for our collective vision: 30 percent of Americans over age 75 suffer from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a common condition that causes the retina to degrade and decay, resulting in partial blindness. But after five years [...]

  Of all the sneaky tactics practiced in Washington D.C., this recent action by Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) is one of the most insidious: While no one was looking, he injected amendment language into the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 (H.R. 4173) that would expand the powers of the FTC (not [...]

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead [...]

The FDA has made recent reports saying there will be investigation on caffeinated alcoholic beverages. Studies are showing that the caffine has the ability to mask the effects of the alcohol itself, causing an increase in risky activities. The studies have shown that college students are more likely to cause harm while drinking these beverages. [...]